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11 Jul 2024
Pivoting QuartoVerde to be a PMS
It turns out finding hotels interested in revenue management systems, specifically dynamic pricing, is tricky. Not only ...
23 Jun 2024
Buying property in Switzerland: how much it costs
In the previous post we went over on why having a foot in real estate may make financial sense. In this post we will foc...
12 Jun 2024
Is real estate in Switzerland a good investment?
Buying real estate in a big city like Zurich is estimated to be 35% more expensive than renting. A rough rule is that ev...
25 Feb 2024
Design of a system for scraping a 3rd party API using serverless
As mentioned in the previous post, I’m collecting hotel booking data regularly, scraping the Booking.com API. I&rs...
02 Jan 2024
Learning Go: first impressions
I’m working on a new project to collect hotel booking data regularly, scraping the Booking.com API. The idea is to...
15 Oct 2023
Introducing QuartoVerde
I talked about the idea of building a dynamic hotel pricing product in the posts inspiration from startup school and als...
24 Sep 2023
Intro to woodworking: Making your own cutting board
I did a short woodworking last week. It was a 5 hour course that taught the basics on how to use woodworking machines sa...
19 Sep 2023
On reducing compulsive phone usage
I have the impression I reach for my phone in a lot of different situations and I’d like to reduce that. A common ...
05 Aug 2023
1 year of blogging: a retrospective
Today is the first anniversary of the blog! I am actually quite happy that this didn’t just become abandoned after...
04 Aug 2023
Amadeus Self-Service Hotel API: a short review
Amadeus is a GDS (Global distribution system), offering a diverse set of travel APIs: flight offers, cars and transfers,...

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