Rain 2.0
Everything has changed
If you’ve played before, give it another whirl
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NEW RELEASE FROM SCHWADLABS: WaitTimesNI
I’ve been scraping live A&E wait times data in Northern Ireland every 15 minutes since Nov 2023. (With a few gaps)
The result is WaitTimesNI. Visualize trends across all emergency and minor injury centres.
https://waittimesni.schwadlabs.io/heatmap?hospital_id=48
Wait Times NI — A&E Wait Time Data
Historical A&E wait time data across Northern Ireland hospitals. View trends and patterns in emergency department waiting times.
Wait Times NI213 players
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Building Rain: An Idle Game About Letting Go
https://schwadlabs.io/blog/building-rain

Building Rain: An Idle Game About Letting Go
Last week Nick and I built an idle game in one sitting. Seven hours. Started around 2pm. By 9pm we had something neither of us expected.
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Rise of the Writer
Web-scraped training post-2022 is increasingly poisoned. Human writing is down. The importance of human writing is up. You should write more.
SchwadLabsAbsolute scenes at Belfast RubyFest 2026. Julian Cheal, Christian Bruckmayer and Thijs Cadier put on a clinic for top-tier Ruby talks. Everyone had a blast. People are already talking about bigger things next year. Got home at 2am. Belfast Ruby is on the map. 🚀
BELFAST RUBYFEST TONIGHT LETS GOOOO
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Public data tools built to be understood at first glance. No manuals, no onboarding flows.
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