Ask HN: What automation tools have you used to replace mundane activities?

Re:Ask HN: What automation tools have you used to replace mu... by zitterbewegung on Monday February 17, 2020 @06:33AM (#22346952)

I think the better question is how long did it take you to set this up initially?

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Re:Ask HN: What automation tools have you used to replace mu... by iKlsR on Monday February 17, 2020 @09:19AM (#22347834)

Right, I started with RSS initially. It wasn't in one go, it was over a period. If I had to give you a definitive answer however, I haven't spent more than a couple hours total on this and I've been using this close to 2 years now. Did a recap last night and I have a total of 17 bots, some post daily, others I see once a month. I'm also seeing tools being shared here that could make this a lot easier as well such as huginn.

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Re:Ask HN: What automation tools have you used to replace mu... by beamatronic on Monday February 17, 2020 @10:14AM (#22348217)

There’s no subscription charges or hosting costs?

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Re:Ask HN: What automation tools have you used to replace mu... by iKlsR on Monday February 17, 2020 @02:53PM (#22350163)

None whatsoever. Other than my server which is unrelated (because the same service could run locally) where I have a twitter bot that listens for "save this" from my main account and will unroll a thread and format it nicely for reading later. See https://threadsja.com/ThreadsJa/1214555011289690112 for an example. Used to be personal but I wiped it, got a domain and other people are slowly starting to use it.

So about every service I have connected to it is on a free tier except Ploi (free as well) but I need for actual work and is also too good not to pay for.

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