B-TIER inspiration
Building workflows around legacy software — @zchangd
100k ft — What is this?
Building workflows around legacy software — @zchangd
50k ft — Why care?
@zchangd flags a 'huge unlock' for automating workflows over old/legacy business software. No tool named but concrete use case.
10k ft — Key takeaways
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5k ft — Tools & techniques
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API integration, hooks/automation
1k ft — Deep-dive / try it
huge unlock for building workflows for businesses that use old software
lostandlucky
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This hook is going to piss a lot of people off. I agree that if there is no API this is a good workaround but it definitely doesn't replace them. So that's going to piss a lot of people off but I get your point.
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Cloud Code just absolutely destroyed the need for APIs. So Cloud Code just dropped their new computer use feature and it basically just allows you to bypass any GUI and perform actions without having to leave your terminal or even leave Cloud Code. So what does this mean in a practical context, right? If an application doesn't have a public API, it doesn't matter, right? You can just bypass it, use the Cloud Code's computer use feature to access that application from the GUI. Like you look at this, right? You just interact with applications that don't have a CLI or an API. Right, so if you're working with a company that uses only legacy desktop software, you don't need the API for it anymore. You can just use this new computer use feature in your Cloud Code workflows. So I tested this out, I'm logged into this QuickBooks account and I'm not even connected to the QuickBooks API but look at all the things that Cloud can already do. So if you're running an AI agency or if you've built out workflows for businesses, I'm sure you've run into this problem before, right? You're working with this client, they're super excited and suddenly they're using some random CRM from freaking 200 BC. So this new feature allows you to bypass all that crap and super exciting.