Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated?

Re:Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated? by hoskdoug on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @03:37PM (#15452725)

I have a script on AWS which scrapes the UK National Rail website for my commute every few minutes between set times in the morning and afternoon, and sends me a Slack notification if there are delays or cancellations.

I could check manually but train problems are actually infrequent enough that I usually don't bother, although they are highly disruptive when they do happen.

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Re:Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated? by jackpotek on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @11:17PM (#15455410)

Hey, I work for company that works with UK National Rail. Where are you located? Are you looking for a job? Which technologies have you been using?

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Re:Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated? by Quiark on Saturday October 14, 2017 @04:52AM (#15471371)

This is how you catch and jail the bad boy who's scraping your website :P

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Re:Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated? by joefarish on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @04:54PM (#15453379)

That sounds really useful, have you thought about putting it up on Github?

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