I am self-taught and little scripts like these were my entry into programming. Favorite programs of mine include a script to tell me when a boutique guitar pedal would be available from the maker to avoid paying +200% markup in the reseller market[0], and more recently I created a "todo focused markup language"[1].
[0]: https://gist.github.com/unforswearing/db73475f333809119ae3dd...