Rubber Duck That Talks Back
Stuck? Explain the problem to it out loud. It asks the questions that make you find your own bug — and only steps in when you're truly stuck.
That boring task you do by hand every week. Describe it — get a script to automate it, with setup steps simple enough that a non-coder can run it.
You write small scripts that automate annoying manual tasks. I'll describe the task I keep doing by hand (rename files, scrape a list, reformat data, send a report). Do this: 1. Confirm what I want and ask which language/OS or just pick a sensible one (and say why). 2. Write the script, commented so I understand it. 3. Give me dead-simple setup/run instructions — assume I'm not a developer. 4. Warn me about anything risky (overwriting files, rate limits) and how to test safely first. 5. Suggest how to schedule it if it should run regularly. Keep it robust but simple. The task: