Reinventing Ticket Sales with Pretix

In this episode of Talking Kotlin, Hadi Hariri and Sebastian Aigner
chat with Raphael Michel, the founder of pretix, an open-source
ticketing system. Raphael shares his fascinating journey, from
building pretix to solve a conference ticketing problem to becoming
a full-fledged company with a global reach. The conversation dives
into the complexities of event ticketing, the challenges of the
pandemic, and the surprising new markets pretix entered, like
managing access for public swimming pools in Berlin. Throughout the
episode, Raphael discusses how Kotlin plays a crucial role in
pretix's development. He talks about using Kotlin for various
components, including Android apps, desktop applications,
server-side logic, and even future plans for integrating with
hardware like turnstiles.