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2h ago · 9 min read · Flight cancellations look simple from the outside: a flight was scheduled, it didn't happen, it shows "Cancelled." Done. After processing 628,000+ flights across 1,300 airports, I can tell you it's not that simple. Cancellations are one of the messie...
Join discussion2d ago · 6 min read · The original version of MyAirports required a developer (me) to open DevTools, find the network request carrying flight data, copy the URL, figure out the headers, and paste everything into a config file. One airport at a time. That's fine for ten ai...
Join discussion4d ago · 7 min read · Every API has an auth problem. Usually it's one: how do you verify that the person calling your API is allowed to? Building MyAirports — a real-time flight data API covering 1,000+ airports — gave me two auth problems. The first is the standard one: ...
Join discussion5d ago · 11 min read · I scrape 200+ airport departure boards every few minutes. Here's every defence I've had to break through — and the ones that still slow me down. Why Airport Websites Are a Scraper's Nightmare Airport websites are an unusual target. They're not e-com...
Join discussion5d ago · 7 min read · Most passengers never claim the compensation they're legally owed. I built a feature that changes that — here's how it works under the hood. The €250 Nobody Asks For When Lufthansa cancelled flight LH954 from Frankfurt to Birmingham this morning, 25...
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