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Ask HN: What tasks do you automate?

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Re: Ask HN: What tasks do you automate?

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I automate filtering my RSS feeds, or creating a weekly digest of emails that are not priority (bank statement emails, receipts, etc), crawling certain pages that I need to monitor and creating new RSS feed items on updates, weekly digests of top Reddit posts for specific subreddits, monitoring flight deals that originate from my airport.

I find that converting a lot of unimportant emails into RSS feed items has been a huge win for me.

Re: Ask HN: What tasks do you automate?

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Since I have a toddler in longing for a house with a garden which starts ar 800k EUR in pleasant neighborhoods in Amsterdam now, which is above my paygrade. So i wrote a script that compares surrounding towns on a number of metrics (4+ rated restaurants per citizen for instance) and let's me know when there are houses for sale with a garden facing south (or north but only if it's sufficently long that we are likely t…

This is rly cool

Re: Ask HN: What tasks do you automate?

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I use slack a lot for the communication.

I have automated whenever there are significant events happen in our app, I will get notified. Its simple to implement. Configure the webhook.

Also, I did things like getting notified whenever there is a commit, pull request or push in your source control.

Re: Ask HN: What tasks do you automate?

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I consult the relevant XKCD to decide: https://xkcd.com/1205/

Jep, love that chart. Recently showed it to a colleague when we were discussing if it's was worth it to automate our domain creating processes.

Every time I look at that chart, my eyes glaze over and I decide not to automate. The title text when alludes to this.

I just ... don't get it. I fear I may be a bear of small brain.

As someone else mentioned, there are other valuable considerations the chart ignores, such as likelihood and impact of mistakes.

Re: Ask HN: What tasks do you automate?

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My day to day decisions are mostly automated - what to eat for breakfast? what clothes to wear any given day of the week? when to walk my dog and for how long? When to leave work and which back roads route to take to get back home? Lunch options? When to call the folks? Exercise schedule? All automated. It gets a little repetitive and boring at times but I'm able to save so much time and energy this way to focus on w…

please share!

Re: Ask HN: What tasks do you automate?

#157

My day to day decisions are mostly automated - what to eat for breakfast? what clothes to wear any given day of the week? when to walk my dog and for how long? When to leave work and which back roads route to take to get back home? Lunch options? When to call the folks? Exercise schedule? All automated. It gets a little repetitive and boring at times but I'm able to save so much time and energy this way to focus on w…

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Re: Ask HN: What tasks do you automate?

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My day to day decisions are mostly automated - what to eat for breakfast? what clothes to wear any given day of the week? when to walk my dog and for how long? When to leave work and which back roads route to take to get back home? Lunch options? When to call the folks? Exercise schedule? All automated. It gets a little repetitive and boring at times but I'm able to save so much time and energy this way to focus on w…

Nice change of focus - automating mental tasks, rather than just computer tasks.

When you don't have to spend mental energy on it, it's automated. I think that's the real benefit of Steve Jobs's standard outfit: don't have to choose, don't have to shop, just wear clothes and get on with the interesting stuff.

Re: Ask HN: What tasks do you automate?

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post #123

Since I have a toddler in longing for a house with a garden which starts ar 800k EUR in pleasant neighborhoods in Amsterdam now, which is above my paygrade. So i wrote a script that compares surrounding towns on a number of metrics (4+ rated restaurants per citizen for instance) and let's me know when there are houses for sale with a garden facing south (or north but only if it's sufficently long that we are likely t…

Great idea. Never thought about it but why not to find the perfect place. The time will come and you'll find your space.
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