# Automation
|  | **Automation** describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, mainly by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machines. Automation has been achieved by various means including mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, electronic devices, and computers, usually in combination. Complicated systems, such as modern factories, airplanes, and ships typically use combinations of all of these techniques. The benefit of automation includes labor savings, reducing waste, savings in electricity costs, savings in material costs, and improvements to quality, accuracy, and precision. |
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| | wikipedia:: [Automation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation) |
## Concepts
### [[Workflow Management System]]
## Areas
### [[+CI CD]]
### [[Data Pipeline]]
### [[API]]
### [[Serverless]]
### [[Testing & QA]]
## [[Home Automation]]
- [[HomeKit]]
## Tools
- [[n8n]]
- [[Windmill]]
- [[Trigger.dev]]
- [[Activepieces]]
- [[Retool]]
- [[Zapier]]
- [[Superblocks]]
- [[Make (formerly Integromat)]]
- [[Semaphore UI]]
- [[Apache Airflow]]
- [[Tray.io]]
- [[Node-RED]]
- [[IFTTT]]
- [[AirTable]]
- [[StackStorm]]
- [[Unito]]
- [[Automate.io (acquired)]]
- [[Google Cloud Composer]]
- [[Workflow Management System#Tools]]
- ![[Workflow Management System#Tools]]
- [Netflix/conductor: Conductor is a microservices orchestration engine.](https://github.com/Netflix/conductor)
- [Open Source Durable Execution | Temporal Technologies](https://temporal.io/)
### [[Apple]]
- [[Apple Shortcuts]]
- [[Automator (macOS)]]
- [[AppleScript]]
- [[Keyboard Maestro]]
- [[TextExpander]]
- [[Hazel]]
- [[HomeKit]]
- Smart Folders
- and saved searches
- https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/8-smart-folders-need-mac-set/
- Boolean
- When you hold down the Option key, the plus on the right side of the screen turns to three dots. When you click those dots, you’ll get a Boolean operator Smart Folder. Use that to create folders that contain the results of multiple smart searches.
- [[macOS Services]]
- Quick Actions
- Folder Actions
- Dictation Commands
## Sources
- [[Automators Podcast]]
- https://brettterpstra.com
- David Sparks
- Rosemary Orchard
## Inbox
- [[Professional Services Automation]]