Hi PH, I'm Nick and I designed and built Basic Weather.
Basic Weather is an "emotional" weather app that matches hand-curated GIFs with your weather forecast.
The inspiration came from an unlikely place: my therapist would have me do check-ins for my “highs” and “lows” as a daily practice to reflect on my emotions. It's simple but effective. I started thinking about how the weather affects us emotionally, and GIFs are perfect little nuggets of emotion.
A little background on the process: Basic Weather is my first app, and I built it in my spare time as a side project. It took me more than a year. I start a lot of projects that never ship, but discovered a sustainable routine of waking up early and working for a few hours in the morning before work.
The app is built in React Native, and the backend is completely serverless. Everything runs on AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, Cloudsearch and ElasticCache.
I'd love to know what PH thinks!
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