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		ThinkingGuy on Oct 12, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated? I used to have a similar setup, except it announced the name/number using festival TTS. Now I've replaced the landline with VoIP and an Asterisk server, so instead I just use a perl script that does the same thing, with the added functionality using my local LDAP server to match names with numbers. Having all my friends, family members and contacts in LDAP has made it easier to automate another task: keeping my antispam white list updated.

anotherevan on Oct 12, 2017 [–]

I use NextCloud (fork of OwnCloud) to manage my contacts[1]. It has a CardDAV interface. Synchronises contacts with my phone, and live lookup for my email client too. Very nice having a single-source-of-truth contact list.

[1] In fact, that's all I use it for. Don't use any of NextCloud's other functionality.

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