Day 11 building travel an app

No code today rabbit hole of flight data.

Turns out flights don't come from "an API".

NDC - direct airline connections
GDS - legacy booking rails
LCC - low-cost carriers

Same with hotels. contracts, limits…

Anyone worked with flight/hotel APIs?

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Day 10 Building my dream travel app

Polish day

✓ Bug fixes
✓ Faster data loading
✓ Google/Apple login coming
✓ New map overlays: weather, air quality, rain

Not every day is a big feature day. Some days you just make it work better.

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Day 9 Building my dream travel app

✓ Globe now shows visa access by color
✓ 2D map too see everywhere you can go at a glance
✓ New "countries visited" tracker
✓ Shows where you've been on the globe

Seeing your passport strength visually hits different

How many have you visited?

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Day 8 Building my dream travel app

Killed the React Native version. Rebuilt in Swift.

Before: Blurry globe, laggy
After: Native Apple Maps, buttery smooth

New onboarding + profile settings too

Best decision I made this week

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Day 6 Making my dream travel App

Polish day + new feature:

- Cleaner icons
- Passport images on visa info card
- 2D map view option
- Air quality gradient map see pollution levels at your destination

What's something you check before traveling somewhere?

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Day 5: Of building my dream travel app

✓ Wizz Air AYCF route tracker
✓ Updates daily with all routes
✓ Pick your departure city
✓ 3D globe with routes you can fly

Now I can actually see which routes are worth taking with my €499 pass

What's the best flight deal you've ever gotten?

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