Coding Convenience: Immersive labs achievements scraper

Introduction You ever look at your achievements page on X Y or Z website and think “I would love to show this whole page and not just piece meal my Linkedin account resulting in just unprofessional noise on my public profile”… No? Maybe it’s just me… Anyway Ima build my own achievements page, with blackjack and hookers, using a web scrapping bot that extracts all the essential details and outputs this webpage for my site. Here is how I did it. ...

Coding Convenience: How I Automated Our Digs Expenses with Python and Zapier

Introduction I’ve recently moved in with some mates. As with all things moving you need to setup debit orders and subscriptions with your respective utility providers and whatever monthly things you all want to add to the expenses docket. I’ve been toying with the idea of automating my finances more. Many banks provide ways for you to do this through scheduling payments, direct debits etc. Some new digital banks even expose their APIs for you to use directly in whatever way you choose. My bank has this functionality available to me. So why not put together a fun little project to automate the expensing? ...