At my job, we are currently building a cash management solution for government finance teams. In order to effectively test this software, we need daily bank and transaction data.

We can't just borrow this data, we needed to artificially make it. After understanding the format that this data comes in (called a BAI2 file in txt format), I was able to figure out what I need to change in the document in order to make our own dummy data. This data needed to be changed and updated daily, a 60 minute task that was taking up my day for weeks. In other words, it was a productivity blocker and turning into a problem.

This is where AI came in.

I went to chatGPT and explained my problem. I said I wanted to use python in order to automatically adjust and spit out new data daily. After about 48 hours of work, we build a python script that did the job perfectly. Another 48 hours later, and I had built an entire website using html, python, and javascript where me and my team can generate and access this data daily. Problem solved.

Maybe I shouldn't have used "f***ing" in the title, but it's not out of anger, it's out of excitement. I have no idea how to code and in less than a week built an entire system to solve a key problem I was experiencing. No matter what problems you experience with technology nowadays, you can now just build them yourself.

Happy friday.