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I think that the trouble with some of the automations is that many people cannot even imagine what can be automated with relative ease. Zapier is a no-code solution to automation. You could replace the version control/static site stuff that here with Wordpress. Or anything else that supports an RSS feed.
What processes might you have to automate?
What processes might you have to automate?
*LAST MINUTE UPDATE*: The funny thing about this post is that attempting to push the respository to Gitea failed. I couldn't connect to my server at all. Trying to connect to my server through both my laptop and phone didn't work, either 4g or wifi. I forgot that I had set the firewall to limit ssh connections from to particular IP addresses. Automation can solve some problems, but can introduce others too!
<p>Now, the automation bits. The Gitea repository syncs every 8 hours with a Github repository. When the Github repository gets the latest code from Gitea, Netlify pulls the website from Gitea. Within the website all the blog posts are included in the <ahref="https://www.coraxfm.uk/feed.rss">RSS feed</a>. <ahref="https://zapier.com">Zapier</a> gets the most recent blog post from the RSS feed and does three things: posts on the <ahref="https://www.linkedin.com/company/coraxfm/">CoraxFM Linkedin company page</a>, creates a <ahref="https://twitter.com/CoraxFM">tweet</a>, and a <ahref="https://medium.com/@coraxfm">Medium story</a>.</p>
<p>I think that the trouble with some of the automations is that many people cannot even imagine what can be automated with relative ease. Zapier is a no-code solution to automation. You could replace the version control/static site stuff that here with Wordpress. Or anything else that supports an RSS feed.</p>
<p>What processes might you have to automate?</p>
<p><em>LAST MINUTE UPDATE</em>: The funny thing about this post is that attempting to push the respository to Gitea failed. I couldn't connect to my server at all. Trying to connect to my server through both my laptop and phone didn't work, either 4g or wifi. I forgot that I had set the firewall to limit ssh connections from to particular IP addresses. Automation can solve some problems, but can introduce others too!</p>
<p>I write my blog entries in <a href="https://www.markdownguide.org/">Markdown</a>, essentially, some minimal markup that can easily get converted into HTML. My website is generated in static site generator called <a href="https://docs.getpelican.com/en/latest/index.html">Pelican</a>. I use <a href="https://git-scm.com/">git</a> for version control, which I self-host with <a href="https://gitea.io/en-us/">Gitea</a>. So far, not much automted. I can't really automate the writing of blog posts.</p>
<p>Now, the automation bits. The Gitea repository syncs every 8 hours with a Github repository. When the Github repository gets the latest code from Gitea, Netlify pulls the website from Gitea. Within the website all the blog posts are included in the <a href="https://www.coraxfm.uk/feed.rss">RSS feed</a>. <a href="https://zapier.com">Zapier</a> gets the most recent blog post from the RSS feed and does three things: posts on the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/coraxfm/">CoraxFM Linkedin company page</a>, creates a <a href="https://twitter.com/CoraxFM">tweet</a>, and a <a href="https://medium.com/@coraxfm">Medium story</a>.</p>
<p>I think that the trouble with some of the automations is that many people cannot even imagine what can be automated with relative ease. Zapier is a no-code solution to automation. You could replace the version control/static site stuff that here with Wordpress. Or anything else that supports an RSS feed.</p>
<p>What processes might you have to automate?</p></content><categoryterm="articles"></category><categoryterm="Software"></category></entry><entry><title>Personal Accounting</title><linkhref="https://coraxfm.uk/personal-accounting.html"rel="alternate"></link><published>2022-12-12T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2022-12-12T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Tom Lee-Gough</name></author><id>tag:coraxfm.uk,2022-12-12:/personal-accounting.html</id><summarytype="html"><p>Thoughts on Personal Accounting</p></summary><contenttype="html"><p>I've been using <a href="https://gnucash.org">Gnucash</a> since 2016 to create a full set of accounts for myself. It is a thing of beauty. Now that I have several years worth of transactions, it is really interesting to see how things have changed over time. I initially started out just trying to monitor cashflows. However, as time has now gone on, I have a much more comprehensive set of accounts. Creating a good set of accounts has made me think about a few different complex scenarios in personal accounting.</p>
<p>What processes might you have to automate?</p>
<p><em>LAST MINUTE UPDATE</em>: The funny thing about this post is that attempting to push the respository to Gitea failed. I couldn't connect to my server at all. Trying to connect to my server through both my laptop and phone didn't work, either 4g or wifi. I forgot that I had set the firewall to limit ssh connections from to particular IP addresses. Automation can solve some problems, but can introduce others too!</p></content><categoryterm="articles"></category><categoryterm="Software"></category></entry><entry><title>Personal Accounting</title><linkhref="https://coraxfm.uk/personal-accounting.html"rel="alternate"></link><published>2022-12-12T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2022-12-12T00:00:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Tom Lee-Gough</name></author><id>tag:coraxfm.uk,2022-12-12:/personal-accounting.html</id><summarytype="html"><p>Thoughts on Personal Accounting</p></summary><contenttype="html"><p>I've been using <a href="https://gnucash.org">Gnucash</a> since 2016 to create a full set of accounts for myself. It is a thing of beauty. Now that I have several years worth of transactions, it is really interesting to see how things have changed over time. I initially started out just trying to monitor cashflows. However, as time has now gone on, I have a much more comprehensive set of accounts. Creating a good set of accounts has made me think about a few different complex scenarios in personal accounting.</p>
<h2>Cash vs Profit</h2>
<p>I think that it is fair to say that most households probably think in terms of cashflow rather than profit. Profit is necessary in order to grow overall cash, but a profit and loss doesn't feel like it quite captures how one thinks about household finances.</p>
<p>For example, if you has a repayment mortgage there are usually monthly repayments. A portion of that value is interest and a portion is debt repayment. A profit and loss would only capture the interest portion of the payment, not the debt repayment. In terms of a mental model, I think that this would screw a lot of people up. If you were doing a periodic review, you'd also need to look at the balance sheet to show the reduction in debt.</p>
Tom Lee-Gough
8 months ago