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start using emacs as your editor. Initially use it to manage tasks using org mode, discover that you can also create tables in that file, discover that you can actually set formulas and update the table automatically in that file, congratulate yourself you have spreadsheet in your task file, discover that you can write shell script in your file, discover that you can execute it and get results in the same file, discover that you can write arbitrary code(python/ruby etc.) in the same file and execute it now you don't need to quit this file and all your key bindings work with all your tools, discover that you can run emacs in client server mode now use this mode to access your file without worrying about about your client machine discover that you can actually create new functionality using elisp....automate yourself...now there is nothing more for you to automate... now worry what to do next...may be ask on hn thread.