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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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Add a couple more features, we might well have LaaS (Life as a Service)

And SaaS (Sex as a Service). The day there's an app for people seeking prostitutes where both parties leave stars and text reviews like Airbnb or Uber will be a weird day.

Well, not exactly an app, but some forums dedicated to reviews for courtesans are quite old.

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

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> It is a cash bar, so please bring sufficient money with you as there is no nearby cash machine. Are guests expected to purchase their own alcohol at their wedding?

In the UK the parents of the bride pay for a full formal sit-down meal with wine and champagne, and then guests pay for drinks after that.

British weddings start around 1 or 2pm, while US weddings are just the evening. A full day with an open bar would be insane.

This is what would be expected in the UK, so nobody would be upset about it.

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

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post #46

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Glad you followed up with "in my opinion". All in all sounds very preachy to me. Either way, this sounds like a way you say it vs. what you said argument. I'd rather have someone share a special moment in their life with me than worry about wasting 10 minutes writing an invitation. Plus as stated else where one can pay a company to handwrite notes for you.

I think writing all these programs and functions, setup everything etc. in total it takes longer than just doing it 'by hand'..

Depends totally on the amount of people invited. When you start coming close to 500, you don't want to do everything by hand...

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

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And the divorce announcement will be an "Our incredible journey" post on Medium.

With an article about how he used python and tensorflow to "hack tinder" and replace his ex lol.

This may sound like a joke now, but as impersonal this guy got with his wedding, I wouldn't be surprised if he'll use his strengths in this way to manage his life further.

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

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I like it, but I think if I'd sent out save the dates via SMS for my wedding I'd have been sleeping alone for quite a while.

"Save the date" isn't the actual invitation though. I think it ought to be OK to make it low-key and put the effort into the actual invitations.

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

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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…

I'd love it if I didn't get dead tree invitations. I have nowhere to put them and I feel bad throwing them away. And also of course, dead trees.

I've kept every wedding invitation I've ever received. They take up a small corner of my "personal memories" shoebox. I don't really understand how you can have nowhere to keep them unless you're living out of a suitcase.

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

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That's a good chance to set the tone on how you'll intend to live life from now on. Many people seem fall back to tradition, succumb to pressure and go against their own values when the wedding comes around: Spending too much on the event, diamond ring, church ceremony despite being non-religious, doing a traditional celebration instead of something individual and fun, or geeky like OP.

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…

> You won't get the tax breaks.

Or in the case of a lot of folks like myself, it's worth it to break tradition to avoid jumping into a higher tax bracket due to the marriage penalty [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_penalty

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