Re: Is Programming Obsolete?

On 2024-04-07, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:

Indeed, they are.  Made use of "AutoHotKey" some years back at $job to
automate a custom GUI program for a repetitive task mgmt. wanted done, but
naturally the GUI program authors had never provided any ability to
perform.

I feel for you!  I used to support a number of non-trivial AHK
automations.  Unclean!

More recently i discovered xdotool and wrote scripts to produce
music videos out of MOD scene music using VirtualBox, various
MOD trackers and players, ProjectM, and ffmpeg.  It was fragile
and worked just well enough to work at all, reminding me a lot
of AHK.