The weather API endpoint is completely unauthenticated, is the idea that app devs will use the same endpoint too?
Answered by JP on Discord
Not necessarily the same endpoint by using the endpoint directly but we do want to offer an API (either PKJS or C, we donāt know yet)
No need to call things core devices anymore, itās just Pebble again ![]()
Yup, weāre planning to expose weather data as an API for devs. I wouldnāt recommend using our API endpoint as it will change in the future. Instead, just use Open-Meteo (which is free for low volume, and what we use too).
Itās Pebble, except when itās Repebble. Or Core Devices. Iāve had too many conversations where someone uses the term Pebble to actually refer to some part of Rebble instead, itās easier for me to just say Core or Rebble and nip any confusion at the bud, IME
rePebble is just the url, Core Devices is the LLC name. Weāre Pebble ![]()
Iām aware youāre Pebble, it just makes the terminology easily confused lol
For example, thereās the Pebble app and the old Pebble app. Thereāve been people trying to troubleshoot the Pebble app, and it turns out they were using the old app. Another example is that the old Pebble app doesnāt support the new hardware. So it makes it very clear which watches are supported if I say that the old Pebble app doesnāt support Core Devices watches. It also makes it clear if I say that, as of right now, only Core Devices watchesā firmware can be fully compiled from source. Same with the app store. Previously the apps.repebble.com URL pointed to the Rebble appstore. Thatās what was being used in the Core Devices Pebble app for webviews, and people were confused why some old apps that previously worked now didnāt work in the native UI store. It makes it easy to refer to the different appstores as Core vs. Rebble, since Iāve had a couple people say Pebble when they actually mean Rebble. Thereās no ambiguity as to what Iām referring to if I use Core Devices and Rebble. In this case thereās just no point in using more confusing terminology for the sake of technical correctness IMO
Ah I see where youāre coming from. Unfortunately in the grand scheme of things effectively zero people know what Core Devices is but a lot of people know what Pebble is. So whenever someone says Core Devices when they mean Pebble, Iād say it is potentially more confusing.
For what it is worth, when I was getting started I was highly confused when I encountered pebble, repebble, rebble, and core devices all being intertwined in some fashion.
Iām with @Flynn on need to differentiate between core devices and rebble. using ācore devicesā also helps differentiate between the older watches and the new devices.
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