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Build a First-Come Email Waitlist with an AI Agent
A developer shows how to create an event waitlist using an email agent that owns its own inbox and processes replies in arrival order. The system uses Nylas grants and webhooks to handle atomic seat allocation, preventing double-booking. The post emphasizes that the hard part is not AI but ensuring first-reply-wins logic with database locks.
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The article is a practical tutorial for developers, but the core insight—that reply ordering and atomic claims are harder than the AI—is a useful reminder for anyone building event systems.
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