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Apr 2026 13 min read Agentic development

Clear Skies: Building a Backyard Weather App

How I used agentic development to turn clunky astronomy weather checks into a personal go/no-go forecast for backyard astrophotography.

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A decision-focused forecast for the backyard rig.

Opens the first long-form post and the live project behind it.

Build notes

How I shaped the app, the data flow, and the tradeoffs.

Product notes

What changed when I optimized for one decision instead of many features.

Field reports

Future entries from nights under the telescope and the software that supports them.