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I Built a Python Bot That Organizes My Desktop Every Night So I Can Be Lazy πŸ˜ŽπŸ“

Nishkarsh Pandey on May 22, 2025

Let’s be honest: My desktop was a digital jungle β€” screenshots, PDFs, memes, random .zip files from 2019... So I did what any lazy but efficient d...
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Nathan Tarbert

Been meaning to do this forever honestly, helps keep me from losing stuff every week.

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Madhurima Rawat

This is a great idea! You’ve organized everything in your repository really well.

Since you’ve grouped these functions together, you could start turning them into a series. Each post can focus on one script, explaining what it does, how it works, and where it can be useful. This will help others understand your work more easily and also serve as a good way to document your progress.

Creating a series also means people can find everything in one place instead of having to search through different posts.

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Nishkarsh Pandey

Thank you so much for the kind words and valuable feedback! I really appreciate it.
Turning these into a series sounds like a fantastic idea β€” it’ll definitely make the content easier to digest and more helpful for readers who want to dive deeper into each script. Plus, documenting my progress that way will keep me motivated and organized.
I’ll start working on breaking down the scripts into focused posts soon. Looking forward to sharing more and getting feedback along the way!
Thanks again for the encouragement! 😊

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Dotallio

Love this! I could really use an auto-archiver that moves stuff to cloud if it hasn't been opened for months - have you thought about adding that feature?

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Nishkarsh Pandey

Thank you! .That’s a brilliant ideaβ€”adding a cloud-based auto-archiving feature for inactive files would definitely level up the utility of this project. I’ve been thinking about integrating something like that using platforms like Google Drive or Dropbox via their APIs. Maybe it could scan for files untouched for, say, 90 days and then zip + upload them.

I’ll definitely consider this for the next version. Thanks again for the suggestionβ€”really appreciate it!

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Abhinav Shinoy

Great idea! Helps with organizing without hassle. Thanks!

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Nishkarsh Pandey

Thanks so much, Abhinav! πŸ™Œ That was exactly the goalβ€”set it and forget it. Glad you found it helpful! Let me know if you end up tweaking it or adding features 😊

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Melody Kelly. N

Amazing growth πŸŽ―πŸ‘

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Nishkarsh Pandey

Thanks so much, Melody! 😊 It’s been a fun journey automating little tasks like this. Excited to keep building and sharing more!

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GRS Fleet Telematics

Amazing software

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Nishkarsh Pandey

Thanks !!😊

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SamuraiX[13~]

Love your idea, would definitely use it out of respect if i used a DE, but sorry i use Windows Managers πŸ˜…

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Nishkarsh Pandey

Haha, totally fair! WM users are built different 😎πŸ’ͺ. I respect the minimalist grindβ€”maybe one day I’ll cook up a WM-friendly version too. Appreciate the love either way!

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Smit

This is really interesting stuff! Definitely useful when it comes to organizing things, it's a common problem. It would be interesting to learn how the program works and how it syncs with cloud storage services like OneDrive, Google Drive, or Dropbox!