Graham PerrinRE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/115493256572828740
Again, and for the same reasons as in 2025, I thank Benedict Reuschling.
Stefano MarinelliExactly one year ago, on 30th December 2024, I laid the foundation of FediMeteo.
I took a VM, installed FreeBSD, and set up the first jail to support Italy. The goal was to create a tool for my own use, support a few countries, and announce it.
Unexpectedly, the enthusiasm was incredible. That pushed me to keep going, support more countries and cities, and turn it into what it is today.
FediMeteo now supports 38 countries and 2,937 cities, with more than 7,700 followers in the Fediverse alone, not counting the many people who follow via RSS feeds or visit the web pages.
If you are curious to read the story and some technical details, you can find it here:
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/
Today is also Tuesday, a #ThankYouTuesday, so I want to say thanks to:
* OpenMeteo - @openmeteo - for providing accurate, high quality data, without which FediMeteo would be far less useful
* @grunfink - creator of snac, who made all of this possible using very few resources, on a 4 euro per month VM
* FreeBSD, which thanks to the efficiency of the OS and its jail implementation made it possible to run this service in a stable and efficient way with minimal effort
* FediFollows - @FediFollows - that periodically spreads the word about cities, countries, and the enthusiasm around the project
*All of you*, who suggested, encouraged, corrected, and celebrated this project
And forward toward supporting more countries and other interesting features already in the works.
Happy birthday, FediMeteo! 🎉
#FediMeteo #HappyBirthday #Meteo #Weather #FreeBSD #snac #snac2 #OpenMeteo #Fediverse
FediMeteoExactly one year ago, on 30th December 2024, I laid the foundation of FediMeteo.
I took a VM, installed FreeBSD, and set up the first jail to support Italy. The goal was to create a tool for my own use, support a few countries, and announce it.
Unexpectedly, the enthusiasm was incredible. That pushed me to keep going, support more countries and cities, and turn it into what it is today.
FediMeteo now supports 38 countries and 2,937 cities, with more than 7,700 followers in the Fediverse alone, not counting the many people who follow via RSS feeds or visit the web pages.
If you are curious to read the story and some technical details, you can find it here:
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/
Today is also Tuesday, a #ThankYouTuesday, so I want to say thanks to:
And forward toward supporting more countries and other interesting features already in the works.
Happy birthday, FediMeteo! 🎉
#FediMeteo #HappyBirthday #Meteo #Weather #FreeBSD #snac #snac2 #OpenMeteo #Fediverse
I took a VM, installed FreeBSD, and set up the first jail to support Italy. The goal was to create a tool for my own use, support a few countries, and announce it.
Unexpectedly, the enthusiasm was incredible. That pushed me to keep going, support more countries and cities, and turn it into what it is today.
FediMeteo now supports 38 countries and 2,937 cities, with more than 7,700 followers in the Fediverse alone, not counting the many people who follow via RSS feeds or visit the web pages.
If you are curious to read the story and some technical details, you can find it here:
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/
Today is also Tuesday, a #ThankYouTuesday, so I want to say thanks to:
- OpenMeteo - @[email protected] - for providing accurate, high quality data, without which FediMeteo would be far less useful
- @[email protected] - creator of snac, who made all of this possible using very few resources, on a 4 euro per month VM
- FreeBSD, which thanks to the efficiency of the OS and its jail implementation made it possible to run this service in a stable and efficient way with minimal effort
- FediFollows - @[email protected] - that periodically spreads the word about cities, countries, and the enthusiasm around the project
And forward toward supporting more countries and other interesting features already in the works.
Happy birthday, FediMeteo! 🎉
#FediMeteo #HappyBirthday #Meteo #Weather #FreeBSD #snac #snac2 #OpenMeteo #Fediverse
― Alice Sowerby, Ed Maste, Isaac Freund, Mark Phillips and others at the FreeBSD Foundation
― Baptiste Daroussin
― Colin Percival
― Dave Cottlehuber
― Gordon Tetlow
― Warner Losh
@emaste @ifreund @thismarkp @FreeBSDFoundation @_bapt_ @cperciva @dch @bsdimp
Benedict Reuschling
The Real GrunfinkFor this #ThankyouTuesday, I want to give my regards to all those great persons that have contributed to #snac either with donations or code.
You make it possible. Thank you so much.
You make it possible. Thank you so much.
Wow. You're very kind, Stefano.
Working on free software is sometimes great because you find people that really care. Men and women that care for others, that weave social fabric, that altruistically share their time in benefits of others.
Stefano (like many others) gives his time as a gift for others to enjoy. He helped me make #snac what it is now.
If you had given up when my software was in its infancy, I would probably gave up and left it unfinished.
So, I dedicate my #ThankyouTuesday back to you, Stefano.
Working on free software is sometimes great because you find people that really care. Men and women that care for others, that weave social fabric, that altruistically share their time in benefits of others.
Stefano (like many others) gives his time as a gift for others to enjoy. He helped me make #snac what it is now.
If you had given up when my software was in its infancy, I would probably gave up and left it unfinished.
So, I dedicate my #ThankyouTuesday back to you, Stefano.
For swift, friendly, professional bug reporting and responses, special thanks to:
— Vick Khera, /u/vivekkhera in Reddit