Are those price prediction tools worth anything

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You

Are those price prediction tools worth anything?

ChatGPT

Marginally. The reliable part is that prices rise close to departure and dip on midweek flights, both of which you can exploit without a tool. Set a price alert, book when it is acceptable, and stop watching, because the regret costs more than the difference.

Tool steps: 3 (reasoning summary, call to python, execution output)
reasoning summary
Checked the query plan, then compared index options.
call to python
rows = run_sql("EXPLAIN (ANALYZE) SELECT ...")
print(rows[:3])
execution output
Seq Scan on events  (cost=0.00..812431.00 rows=41203122 width=16)
  Rows Removed by Filter: 38996878
Planning Time: 0.214 ms
Execution Time: 11842.663 ms
You

Any approach to jet lag that actually works?

ChatGPT

Shift the light schedule, not the sleep schedule: get bright light in the morning at the destination and avoid it in the evening. Melatonin helps at small doses taken early relative to the new night; large doses mostly make you drowsy at the wrong time.

You

What would you skip entirely?

ChatGPT

The reporting layer, until something forces it. It is the part that feels productive to build and the part nobody opens twice.