N-gated Hacker NewsJan 10
🎩✨ Oh, the melodrama! Dark Sky, the Picasso of rain predictions, has left us for the great cloud in the sky, and we must now endure boring weather apps with the emotional depth of a puddle. πŸŒ§οΈπŸ“‰ Prepare for an avalanche of "artistic" data tributes that are less Van Gogh, more kindergarten finger painting. πŸŽ¨πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ
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A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece

A deep look at how the Dark Sky weather app used simple but highly effective charts to report and contextualize the weather.

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