diff --git a/content/articles/2023-02-15_automation.md b/content/articles/2023-02-15_automation.md index b4fe4a5..15ae029 100644 --- a/content/articles/2023-02-15_automation.md +++ b/content/articles/2023-02-15_automation.md @@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ Now, the automation bits. The Gitea repository syncs every 8 hours with a Github 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? \ No newline at end of file +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! \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/output/automation.html b/output/automation.html index 23766c2..3210fa6 100644 --- a/output/automation.html +++ b/output/automation.html @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@

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 RSS feed. Zapier gets the most recent blog post from the RSS feed and does three things: posts on the CoraxFM Linkedin company page, creates a tweet, and a Medium story.

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?

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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!

diff --git a/output/feed.rss b/output/feed.rss index c8570c6..77f26d2 100755 --- a/output/feed.rss +++ b/output/feed.rss @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ <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>Personal Accounting2022-12-12T00:00:00+00:002022-12-12T00:00:00+00:00Tom Lee-Goughtag:coraxfm.uk,2022-12-12:/personal-accounting.html<p>Thoughts on Personal Accounting</p><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>Personal Accounting2022-12-12T00:00:00+00:002022-12-12T00:00:00+00:00Tom Lee-Goughtag:coraxfm.uk,2022-12-12:/personal-accounting.html<p>Thoughts on Personal Accounting</p><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> diff --git a/output/sitemap.xml b/output/sitemap.xml index 65139ba..414ce4a 100644 --- a/output/sitemap.xml +++ b/output/sitemap.xml @@ -5,28 +5,28 @@ xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"> https://coraxfm.uk/ -2023-02-15T22:26:24-00:00 +2023-02-17T13:41:24-00:00 daily 0.5 https://coraxfm.uk/pages/about.html -2023-02-15T22:26:24-00:00 +2023-02-17T13:41:24-00:00 monthly 0.5 https://coraxfm.uk/pages/services.html -2023-02-15T22:26:24-00:00 +2023-02-17T13:41:24-00:00 monthly 0.5 https://coraxfm.uk/pages/software.html -2023-02-15T22:26:24-00:00 +2023-02-17T13:41:24-00:00 monthly 0.5