weather-explorer
Data
weather data visualisation
SHOW HN2014
85points
31comments
#341of 2,272 in 2014
Top 16%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
6 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.
Execution: 4 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Nice visualizations and polished presentation
From 3 comments
Excellent work. I enjoyed the visualizations. On a somewhat tangential note, I've always been curious about sentences like this: "Contact me at ross underscore rosen at…
hawkharris on HNI really like this. The data on sunshine seems off to me. Surely San Antonio, TX has more sunshine than Lexington, KY.
regnum on HNVery cool site...with your background, it shouldn't be too hard to grok the concepts that you used to build the site...it's just that there are a lot of them, and joining them…
danso on HN
Inspiring story of relearning to code
From 2 comments
Bravo! This resonates with me on a couple of levels. While I'm still active in software development, I haven't done web development in 10+ years. I'm currently working on a…
kohanz on HNVery cool site...with your background, it shouldn't be too hard to grok the concepts that you used to build the site...it's just that there are a lot of them, and joining them…
danso on HN
Objections
Sunshine data looks wrong, e.g. Miami vs Key West
From 2 comments
I really like this. The data on sunshine seems off to me. Surely San Antonio, TX has more sunshine than Lexington, KY.
regnum on HNYes... something is wrong with sunshine data. Go to comparison tool and look at Miami and Key West. They're only 100 miles away and Miami shows significantly less sunshine... and…
DanielStraight on HN
Requests
Write a full post with learning resources and commentary
From 1 comment
Very cool. I like the way that you show 'means vs time' on the left panel and then you can dig into the actual distribution on the right panel. FYI, I think that, e.g.,…
mlmilleratmit on HN
Show higher moments of distribution over time
From 1 comment
Very cool. I like the way that you show 'means vs time' on the left panel and then you can dig into the actual distribution on the right panel. FYI, I think that, e.g.,…
mlmilleratmit on HN
Questions
Will the maker take a programming job again
From 1 comment
Are you planning to take a programmer job again?
msoad on HN
How well CouchDB works for analytics
From 1 comment
Pretty cool to see you using CouchDB for this. I've always wondered how building analytics with CouchDB would be. Do you have any thoughts on that experience?
rubiquity on HN
Alternatives named
Flask with Angular boilerplate
From 1 comment
Maybe next time around you can harness them both: https://github.com/rxl/angular-flask """ An AngularJS (frontend) + Flask / Python (backend) Boilerplate Application """
amcnett on HN