@AuditJet · X

u/DilDaNiMaada_5911 · Reddit

Verdict-first travel tool — monetizing via affiliate links that only appear AFTER you've decided. Does this model hold? TripVerdict gives an honest "does this trip fit your budget" verdict from live flight/stay data. The wedge: every competitor (OTAs, AI planners) monetizes bookings, so their incentive is to make every trip look bookable. Mine shows booking links only post-decision, clearly disclosed — the bet is that independence is the moat and the trust earns the click. Early signal:

@petkosokol · X

u/sweetnessssss · Reddit

Nine months ago I quit my data science job to build an app. The app is still hungry. Nine months ago I left a comfortable data science job at a travel company to build a sports betting app. Comfortable is and odd word for a job - it means the money arrives on schedule and nobody in your family asks if you're okay. The app is called THE LINEUP ( https://thelineup.pro/ ) -- it does the unromantic parts of betting: comparing prices, working with projections and tracking what happened afterwar