[pfalke]

Did the same thing to get a wedding registration appointment with the Berlin city administration, but used Ghostery instead of AWS+Twilio. The responsible administration department currently doesn’t give out appointments and advises not to plan weddings because they are so understaffed, but I didn’t feel like waiting. Got a notification email from Gostery in the middle of the night, registered the only available slot et voilà!

[zeristor]

Isn’t Ghostery an ad-blocker?

I can’t see anything else with that name. All the references in this thread are great tips, so I’d like to track this one down too.

[pfalke]

Thanks for commenting - it was Ghost Inspector

[arkades]

Can you please elaborate on the state of your bureaucracy. It'll make me feel better about American politics.

[orbifold]

I think it is a passing thing. Germany recently legalized Gay marriage and presumably that lead to a huge backlog of gay people finally wanting to marry.

[t1o5]

So we both had life changing events. Its the real winning moment of a programmer when he is able to use his/her skills for a "non-work" task automation. Its more satisfying.