[ragebol]

Can someone explain to me where the robots in RPA are? It's just scripting for UIs, the way I understand it

[8organicbits]

Here's an example (not mine). This was likely built via UI, so this is generated XML.

https://github.com/rohanbaraskar/UiPath-11/tree/master/Autom...

There's not much RPA code on GitHub, which seems like a red flag to me. I suspect there's more hype than actual work happening.

[ozim]

They stand in marketing bullshit because they sound cool.

[honey-badger]

It's a terrible name that has unfortunately stuck. Deliberate obfuscation.

[ragebol]

100% agreed. I do actual robots (you know, that drive around and pick stuff up etc) and get LinkedIn messages for doing RPA. Read my profile!

[honey-badger]

Damn! You are like the bystander who gets taken out during a gang raid in your neighbourhood.