Shortcuts blew me away when I saw what you could do. I assumed based on the demo that it was pretty limited, but you can set variables, loop, execute remote SSH commands, call into APIs, execute Python, etc. And it comes with API access to send iMessages/read contacts/etc. The fact that it's so much easier to write an automation "script" or shortcut than swift code is huge!

I was interested until I saw the article is broken up into 17 pages, and the first page was entirely fluff.

Thanks for the link. This is a pretty insightfull and detailed review. Definitely worth the read.

In case you want to vote it up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18006605