andrewtorkbaker
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Comment · 3 months ago
Will probably do a blog post / video about my setup at some point. In the meantime, DM me on Twitter and I can share more about what's working for me
Comment · 3 months ago
On the backlog! My initial data provider only supports the US. I think there are only two 70mm IMAX theaters in BC, right? My advice in the meantime: Chrome + Codex / Claude Code are pretty good at keeping an eye on things for smaller data sets like this
Comment · 3 months ago
Yes!! I'd say I'm probably already 85-90% of the way there for a service that monitors seatmaps for other 70mm IMAX movies too. And I, too, will want Dune 3 IMAX tickets. Was already considering keeping this going for sure
Comment · 3 months ago
For the theaters near me, 70mm IMAX showings even a few weeks out still had only crummy seats. Also, I'm impatient and want to see it soon!
Comment · 3 months ago
+1 to the AMC Metreon being one of the toughest. Of all the theaters I'm monitoring, it's probably in the top 3 of fewest seats opening up. My best guess is that SF is just a market where demand far exceeds supply.
But I am seeing a few every day, and I'm guessing it will get better after opening weekend too. My system checks every 10 mins leading up to 24 hours before showing, then ramps up to every 60 seconds.
Re: Cloudflare - not sure if you're trying to hit AMC's site directly or an alternative. Either way, the first library I reach for in that situation is curl_cffi https://github.com/lexiforest/curl_cffi
Comment · 3 months ago
On the backlog! The first data provider I integrated with only supports the US.
My advice in the meantime: Codex and Claude Code are much better at correctly reading theater and airline seatmaps than they used to be. If you've got a personal plan / one via your employer, I've had good results just asking them to set a schedule to watch a seatmap directly
Comment · 3 months ago
Thank you - let me know if you snag some seats!
Comment · 3 months ago
Hey HN! 150,000 people bought IMAX tickets to see The Odyssey the first day they went on sale. I was not one of them. So I built a site to watch every 70mm IMAX screening in the US and alert me when good seats open up.
More details on Twitter: https://x.com/andrewtorkbaker/status/2078540178713629119
Comment · 7 years ago
Hi HN! I created Later to solve a problem I've had every day since joining a remote team: I want to keep our conversations in Slack, but don't want to intrude on my coworkers after hours when they're in different time zones.
Later has a few tricks that I continue to enjoy daily:
- Later does the time zone math for you, automatically determining when 9:00 AM is in your recipient's time zone - Later watches for when your recipient comes online and delivers your message early if they go green before 9:00 AM (but you can disable early delivery for a message, too) - Messages are delivered as if you sent them (as opposed to Slack's built-in /remind, which sends messages out of context from Slackbot) - Later works in DMs and group DMs as well as public and private channels - handy for making morning announcements to a distributed team
After months of use with my team, I'm excited to launch Later for anyone to try. I'd love to answer your questions