Re:Ask HN: What automation tools have you used to replace mu...
by muzani on Monday February 17, 2020 @12:15AM
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Did you build these bots or got them from somewhere?
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Re:Ask HN: What automation tools have you used to replace mu...
by iKlsR on Monday February 17, 2020 @12:23AM
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Some are are custom built from apis but I daresay you can find just about anything to hit a webhook or integrate into slack or elsewhere nowadays. Some examples are https://littlebirdie.io/ I use to filter hackernews, Zapier for RSS & filtering feeds, google calendar etc, nothing complicated, just know what you need from a specific service then figure out a way to get it to yourself in a recurring distraction free manner be it an existing addon or something you can roll yourself.
Re:Ask HN: What automation tools have you used to replace mu...
by someguydave on Monday February 17, 2020 @01:34AM
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Wait isn’t having a bot send you notifications all day the opposite of “distraction free”?
Re:Ask HN: What automation tools have you used to replace mu...
by stevejb on Monday February 17, 2020 @04:34AM
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Not OP, but I think that the idea is that if a notification makes it through the system, it has been filtered to be worthy of distraction. So, there isn't a cognitive cost to the user of "is the notification worth reading" since it has already been determined to be that way.
Re:Ask HN: What automation tools have you used to replace mu...
by iKlsR on Monday February 17, 2020 @09:23AM
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You're right. On average I probably get about a dozen spaced out during my working hours, 10am to 4pm. On a busy day I might get a couple dozen but the intervals make these easily manageable and I always have priority. If I see something from Gilfoyle in alerts that's probably more pressing than a company I'm following that just released unaudited financials in news. Setup might sound odd but in reality as said above anything that makes it through has some stake in something I'm invested in and want to keep an eye on.