Automators

113: FocusCuts and Asynchronous Automation Awesomeness

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Oct 21, 2022
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ANECDOTE

FocusCuts Personalization Story

  • FocusCuts app lets you customize which shortcuts appear based on your Mac and focus mode.
  • Rose shares how confusing default icons led to adding focus mode names in the menu bar for clarity.
ADVICE

Chunk Automations Asynchronously

  • Break complex automations into asynchronous chunks without strict order except where data dependencies exist.
  • Identify and separate dependent segments to improve reliability and flexibility of your automation.
INSIGHT

Web Automation's Async Handling

  • Web services handle asynchronous triggers by queuing or firing and forgetting, affecting automation reliability.
  • Knowing trigger types and failure modes helps maintain robust automations across platforms.
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