by Leftium on 5/13/25, 12:29 PM with 4 comments
The feature missing from other weather apps: showing the past few hours/days of weather for reference. Visualizing the relative change from what you experienced yesterday is more intuitive than just seeing bare numbers. Especially when in units you are not familiar with (C/F).
The UI/layout is inspired by MerrySky.net, which itself was based on the OG: DarkSky. My version tries to present more information in less space, without looking too busy.
Every 5 years or so, I've been rewriting this app. The evolution of the tech stack is documented here: https://blog.leftium.com/2025/05/weathersense.html
Please share your questions and comments!
by gus_massa on 5/14/25, 3:19 PM
Nice!!!
Some feature request anyway:
* IP location put the map like 100 miles away from my home. It would be nice to click to select a new location. (I don't like to allow the browser to give the the automatic version.)
* What are you using to show the maps? The roads are too rounded and look like some matural thing. I expect quite straight roads with a consistent width.
by Leftium on 5/13/25, 1:10 PM