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Yeah, you can use Zapier for that, but you haven't mentioned anything that couldn't be done just as easily with curl and a shell script... I don't have anythin
by dublin 7y ago
Yeah, you can use Zapier for that, but you haven't mentioned anything that couldn't be done just as easily with curl and a shell script... I don't have anything against Zapier, in fact I have a good friend (a dietician) who build a bunch of Zaps to semi-automate her business, a good call for someone who has zero interest in coding. It just seems to me that anyone reading HN might find it easier to not use Zapier or IFTT...
- davchana 7y agoWell, for me, it was never curl or shell vs Zapier or IFTTT. Only time I have used curl is few years ago in PHP while fetching some external link or page. The closest to shell script is my bunch of .bat files or even less number of .vba files I used very few times in life. I never touched linux or *nix if you don't count using Control Panel on PHP Hostings & using Android. Also, the Ask HN was what do you use these for, not what do you use these for which can't be done by shell? > anyone reading HN might find it easier to not use Zapier or IFTT. Well,there you go, I find IFTTT easier than shell or curl because of all GUI & inter-connectivity. Although last two years I go to Google Apps Script first for anything related.