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Release: z2z v0.1.0
Changelog This is the first release of z2z. You may view the changelog on GitHub. Subsequent changelogs will be provided here and on GitHub in the release notes. Synopsis z2z is a peer-to-peer (p2p) networking application that I started on several months ago. I wanted to create something simple in Zig in an effort to…
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Pre-release: terebinth v0.1.0-alpha.2
Changelog Synopsis Despite the changelog being so short, this update touched a lot of the codebase. The biggest change of course is a bugfix that addressed an issue with arithmetic binary operator associativity. If the precedence of consecutive binary operators was the same, the evaluation of the operators was right-associative. By default, all arithmetic operators…
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Release: static-wx v0.3.0
Changelog Synopsis This version of static-wx includes some UI/UX changes as well as some new features. The biggest changes pertain to the generation of the forecast infographic. YAML configuration files are no longer supported in favor of more dynamic data entry. Users have two ways of creating forecast charts: 1) via manual data entry in…
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Pre-release: terebinth v0.1.0-alpha.1
Changelog Synopsis I have finally found motivation to continue working on Terebinth! I found a really awesome YouTube series about writing a compiler in Rust, and I have been following along with it to help create the Terebinth compiler. I will be updating the Terebinth compiler at least until version 0.1.0 is officially released. Afterward,…
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Release: static-wx v0.2.1
Changelog Synopsis This update introduces a minor tweak to the Threatcast infographic as well as the form for filling it out. Originally, the threat severity levels followed the NOAA Storm Prediction Center standard: To avoid confusion with the SPC’s Outlooks, the severity levels have been updated: There are now only 4 severity levels (5 including…
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Release: open-dis-rust v0.2.0
Changelog Synopsis The only change in this update is that this crate now leverages the newly released Rust 2024 edition (Rust 1.85.0). Since this could be a breaking change, I have incremented the minor version number accordingly. Please report any bugs to GitHub. I will post future update changelogs here on my blog.
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Release: static-wx v0.2.0
Changelog Synopsis The v0.2.0 release introduces a new infographic: the Threatcast! This is a common graphic that weather stations will use when discussing severe weather potentials. It is usually shown a couple days before or even the day of a severe weather event. It gives a probabilistic breakdown of common severe weather phenomena, including tornadoes,…
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Release: static-wx v0.1.0
Changelog Synopsis This release made some minor improvements to the infographic, including updates to the condition icon colors, a few more condition options, and a flag for labeling a day as “severe”. The new conditions added are “Mostly Sunny” and “Partly Cloudy”. The icon originally used for “Cloudy” is now being used for “Partly Cloudy”,…
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Milestone: open-dis-rust 10k Downloads!
According to crates.io, my open-dis-rust crate has been downloaded over 10,000 times all-time! That’s pretty awesome, and I thought I would make a brief post to recognize this milestone. There are some packages on crates.io that have been around for months or even a couple years, and they don’t have nearly that level of consumption.…
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New Software Release: static-wx v0.0.0
A friend of mine recently showed me some infographics he was working on for his weather blog, and he had the idea of creating some 7-day forecast graphics; you know, something like this: He has been using Python to create some pretty cool charts for showing daily highs and lows along with precipitation chances. However,…
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