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Building PowderCast: The Ultimate Open Source Weather App for Snowboarders 🏂

If you know me, you know I love two things: writing code that solves real problems, and shredding fresh powder.

For years, I’ve been frustrated with generic weather apps. You know the struggle – the app says “partly cloudy and 30°F” for the town near the resort, but when you get to the summit, it’s a whiteout with 50mph gusts and wind-hold on every lift.

The delta between “base village weather” and “summit weather” can be the difference between the best day of your season and a frostbitten disaster.

So, I did what any engineer would do:

I built my own solution: PowderCast.

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Sport

Kirkwood 2011

Very cool lines at the Finals Men’s today at Kirkwood…
I love this place.

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Vail 2010

Some (really) good times with friends in the powder of Vail.

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