{
  "id": 14132879,
  "title": "A rental agency was working on a notebook: what I built instead",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/une-agence-de-location-travaillait-sur-un-carnet-ce-que-jai-construit",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-13T06:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/amineaffif/une-agence-de-location-travaillait-sur-un-carnet-ce-que-jai-construit-a-la-place-oh2"
  },
  "original_language": "fr",
  "account": "A vehicle rental agency was previously managed manually with notes and memory, resulting in double-bookings and errors. The agency's unique workflow didn't match any existing software, so developer Amine Affif built a custom tool from scratch. The new system includes online booking, a back-office, payment processing with Stripe, automated emails, a loyalty program, and performance dashboards. This solution eliminated manual errors and is still in use today. Amine Affif, a full-stack developer based in Paris, created the tool for the agency.",
  "summary": "A vehicle rental agency was managing everything by hand, using notes and memory. Result: double bookings and errors when returning vehicles. No software on the market matched their way of working. I had two options: adapt an existing tool, or build their own. I built their own. It's more expensive to deliver, but their margin comes from their way of working...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}