As a web developer, writer an halakhah nerd, this is so right up my alley. From a technical pov we need web apps that are more Jewishly-aware, more capable of expressing shabbat & chag observance in any way that site and service owners like you feel is appropraite.
There's quite a bit of componentry that already exists, but more is needed.
I like to think of tools like this as basically "kashering" web apps. Or put another way that is maybe more compatible with the ideas in this post, allowing owners of such apps to express their observance according to their understanding of the law and its obligations.
Any software package that gives developers tools like a function called is_shabbat() ... is just cool I'm sorry :)
Someone should organize a hackathon around this stuff -- maybe such a thing has already happened. I'd go :)
This is awesome. You are awesome. I can't believe it's taken me so long to find your site!
I have a lot of catching-up to do on older posts. However, just for my own contextualization purposes, you write, "both of which are run by Orthodox Jews, which I am not." Is there a post where you define exactly what you mean by Orthodox vs what you define yourself as?
As a web developer, writer an halakhah nerd, this is so right up my alley. From a technical pov we need web apps that are more Jewishly-aware, more capable of expressing shabbat & chag observance in any way that site and service owners like you feel is appropraite.
There's quite a bit of componentry that already exists, but more is needed.
Hebcal's API https://www.hebcal.com/home/197/shabbat-times-rest-api is great, as are these npm packages -- some of which are built to consume this API https://www.npmjs.com/search?q=zmanim
I like to think of tools like this as basically "kashering" web apps. Or put another way that is maybe more compatible with the ideas in this post, allowing owners of such apps to express their observance according to their understanding of the law and its obligations.
Any software package that gives developers tools like a function called is_shabbat() ... is just cool I'm sorry :)
Someone should organize a hackathon around this stuff -- maybe such a thing has already happened. I'd go :)
This is a great idea! And will connect to another post that's currently in the works.
This is awesome. You are awesome. I can't believe it's taken me so long to find your site!
I have a lot of catching-up to do on older posts. However, just for my own contextualization purposes, you write, "both of which are run by Orthodox Jews, which I am not." Is there a post where you define exactly what you mean by Orthodox vs what you define yourself as?
Not as of yet!
Neat. Did your developer make some kind of UI for you to change the location ad hoc some weeks for when you’re out of town for Shabbos?
No, but it's a good idea.