2 years ago
Tues Jan 9, 2024 1:08am PST
Show HN: I made a simple, sequential task runner (in Python)
While temporarily residing in the US (and the UK for a short while), far away from the comfort of home, and being surrounded by three kids (two of which are not my own), I decided to create a little and useful tool as a challenge to myself (I'm not much of a developer) and to help keep my sanity intact.

This tool lets me define a list of commands as a YAML file to be executed sequentially, without touching code.

We actually use something similar at work to onboard/update people's dev environments, but all tasks are pre-set Python classes. The thought was to try and create a complimentary tool (i.e. not necessarily as robust as the one we use), that will not require to rebuild and push an entirely new binary when making changes to a task or a sequence of tasks, nor require Python knowledge.

Note: I personally use this little tool, and sometimes find and fix issues. I know this can be coded much better, and I'm hoping to learn and improve as I go. If you experience any abnormalities, do tell!

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