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by wfaler 1305 days ago
Not sure it’s long term the most valuable thing I built, but definitely short-term most profitable:

Built an airline pricing system as the sole developer in 3 months in the early 2000’s. When demoed during late stages of development, it received pre-order guaranteed sales from airlines of $60mn for the next 12 months.

I was paid a paltry $500/day for the contract, and got my marching orders when it was done.