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Episode 50: Automate It - Don't Do It More Than Twice - Craig Shoemaker

Episode Summary

How do you know when it's time to automate tasks? And what are the costs involved? Craig Shoemaker is on this episode to talk about automation with John and Dan.

Episode Notes

Recording date: 2019-08-13

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @CraigShoemaker

Resources:

• Spinefeed Function
• CraigShoemaker.net
• Azure Functions tutorial
• Create a vs code extension
• Azure Functions tutorial
• Electron
• Microsoft Learn
• AWS Lambda functions
• Functions Triggers Bindings
• Azure blob storage bindings
• Azure functions pricing
• AWS Lambda pricing
• Google Cloud Functions
• Github demo of azure functions with typescript
• Learn how to enable automatic updates in a web app with functions on Microsoft Learn
• Azure Functions error handling
• REST client

Timejumps

• 02:43 What is a content developer?
• 09:39 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 10:42 What scenarios do you find automation useful?
• 17:01 Is requiring internet access ok?
• 21:15 What is an HTTP trigger?
• 27:21 Sponsor: DevIntersection
• 28:36 What are the costs involved?
• 35:28 What happens when things go wrong?
• 37:14 Final tips