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darngooddesign

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Spent the weekend using Claude to code an app. Started out as a web app which was much easier to concept together, and then converted it to a classic Mac app with RealBasic 5. Claude was really helpful in troubleshooting all the reasons different parts didn’t work, besides my complete lack of experience that is. 😁

I’m still working on the graphics, but I’m pretty happy so far.

Pixelated & Sunny
  • Hour view
  • Week view
  • Favoriting a city which it does by saving a text file in the app folder
  • Dark mode
Here it is on my Duo 2300:
IMG_2423.jpeg

Splash screen
Screenshot 2026-06-08 at 7.25.28 AM.png
Hourly forecast
Screenshot 2026-06-08 at 7.25.52 AM.png
Daily forecast with city favorited
Screenshot 2026-06-08 at 7.26.03 AM.png

Dark mode
Screenshot 2026-06-08 at 7.26.15 AM.png
 
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This is neat! 😀

Does it provide the weather for all cities or specifically those in the U.S. at the moment?
Right now it’s pulling weather from a list of 60 major us cities based on their lon and lat. Even still there is a 1 or 2 second lag on my Duo reading a list of 60 that I didn’t feel in sheepshaver where I built it. Thats one of the things I want to improve in it.

To deal with SSL, which System 8/9 cant really deal with I have a php hosted that reads an https api and provides an http link my Powerbook can deal with. There was a lot of setup and bug fixing in the php because it reads and serves up the weather data in the hourly/daily slots the app uses.
 
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