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Re:Ask HN: What is your current pet project? by Nicholas_C on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @12:05PM (#7103861)
I'm using Twilio, PythonAnywhere, and Google Directions API to send myself texts when my commute length is longer than a specified tolerance, then sending texts with commute lengths for alternate routes if they are shorter. Currently gathering commute length data to make my commute length tolerances dependent on an average commute length for that workday plus a specified percentage above that.

Also playing around with Flask and other APIs as well as building a blog in Django.

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Re:Ask HN: What is your current pet project? by brettinlj on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @01:20PM (#7104370)
Great idea. This would have helped me with my morning commute today when SF Muni had a bit of a meltdown. Have you put the source up on github? Also, if you're already playing around with APIs and frameworks like Flask and get the itch to create a REST API, check out flask-restful https://github.com/twilio/flask-restful.

Disclaimer - I work at Twilio.

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Re:Ask HN: What is your current pet project? by Nicholas_C on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @08:38PM (#7106558)
Awesome! I love Twilio. Very fun and easy to use (and affordable).

I do plan to put it on GitHub although it needs some refining. I'm a financial analyst by training and trade so my programming skills are below par.

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