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It reminded me of a simple but not so obvious concept - do nothing scripts. https://blog.danslimmon.com/2019/07/15/do-nothing-scripting-the-key-to-gradual-auto
by gordonb 4y ago
It reminded me of a simple but not so obvious concept - do nothing scripts.
https://blog.danslimmon.com/2019/07/15/do-nothing-scripting-the-key-to-gradual-automation/ https://blog.danslimmon.com/2019/07/15/do-nothing-scripting-...
- nicbou 4y agoThis resembles autonomation in the Toyota Production System: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomation Basically, you define a process, do it manually, then slowly automate bits of it.
- _qua 4y agoThis is a pretty neat idea. I'm an amateur programmer in addition to my job in medicine and I'm working in a new administrative role. There is so much being done by hand that I can see would be easily automated but, just as the blog post describes, I've been paralyzed by the all-or-none attitude towards doing so. This is a great way for me to start chipping away at some of these tasks.