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Re:My biggest mistake as an RPA developer by ragebol on Monday March 21, 2022 @02:45PM (#30758078)
Can someone explain to me where the robots in RPA are? It's just scripting for UIs, the way I understand it
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Re:My biggest mistake as an RPA developer by 8organicbits on Monday March 21, 2022 @07:27PM (#30761044)
Here's an example (not mine). This was likely built via UI, so this is generated XML.

https://github.com/rohanbaraskar/UiPath-11/tree/master/Autom...

There's not much RPA code on GitHub, which seems like a red flag to me. I suspect there's more hype than actual work happening.

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Re:My biggest mistake as an RPA developer by ozim on Monday March 21, 2022 @03:58PM (#30758956)
They stand in marketing bullshit because they sound cool.
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Re:My biggest mistake as an RPA developer by honey-badger on Monday March 21, 2022 @03:58PM (#30758963)
It's a terrible name that has unfortunately stuck. Deliberate obfuscation.
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Re:My biggest mistake as an RPA developer by ragebol on Monday March 21, 2022 @04:18PM (#30759175)
100% agreed. I do actual robots (you know, that drive around and pick stuff up etc) and get LinkedIn messages for doing RPA. Read my profile!
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Re:My biggest mistake as an RPA developer by honey-badger on Monday March 21, 2022 @04:35PM (#30759357)
Damn! You are like the bystander who gets taken out during a gang raid in your neighbourhood.
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