I wanted to explore automation for a few days, and I came across
Minicor, a company working on the problem of automating legacy
software. The problem is simple, and I'm still figuring out whether it
is worth solving at this level. But I learned a lot while building this
project.
Let's start.
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Understanding the pain
I can relate to this problem from my experience working with Tally back
in 2018. You simply couldn't automate many scenarios easily. Tally was
licensed software, and in practice, some people used pirated versions.
The software generally had to be installed on a particular system, and
there often wasn't an API available for the workflow you wanted to
automate. Add network restrictions and other environment-specific
limitations, and the problem becomes even harder.
There may be more integration options available today, but the broader
question remains:
How do we reduce manual work and make th
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