Automation

Learn about the tools and trends in IT automation that are helping optimize, accelerate, and improve processes and DevOps practices across organizations, as well as open source tools for everyday users looking to automate common tasks.

How to automate your system administration tasks with Ansible

Sharpen your sysadmin and Linux skills and learn how to set up tooling to simplify administering multiple machines.

Why can't we have the Internet of Nice Things? A home automation primer

Open source home automation hub Home Assistant solves many of the aggravating problems in today's connected homes.

15 podcasts on open source for your listening pleasure

Automate podcast publishing with Python

Python can help you skip over the fussy little steps required to publish podcasts. We walk through a custom script for automating the process.

5 tools to support distributed sysadmin teams

What will we do when everything is automated?

When near total automation means there is no longer any work for most people to do, we need to come up with other means of survival.

Getting started with Python scripting in Scribus

Automate repetitive tasks in Scribus with Python.

10 tips for DIY IoT home automation

We live in an exciting time. Everyday more things become Internet-connected things. They have sensors and can communicate with other things, and help us perform tasks like…

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