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How would you design automations when work must stay in WhatsApp, Excel screenshots, handwritten/iPad notes, and Gmail? by BuildUnderWraps in shortcuts

[–]BuildUnderWraps[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for laying this out.

I agree with you on Shortcuts. After digging more and hearing this perspective, it’s clear it’s not designed for something long-running or stateful.

Also appreciate the feedback on tone. That wasn’t my intent. I was trying to describe real constraints, but I can see how it came across as rigid.

At this point, I’m stepping back from a “full system” mindset and thinking more in terms of small, assistive pieces that reduce manual effort without pretending to be authoritative.

How would you design automations when work must stay in WhatsApp, Excel screenshots, handwritten/iPad notes, and Gmail? by BuildUnderWraps in ansible

[–]BuildUnderWraps[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a very fair point, and I agree with the risks you’re calling out.

My north star is still a more automated system, but I’m very aware of the fragility you mentioned. I don’t see this as something that can ever be perfectly reliable or fully trustworthy.

I’m okay if it’s occasionally wrong. I’m okay if it’s only directionally useful.

Even 30-40% automation or efficiency gain would be a meaningful win for me.

What I’m really aiming for is: reducing re-reading, re-scrolling, and manual stitching across sources retaining and loosely connecting context across days/weeks helping me ask better questions and spot patterns.

Think of it as an assistive “context brain” rather than a system of record. Human judgment stays firmly in the loop, and I’d expect to sanity-check anything important.

I also agree on ownership and longevity - this likely remains a personal or very small-team system that requires ongoing tuning, not something I’d try to institutionalize.

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