<p>Web programmer John Siracusa joins the Automators to share his thoughts on automation workflows, the best programming language for automation, and how automating your Mac desktop can become a road to madness. </p>
 <h4>This episode of Automators is sponsored by:</h4> <ul>
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<h4 style='display: inline;'>Guest Starring:</h4> <p style='display: inline;'><a href='http://www.relay.fm/people/siracusa'>John Siracusa</a></p>
<h4>Links and Show Notes:</h4>  <h5><a rel='payment' href='https://relayfm.memberful.com/checkout?plan=30470'>Support Automators with a Relay FM Membership</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://twitter.com/siracusa" target="_blank">John Siracusa (@siracusa) | Twitter</a></h5> <h5><a href="http://hypercritical.co/" target="_blank">Hypercritical</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://www.relay.fm/rd" target="_blank">Reconcilable Differences - Relay FM</a></h5> <h5><a href="http://atp.fm/" target="_blank">Accidental Tech Podcast</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://www.omni-automation.com/" target="_blank">Omni Group Automation</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2019/02/simple-sleep-tracking-with-shortcuts/" target="_blank">Simple sleep tracking with Shortcuts - Six Colors</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/" target="_blank">Bare Bones Software | BBEdit 12</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://www.omni-automation.com/" target="_blank">Omni Group Automation</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://www.noodlesoft.com/" target="_blank">Noodlesoft – Noodlesoft – Simply Useful Software</a></h5> <h5><a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209055" target="_blank">Use Siri Shortcuts - Apple Support</a></h5>

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