Dev builds 'Gate 47', a gate-agent simulator, and works a full shift
dbasch · x · 2026-10-24
After noticing gate agents at an airport seemed to be having fun, the author built himself a gate-agent simulator called Gate 47 and worked a shift.
Screenshots show a polished web game: you play agent 47A for "Sloppy Airways" on the EZE→LIS route, cross-checking each passenger's passport, boarding pass, and reservation terminal (names, flight numbers, passport expiry, scan records), with options to ask questions, refer to desk, or board the traveler. "Some of these people are on their way to Lisbon and I'm sure at least one is being waterboarded," he jokes — a funny, shareable demo of the hidden stress of the job.
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