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Inspiration

We actually had none! We had no ideas, so we brainstormed, and we thought about mobile dev, then desktop dev... to finally settle with WebDev. And because of the potential rewards that could come by using any of the sponsors' APIs, we chose SkyScanners to deploy this hack.

What it does

It supposedly gets the best trips for any hackathons, so the time between airports and venues is reduced to a minimum (if possible).

How we built it

We did the front-end first (so we could materialize our ideas), then we started building in the back-end. Because we could publish it and host it on GitHub, everything related to the server-side turned from "we have no idea at all" to "easy peasy".

Challenges we ran into

The SkyScanner API. One hell of a challenge. We thought it would be easier to use than it actually is, and we found lots of trouble to make it work. In the end, we used a pre-baked solution that bypasses the API that, while it works, it's not 100% correct (no updates). In fact, you can only check it from Barcelona, Austin (TX) and London... for now.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Well, we didn't quit, and we ended up publishing it! Perhaps that, even if things get hard, there are always solutions to it, and quitting is not one of the better ones.