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Notes from show night.

Engineering, product, and the odd war story — from the people building ticketing infrastructure.

Engineering8 Jul 20269 min

Surviving a 120,000-ticket onsale (without a queue page)

What actually happens in the ninety seconds after a festival announces. How we designed reservations, holds, and inventory so the whole city can hit refresh at once.

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Product1 Jul 20265 min

A buy button in one line of code

The thinking behind tl-ticket-selector, and why embeds should never look embedded.

Engineering24 Jun 20267 min

Why door scanning has to work offline

Field wifi always dies at doors-open. Here is how our scanning keeps counting when the network does not.

Organisers17 Jun 20266 min

Own your audience: the case against marketplaces

Every ticket sold on a marketplace builds someone else's mailing list. A practical guide to taking it back.

Organisers10 Jun 20268 min

Settlement, explained with one festival bar tab

Venue share, promoter share, add-ons and fees — how money moves from a fan's card to everyone's bank.

Design3 Jun 20266 min

Designing seat maps people can actually read

Between the venue CAD file and a fan's thumb on a train, a lot can go wrong. Our seat map design notes.

Changelog27 May 20263 min

Changelog: dated API versions ship today

Stripe-style versioning lands across the platform — your integration stays frozen in time until you choose.

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