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this post was submitted on 12 May 2026
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Rule 1 of automation: check the code before you run the code.
Rule 2 of automation: watch the code run.
Rule 3 of automation: repeat step 2 until anxiety fades.
In automation, there is more steps than that. You would use barriers, where one should be physical. For certain applications, you would also use a failsafe feedback loop. In this case, disaster could have been averted with a flow restrictor valve.
I do all three every time I do something new, it's basically mandatory for me. Every time I did it correctly did numerics tested over and over via voice itself. Timers always behave and require that as well.
This was just the first time, after anxiety had faded, it had failed to transcribe in a useful fashion.
Makes me want to look into more-predictable STT systems.
Honestly, luck of the draw sometimes. It works 99 times, then goes "fwoom" the 100th.