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thanks for catching this. just fixed.

note that I also have a system where if the temperature seems outlier compared to direct neighbors it averages the 3 nearest neighbors. this usually occurs in neighborhoods with a single sensor that can skew the results heavily at certain times of the day, etc.


Good flag. I've just added add fallback to the nearest location with a sensor to the repo.

This was directly inspired by Mr Chilly which was designed by my friend Anna Bleker.

It's an excellent iOS app: https://mr-chilly.com/

My goal was to do something similar as a Claude Code skill


I use Mr Chilly to demonstrate to non-SF folks how many microclimates SF (and the Bay Area has).

Only suggestion: separate Inner and Outer Sunset since there can be a massive difference between near Ocean Beach and near Irving/9th Ave in autumn (ie. SF's hottest season).

Edit: nevermind, just saw both inner_sunset and outer_sunset in /neighborhoods. I'd assumed it was merged based on the human readable list on the landing page. Thanks for the fun API!


thanks I will update the homepage to reflect this.

submit a PR

no I made this primarily for a Claude Code / Clawdbot skill so I am not making it super sophisticated.

You should use Purple Air if you want to make it more focused https://www2.purpleair.com/


> I don't understand why it includes indoor sensors at all let alone by default.

Add location_type=0 to only get outdoor sensors


or just click the buttons that accomplish the same thing. The point is someone at PurpleAir is asleep at the wheel if such an obvious default configuration isn't being set. If they can't get such a basic thing right, why do we trust anything else from them? "Anything else" specifically including "running their software on a raspberry pi inside my home network".

Because PurpleAir is not a weather service, they’re a sensor company.

Fork the Github! Would love to see it elsewhere :)

I made this primarily to use inside Claude Code in terminal but maybe I'll make a little demo on the website if you put in an SF zip code.


Purple Air is the primary source but it's open source and you could try other providers https://github.com/solo-founders/sf-microclimates

There's another option other than solo or co-founder.

It's called "solo, together"

Spend time around others who are also building solo and develop meaningful relationships with them.


“Solo, together” - I really like that framing. It captures the best of both worlds: independence without isolation. It’s almost like the modern-day version of guilds — individual creators building side by side.


Is this a real question and you are using AI just for the comments or even the post was AI-generated? Are you a bot or someone that used AI to "proofread"?

If you are feeling lonely, using AI in place of genuinely engaging with people won't help.



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