Michael Scharnagl 2/2/2017

Introducing 🚀 iss-observer.com

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A developer shares the story of building iss-observer.com, a web application that notifies users when the International Space Station is visible from their location. The article details the technical implementation using Web Push for Node.js, the focus on performance (scoring 100 on PageSpeed), and the integration of weather data to filter out poor viewing conditions. It also discusses future plans, including potential Augmented Reality features.

Introducing 🚀 iss-observer.com

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