[ben0x539]

Oh, hey, I had one of these when I was afk-ratting in an Ishtar in Guristas space, those were the days: https://github.com/ben0x539/eve-log-alert

I'd drop my Ishtar[s] in an anomaly[s], then tab out and probably read hacker news or something, and completely forget about it, usually leading to either dying as I didn't check intel channels or even look for hostiles in the local system, or wasting time as I didn't warp to the next anomaly after clearing the current one. With a simple ruby script, a janky sql query and a pile of ugly heuristics, most of that stopped being a problem, as a very loud noise would remind me to warp away! It hits a "sweet spot" of being totally non-reusable but doing exactly what I need it to while remaining just editable enough to hack in more special cases/heuristics...

It wasn't a super time-efficient way to get space-rich, but at least somewhat effort-efficient, and it netted me enough that I could probably have bought a titan or three. Of course I eventually lost most of my net worth by having it invested in shitty minerals and being unsubscribed as the floor fell out under that market.

Those were the days.

[michaelmdresser]

I had the exact same motivation as you! I've since moved onto other, much less passive, activities but for a brief moment in time my little tool gave me a lot of peace of mind while fully tabbed out of EVE. Optimizing my game experience for minimal effort/attention and maximum profit has historically taken the enjoyment out of games for me, so I'm glad to have moved on.