Kodsnack 493 - I really care about the weather, with Malin Sundberg and Kai Dombrowski

Fredrik talks to Kai Dombrowski and Malin Sundberg of Triple glazed studios about their new weather app Mercury weather.

Malin and Kai tell us how the app went from idea to release in a few short months, and why they will try not to pick the summer months the next time they start a new app. What was the release like, what was it like to be mentioned by John Gruber, and how did that change the bug reports?

Do people care about weather apps? Yes, they very much do! We also talk weater API:s, easter eggs, and a whole lot more.

We wrap up with some chat about Fredrik’s recent (lack of) Mac devlopment, the right phone size, and this year’s Iphones in general.

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Links

Kai Malin • - previous episodes

Triple glazed studios Mercury weather Orbit • - Malin and Kai’s other app

Core coffe • - the meetup Kai and Malin arrange

Swiftui WWDC • - Apple’s yearly developer conference

Dark sky • - a weather app bought by Apple which was famous for hyper-local and precise rain forecasts

Swift charts Openweather BOM • (Bureau of meteorology) - the only weather data source you should use in Australia

9to5mac App advice Weather line John Gruber’s post about Mercury weather Malin’s 2015 photo with Iphone and Daring fireball t-shirt Storekit 2 Geoguessr Weatherkit Podcast chapters • - the Mac app Fredrik builds

Video demonstrating the bouncieness of minimizing to the dynamic island The Mac genie effect Clear • - the todo app

Swift & fika

Titles

• Malin only brought me as an excuse

• Essentially one screen

• Our favorite weather app

• A heat warning in Vancouver

• So many people care

• When are raindrops expected

• Best beta period ever

• I really care about the weather

• Sydney has weather

• A lot more of an emotional response

• Before we were developers

• Wait two seconds, and ask again

• A frownie in the northern hemisphere

• Dismiss an app in different directions

• A good direction for UI design

Release date

Lydbog: 4. oktober 2022