RPA (Robotic Process Automation) is a big category of tools that can be summarised as ‘automating boring stuff’. You often see it used for repetitive data entry, e.g.
1. Load excel sheet from X:\...
2. Login to Y
3. For each row navigate to ... then enter data
4. Submit, if there’s a validation error add it to and excel workbook
Uipath and automation anywhere seem to be big players with community/free starter editions. PWC (who are spearheading the RPA at $work) seem to have decreed that all their staff are going to use uipath worldwide.
There are a handful of open source RPA tools, but I don’t think there’s a breakthrough project yet.
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Bizspark doesn't exist anymore, it's a single program called Microsoft for Startups now, and it does allow you to apply directly: https://startups.microsoft.com/en-us/faq/
But it's only for those developing an "innovative, technical solution unique in the market with a B2B focus that will benefit from access to enterprise customers," according to that link. IIRC the old BizSpark didn't have as strict of a B2B focus.
Bowl plus dog flap would be my approach. But my back garden is safe to leave a dog unattended (high fences and set deep in a quiet residential surrounded by farm land).
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