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flights
- Field Report // NO. 028
How I built a flight monitor that watched my actual flight
A departure board tells you a flight is delayed and never tells you whether to worry. I built a self-terminating monitor that watched my flight through a storm-delayed evening at JFK, stayed silent until it mattered, delivered once at wheels-up and deleted its own cron. Here is the reproducible pattern.
- Field Report // NO. 020
The travel helper: flights, hotels, cars and trains from one agent
Travel booking APIs are gated behind B2B accreditation, so a private individual cannot get them. I built a travel helper that searches flights, hotels, cars and trains live, hands me a deep-link to book, and turns the confirmation email into calendar invites. Here is the reproducible pattern and the honest line about what auto-booking still cannot do.