Ask HN: Do you have any repeating tasks that can be automated? 1 points by vsakos 10y ago ↗ HN Do you have any computer related repeating tasks that can be (or already are) automated with software either fully or partially?
[–] dozzie 10y ago ↗ Yes, of course. [–] vsakos 10y ago ↗ Can you please tell me what exactly? [–] dozzie 10y ago ↗ What do you need to know, exactly? What do you need it for? It's too vague question to answer concretely. [–] vsakos 10y ago ↗ Anything you could either do manually or write a bash/python/javascript/php/whatever script for, or use a SaaS.It can be anything, like scraping some site and exporting the data as csv, getting raw text from pdf, doc files etc.Do you use something like this, or do something that can be automated this way? Just give some examples that first come to mind. [–] dozzie 10y ago ↗ Monitoring. Managing servers' configuration. Building packages to install on servers. Building reports.
[–] vsakos 10y ago ↗ Can you please tell me what exactly? [–] dozzie 10y ago ↗ What do you need to know, exactly? What do you need it for? It's too vague question to answer concretely. [–] vsakos 10y ago ↗ Anything you could either do manually or write a bash/python/javascript/php/whatever script for, or use a SaaS.It can be anything, like scraping some site and exporting the data as csv, getting raw text from pdf, doc files etc.Do you use something like this, or do something that can be automated this way? Just give some examples that first come to mind. [–] dozzie 10y ago ↗ Monitoring. Managing servers' configuration. Building packages to install on servers. Building reports.
[–] dozzie 10y ago ↗ What do you need to know, exactly? What do you need it for? It's too vague question to answer concretely. [–] vsakos 10y ago ↗ Anything you could either do manually or write a bash/python/javascript/php/whatever script for, or use a SaaS.It can be anything, like scraping some site and exporting the data as csv, getting raw text from pdf, doc files etc.Do you use something like this, or do something that can be automated this way? Just give some examples that first come to mind. [–] dozzie 10y ago ↗ Monitoring. Managing servers' configuration. Building packages to install on servers. Building reports.
[–] vsakos 10y ago ↗ Anything you could either do manually or write a bash/python/javascript/php/whatever script for, or use a SaaS.It can be anything, like scraping some site and exporting the data as csv, getting raw text from pdf, doc files etc.Do you use something like this, or do something that can be automated this way? Just give some examples that first come to mind. [–] dozzie 10y ago ↗ Monitoring. Managing servers' configuration. Building packages to install on servers. Building reports.
[–] dozzie 10y ago ↗ Monitoring. Managing servers' configuration. Building packages to install on servers. Building reports.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 23.6 ms ] threadIt can be anything, like scraping some site and exporting the data as csv, getting raw text from pdf, doc files etc.
Do you use something like this, or do something that can be automated this way? Just give some examples that first come to mind.