How a CS student tracks Elon’s Private Jet with Python // The Code Report

A college student built a Twitter bot with Python that tracks the location of Elon Musk's private jet - then Elon offered him $5K to shut it down. Now the situation is blowing up in the media...

This is the first edition of "The Code Report" - a new series where I bring you breaking news every programmer should know.

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🔗 Resources

Source Code https://github.com/Jxck-S/plane-notify
ElonJet https://twitter.com/ElonJet
Teen Turn's Down 5K Article https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teen-rejects-elon-musks-5000-offer-shut-jet-tracker-rcna14256


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🔖 Topics Covered

- How to build ElonJet Twitter Bot
- How flight tracking works