I did not see this coming. There were hints of it in what Mapbox did with the native SDK, but I totally missed that drama. As a project I’ve used and contributed to (in a minor way) for years, it felt like a gut punch.
If you wish to make apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. –Carl Sagan
So I think to myself: Self, why don’t you stick the nearest 5 greenways in your park information? Great question self. After I tried it, I remembered (a) I had tried this before and (b) I didn’t get what I wanted.
Progressive Web Apps are, if nothing else, an exercise in cache management. Do it right and everybody is happy. Do it wrong and the ghost of app past may haunt a user until they buy a new phone.