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Ask HN: What was that blog post about writing “manual scripts”?

3 pointsby 1penny42centsover 4 years ago
the idea was that you can write scripts that are partially automated, and partially manual. this allows you to remember and track the steps of a process, and eventually perhaps automating some of the manual ones.

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fanf2over 4 years ago
This sounds like what you want<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.danslimmon.com&#x2F;2019&#x2F;07&#x2F;15&#x2F;do-nothing-scripting-the-key-to-gradual-automation&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.danslimmon.com&#x2F;2019&#x2F;07&#x2F;15&#x2F;do-nothing-scripting-...</a><p>Found via <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dotat.at&#x2F;:&#x2F;?q=automati" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dotat.at&#x2F;:&#x2F;?q=automati</a><p>I also searched for “run book” but that didn’t turn up anything likely. Although a runbook is often a good starting point for automation, this do-nothing script idea probably makes the path from documentation to automation more direct...