Gabriel Menendez

I got tired of boring weather apps, so I built my own

I used to live in spreadsheets, forecasts, budgets, and boardroom logic.

Then I started building Brzzy. Not because the world needed another weather app. Because I couldn’t stop thinking: why does something we check every single day feel so lifeless?

So I started building nights, weekends, early mornings, whenever I could. No big team. No funding. Just me, a lot of stubbornness, and an unhealthy amount of obsession over tiny details. That ended up mattering more than I expected.

Apple featured Brzzy on the App Store, which was surreal, but the bigger lesson was this: people do not care how hard your product was to build. They care how it feels when they open it.

A few things building Brzzy taught me:

  • Small details usually are the product

  • More features does not always mean better product

  • Users decide in seconds whether something feels worth keeping

  • Consistency beats big bursts of motivation

  • Building something real will humble you fast, but it will also sharpen your taste

Brzzy is my attempt to make weather feel alive again.
More personality. Better design. Less dead data on a screen.

Would genuinely love feedback from other builders, makers, and anyone who is tired of boring weather apps.

Download Brzzy here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/brzzy-weather-local-forecasts/id6670187343

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Andrew Brodsky
It’s a fun way to view the weather
Gabriel Menendez

@andrew_brodsky Thanks!!