Makzan’s Weekly 2019w17: iOS Automation

Link: https://mailchi.mp/makzan/2019w17

The shortcuts app and Pythonista app allows us to create many different kinds of automation in mobile devices that fit our own needs. 

For example, a simple python script to download file into iCloud Drive. A simple PDF to image conversion. Or we can create more complicated shortcuts. 

Building this kind of automation requires the sense of programming. By making the programming as simple as putting different blocks together that runs on iOS, we are really lowering the burden of programming skills. This encourages every one to automate their daily workflow. At least they can download and tweak the shortcut workflows if not creating a new one from scratch. 

Links worth sharing

• AMP, No thanks → Google AMP lowered our page speed, and there’s no choice but to use it

• Coder Server → An open source project that runs VS Code on server

• From Pomodoro to uninterrupted time block → Flow time

• An old post from me → Sharing of my career path

Quote worth sharing

“Do less, then obsess” — Great at Work