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Date Published
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Kyle Kelly-Yahner
Word count
861
Language
English
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None

Summary

Here's a neutral and interesting summary of the provided text: Nikhil Karnik, a software engineer at Zillabyte, built an app that sends landlords SMS notifications about upcoming rain using Twilio. The app uses Zillabyte's distributed computing platform to query weather data from almost every weather station in America and process it with Twilio for automated SMS notifications. By wrapping Twilio rest API calls inside a Zillabyte component, Nikhil created a modular system that allows him to easily update the app without modifying the underlying code. The app's primary utility is to provide meaningful insights to humans by sending notifications when certain weather conditions are expected, making it useful for landlords and tenants alike.