Hello DEV Community! Excited to Connect & Automate

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Hello, Developers! 👋

My name's Prem, and I’ve just completed high school.

While I was in school, I spent a lot of time on my laptop. I always wished there was a way to automate repetitive tasks, like doing 30 Bing searches for... well, for rewards of course! 😅

Naturally, I turned to ChatGPT for help, and guess what? It gave me a ready-made Python script! Every day, I asked it to improve the script to avoid detection by Microsoft and surprisingly, it worked!

But… then came greed! I created 20 accounts, applied the same script with delays, managing IDs and passwords through a JSON file. Within three days, all the accounts were banned. No regrets though, I expected it. But my main three accounts survived, and I kept the automation running.

Unfortunately, the Amazon gift voucher I had my eyes on disappeared from the rewards, Karma, I guess!

My Journey into Automation & Python

After finishing my exams, I asked ChatGPT about automation tools and specific fields to explore. That’s when I discovered Zapier, Make.com, and the beast — Python!

I instantly jumped into Zapier, completed all three beginner certifications in a day, and started building workflows. It was surprisingly fun and easy, until I hit the "Paths" feature. IF/ELSE logic fried my brain at first, but I managed to crack it eventually.