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Thoughts and insights from a team building a weather data platform designed to make complex weather data easier to use.

Sorting Signal from Slop in AI Code in Open-Source Projects

by Steve Gifford | February 19, 2026 | Terrier | 0 Comments

As AI tools flood GitHub, AI code in open-source projects is becoming harder to ignore. Some of it is genuinely useful when guided by a thoughtful developer. A lot of it, though, is automated drive-by slop that wastes maintainers’ time and adds noise instead of value.

Web Coverage Service: A Real-Time Weather Data API

by Steve Gifford | February 12, 2026 | Web Coverage Service | 0 Comments

Web Coverage Service delivers fast, standards-based access to forecast data, functioning as a real-time weather data API.

Why Terrier May Be Better Than A Web Map for Real-Time Weather Visualization

by Steve Gifford | February 6, 2026 | Terrier | 0 Comments

Most web map toolkits were built for static imagery, not animated weather data. Terrier takes a different approach, enabling real-time weather visualization that is space-efficient, projection-aware, and designed for true temporal animation.

Unleashing The Potential Of Coordinate System Visualization With Terrier

Oct 13, 2022 | Data, Terrier

Terrier’s exceptional ability to harmonize and synchronize data from a diverse coordinate system, deliver seamless and high-performance visualizations.

Infrastructure as Code Significantly Improves Efficiency of Cloud Operations

Sep 23, 2022 | Data

Explore how we’ve leveraged Infrastructure as Code, specifically AWS CDK, to streamline and automate Boxer’s cloud operations.

Find Out How We Provide You With Weather Visualization

Aug 11, 2022 | Data, Terrier

Wet Dog Weather specializes in providing SaaS solutions for real-time weather data processing and display for weather visualization.

The New Weather Era: Apple’s Data Independence Journey

Jun 10, 2022 | Data

Apple’s WeatherKit announcement at WWDC sparked discussions about its departure from IBM’s weather services. Wet Dog Weather offers enterprise solutions to give them data independence.

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