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How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding

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Re: How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding

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Post by warent »

cat199 wrote: post #105
sumeno wrote: post #38

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Not everyone cares about the same things you do. I used paperless post for my wedding because it was easy, free, and physical wedding invitations are not important to me or my wife in any way. Nobody complained, it took a couple hours to get everything set up the way we wanted it, and within a few days we had around a 90% response rate. Only 1 person RSVPed as no so it doesn't seem like anyone got the impression we d…

> Nobody complained, it took a couple hours to get everything set up the way we wanted it, and within a few days we had around a 90% response rate. Only 1 person RSVPed as no so it doesn't seem like anyone got the impression we didn't care about them wow - any idea on the conversion rate? if so, how many sigma are you talking here? did you do any a/b testing for future iterations? With this level of customer focus, i…

Does this post add any value or just pointlessly assert your disgust in a passive way? Because from my perspective it seems like it's the latter

Re: How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding

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Post by tomschlick »

joshaidan wrote: post #116

I'm working on a check-in system for our reception using a Raspberry Pi, a RC522 reader and MIFARE RFID cards. Guests tap their card to check-in and the monitor displays their table number. I'll log their check-in time among other things. Is there a point to it? No, it's just to be fun and cool. https://github.com/joshaidan/wedding-checkin

Just make sure you have a hard backup. You don't want to be troubleshooting tech on your wedding day.

Happy Wife = Happy Life.

Re: How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding

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Post by Zpalmtree »

warent wrote: post #121
cat199 wrote: post #105

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> Nobody complained, it took a couple hours to get everything set up the way we wanted it, and within a few days we had around a 90% response rate. Only 1 person RSVPed as no so it doesn't seem like anyone got the impression we didn't care about them wow - any idea on the conversion rate? if so, how many sigma are you talking here? did you do any a/b testing for future iterations? With this level of customer focus, i…

Does this post add any value or just pointlessly assert your disgust in a passive way? Because from my perspective it seems like it's the latter

Seemed like just a joke to me.

Re: How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding

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Post by downandout »

mod wrote: post #119
downandout wrote: post #109

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Yes, if you needed to fly by private jet somewhere, either for time or because the place you need to get to doesn't have commercial air service. You would indeed be "doing what you can".

I think his point is you wouldn't need to fly by private jet anywhere. Doing what you could would be choosing another solution.

I understood, which is why I qualified my response. There are legitimate business needs at various times where the use of a private jet is fully justified.

Re: How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding

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Post by rootsudo »

froindt wrote: post #113
odbol_ wrote: post #110

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You could even get a little blue "verified" checkmark next to your name after you pass an STD test.

Holy shit this is a startup idea! Who is in?

I'm in. We'll call it Layd.

Re: How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding

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Post by devonkim »

unpythonic wrote: post #69

Are you going to continue family life the automated way? Perhaps start a family using Jenkins: an enjoyable build process, lots of tests along the way, and release to production once they're out of college.

I'm glad I'm not the only one in the world to have realized that the Duggar family practices continuous deployment religiously.

Re: How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding

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Post by Steeeve »

imesh wrote: post #115
eldavido wrote: post #66

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Counterpoint: it's also worth considering the costs of breaking with tradition. I mean, sure, nobody has to get married. But then you might not get custody rights over your children. It might be more difficult to pick your kids up from school. Perhaps it will complicate inheritance. You won't get the tax breaks. You'll have to explain your relationship every time you're introduced to more traditional people, which mi…

Is this a cultural thing? I have had 0 discussions about a non-diamond ring.

I was in a museum the other day when a guy asked his girlfriend how she would feel about a non-diamond engagement ring. Her reaction was hysterical, and a good laugh was had by about 20 other people. Not likely they are going to be a thing too much longer.

Re: How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding

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Post by zkanda »

Hi, For people who want to do this but don't want to code anything, you can use https://www.engagespark.com/twilio-alternative/

* In this case you can do an SMS Poll asking who would like to come.

* If you want to do this a bit more personal, you could use an IVR Poll instead, so they'd hear your voice.

* You can even go further and build some logic, if they replied yes, then you ask them what food choice do they want, no need for interacting with google spreadsheet.

* You can view all this with some pretty graphs and download the spreadsheet with all the information that happened on the engagement.

* Or if you want fancier stuff, do the above, pass the results to Zapier, and manipulate them with any other apps linked into Zapier.

Disclaimer: I work on engageSPARK

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