[willemh]

Earlier this year I went to the Australian F1 GP. Between qualifying on Saturday and the race on Sunday I built an integration between a live timing API and Telegram to send me position updates every minute with lap times.

This was because anywhere near a screen was packed with crowds and my mobile network couldn’t keep up using the official app.

I was job searching and wrote it up and posted to LinkedIn. My now manager saw it and was trying to hire for a role building integrations. My project was enough for him to reach out and set up a chat. Without the project we wouldn’t have connected.

[barbs]

I'd be curious to read the post if you're willing to share?

[willemh]

Here’s the blog version https://willemhandreck.com/f1-live-updates