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Very mundane tasks but it saves me some time: * Automatically clean Windows desktop from garbage and temporary files that are older than 15 minutes * Download
by dgudkov 7y ago
Very mundane tasks but it saves me some time:
* Automatically clean Windows desktop from garbage and temporary files that are older than 15 minutes
* Download and parse Ngnix web-logs every day, extract notable events
* Send myself email notifications about certain currency rates hitting certain thresholds
* Backup certain folders on schedule
* Pull data submitted by others from Google Sheets, export it into a database
All this done using EasyMorph (https://easymorph.com https://easymorph.com) - the visual data preparation and automation tool that I'm working on.
- simon1573 7y ago> Download and parse Ngnix web-logs every day, extract notable events Would you mind expanding on this? Sounds interesting
- dgudkov 7y agoNothing extra-ordinary to be honest. The application has built-in tools for fetching weblogs over SFTP and creating business rules for parsing different types of events in the logs - e.g. downloading the installer, reading tutorial, etc. The events are then aggregated and inserted into a database that contains various historical metrics that allow me to get an idea about user engagement and trends. Visually designing the logic provides the advantage of flexibility - I can quickly experiment and fine tune the parsing algorithms and metrics without coding, as well as do ad hoc calculations in order to answer spontaneous questions.
- rovr138 7y agoYou could check logreducer. There’s another tool, but I can’t think of the name right now.