Okay, so let me tell you about this “robbie good” thing I messed around with today. Started out kinda random, to be honest.
I was just chilling, scrolling through some tech forums, and I saw someone mention “robbie good” in the context of, like, some kind of automation setup. Didn’t know what it was, but the name sounded kinda cool, so I figured, what the heck, I’ll check it out.
First thing I did was Google it, obviously. Turns out, “robbie good” isn’t some official tool or anything. It’s just… a name. Apparently, this dude named Robbie Good came up with some clever way to do X, Y, and Z. I pieced together that it’s mostly about automating tasks in [specific software or environment – let’s say it’s “Google Sheets” for now].
So, the challenge was to figure out what Robbie Good’s actual method was. The forum post was vague. I spent a good hour digging through blog posts, GitHub repos, and random Stack Overflow threads. Finally found a gist that seemed promising. It was a script for automatically updating data in Google Sheets based on some external API.
Now, I’m no coding whiz, but I can usually hack my way through some basic scripts. I copied the gist into the Google Sheets script editor (Tools > Script editor). Then I started poking around. The first thing I noticed was the API key was missing. The script was trying to pull data from some weather API, and it needed a key.
Signed up for a free account on that weather API website. Got my key, plugged it into the script. Then I ran it. Boom! Errors. Lots of them. Turns out the script was written for an older version of the API, and some of the methods had changed.
Spent the next couple of hours debugging. Reading the API documentation, figuring out which methods were deprecated, and rewriting parts of the script to use the new methods. It was a pain in the butt, but I learned a lot about how that API worked.
Finally got it working! The script was now pulling weather data from the API and automatically updating the spreadsheet every hour. Pretty neat, I gotta say. I even added a little bit of my own code to format the data in a nicer way and to send me an email notification if the script encountered an error.
Here’s the gist of what I did:
- Discovered “robbie good” mentioned in a forum.
- Googled to figure out what it was about (automation in Google Sheets).
- Found a relevant script online.
- Registered for a weather API key.
- Debugged the script to work with the current API version.
- Added my own features for formatting and error reporting.
Overall, it was a fun little project. It wasn’t anything groundbreaking, but I learned a few things and got a cool little automation script running. Plus, now I know who Robbie Good is (sort of)!
Would I recommend this? Sure, if you’re looking for a simple project to learn more about Google Sheets scripting and APIs. Just be prepared to spend some time debugging!
Next Steps
I’m thinking about expanding on this project. Maybe I could add support for other APIs, or create a more user-friendly interface for configuring the script. Who knows? The possibilities are endless.
