SondeHub operator describes a hobby radiosonde API becoming load-bearing for aviation safety and a war

Sources: sprocketfox.io post, HN discussion
Summary: The operator of SondeHub, a volunteer-run tracking service for weather radiosondes, describes the open public API being taken up by callers the project never planned for, including aviation safety use and heavy military use during a war. The post sets out the operator's answer: publish a self-hostable version of the prediction service so heavy callers can run their own, rather than block the caller or close the API.
Why it matters: An open public API that succeeds inherits decisions about who may use it, and the operator answered heavy military use by publishing a self-hostable predictor rather than by blocking the caller.