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Apple's Survival
- An Apple insider credited Sal Soghoian's scripting work for publishing houses with Apple's survival in the 1990s.
- The reliance on Soghoian's scripts tied these companies to Apple hardware, boosting sales during a difficult period.
Automator's Lego Paradigm
- Sal Soghoian, along with other Apple colleagues, developed the Lego paradigm for Automator.
- This paradigm, stacking triggers and actions, became the foundation for modern automation tools like Shortcuts and Hazel.
Automator's Birth
- Automator's creation involved a confluence of creative minds at Apple, merging pipeline architectures for command line and AppleScript.
- Soghoian's persistence in demonstrating Automator to Steve Jobs led to its integration into the operating system.