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2025


Using Siri Shortcuts to Set Microphone

·571 words·3 mins

Managing audio settings on Mac devices can be repetitive, especially when switching between different microphones for calls, recordings, or meetings. Siri Shortcuts provides a powerful way to automate this process.

2022


Python Pseudo Code

·519 words·3 mins

One of my favorite things to do as I get started with writing a piece of automation or code, is to lay out the design with pseudo code in the form of comments. I will do this with both Python and Ansible automations, and is a great way to get started on writing your automation or code. What pseudo code does for you is to layout the process at which you wish to accomplish a particular goal. And from there, you write the code that corresponds to the plain English wording of what is being done. By starting with pseudo code, you are starting with the process first. Then working on getting to the details of the code as you go.