Weather from Open-Meteo #47

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opened 2026-10-17 20:41:13 +00:00 by sermuns · 0 comments

sermuns commented

2026-10-17 20:41:13 +00:00

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The elevation source was chosen because it needs no account and no
key (docs/elevation.md), and Open-Meteo is the same deal: free, no key, no
registration. It serves current conditions and a forecast for a lat/lon, which
for a baked campus is one fixed point.

The architectural home is the server, not the bake. ARCHITECTURE.md already
splits authority with day/night on the server's 20 Hz tick; weather is the same
kind of shared truth -- everyone sees the same sky, it should not be per-client,
and the server is already the thing that owns time. It rides the existing
ServerMsg append rule.

What it buys: rain and snow, a cloud cover that dims the directional light, wind
that leans the trees, and a night that is actually dark in December.

Open question worth deciding early: the client is WASM-capable and connects to a
single compile-time endpoint, so a client with no server would have no weather.
Either the server holds it and offline means "clear", or the weather is baked --
but baked weather from a bake run is nonsense, so this is a real design
decision, not just an HTTP call.

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#48 the thing that draws it
#39 cloud cover dims the directional light
#7 the existing lighting issue

The elevation source was chosen because it needs **no account and no key** (`docs/elevation.md`), and Open-Meteo is the same deal: free, no key, no registration. It serves current conditions and a forecast for a lat/lon, which for a baked campus is one fixed point. The architectural home is the server, not the bake. `ARCHITECTURE.md` already splits authority with day/night on the server's 20 Hz tick; weather is the same kind of shared truth -- everyone sees the same sky, it should not be per-client, and the server is already the thing that owns time. It rides the existing `ServerMsg` append rule. What it buys: rain and snow, a cloud cover that dims the directional light, wind that leans the trees, and a night that is actually dark in December. Open question worth deciding early: the client is WASM-capable and connects to a single compile-time endpoint, so a client with no server would have no weather. Either the server holds it and offline means "clear", or the weather is baked -- but baked weather from a bake run is nonsense, so this is a real design decision, not just an HTTP call. --- **Related** - #48 the thing that draws it - #39 cloud cover dims the directional light - #7 the existing lighting issue

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2026-10-17 20:44:22 +00:00

Rain and snow #48

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Revamped lighting #7

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Poll status.liu.se for the live campus pulse #61

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