I made a script which would automatically check my visa application status a couple of times a day:
A simple selenium script which went to the embassy website and downloaded the latest new PDFs for visa decisions, and search the PDF text for my application number.
I wanted to complete it by adding a telegram or text message push, but I got lazy at that point. One script which simply printed out the result on my terminal was good enough.
This is pretty much what I have observed in my social circle, and my own personal usage too.
Once they removed checkins and moved it to another app, most of the people were outraged and decided they didn't want another app. The few who did give the other app eventually stopped using it because none of their friends were using it any more.
It is like Google deciding they to discontinue search and concentrate on ads.
This is the problem in having a vague landing page which doesn't explain anything.
While browserify allows you to use node modules in the browser, NW.js (like node-webkit) allows you to build applications by providing a DOM and browser window. Like popcorntime.
Traditionally they've always been unreasonably expensive (relative to individual units) but in the last few years they have come down a lot and now they're only mildly more expensive than individual units.
I suspect once two units or a unified unit hit the same dollar price you'll see a lot of people switch over the unified systems just so laundry is more "set and forget." Plus some of them have smartphone notifications now when the laundry is done (so no listening for the alarm, etc).
This is because they condense the water out of the basin, whereas a traditional dryer is generating hot air from electricity or natural gas, which I don't believe can be done in a combined unit.
As an Indian software developer who has some exposure to the outsourcing industry, I have to say that I can't disagree with anything the article has to say.
Great news for them. I built a dashboard a few months ago using graphs which pull data from InfluxDB and I had a lot of fun with it. To me, it seem a whole lot easier to use than Graphite.
I wanted to complete it by adding a telegram or text message push, but I got lazy at that point. One script which simply printed out the result on my terminal was good enough.