Software

AutoHotkey isn’t something you adopt company-wide. It’s something you keep in your toolbox. Quiet, fast, and weirdly indispensable once you’ve made two or three scripts that actually save time. Nobody talks about it much — but those who use it never really stop.

GitHub Actions won’t replace every CI system out there — and it’s not trying to. But for code that already lives on GitHub, it’s one of the lowest-friction ways to get repeatable workflows running early. Especially when you’re tired of doing the same things over and over again after every push.

Rundeck CE isn’t trying to run your infrastructure. It’s trying to take the repeat out of repeatable operations. If you’ve ever said “just run the script, it’s on server X in folder Y” — this tool can save you that sentence. And probably a few Slack pings too.

Ansible’s not flashy. It’s not “enterprise.” But it’s solid, repeatable, and readable. If you’re the kind of admin who prefers to know exactly what’s running and when — without spinning up a control plane — this is your tool. It won’t scale the world, but it will save your time.