I try to create scripts for anything.
Tools have evolved a lot now, so there's less stuff to script for but still I like it.
When I open my PC my browser, mails, text editor, slack, teams etc will load up. Browser will have few tabs opened.
My current development project will be up and running.
My machine will ping another machine which will note the time I came in and when it's time to go that will be noted too. Helps to know time spent.
When I was in corporate, our office required 2 punch ins, 1 for general entrance into building and 1 for office timings. It was okay if sometimes you forgot to punch in for office as they had agreement with building staff that allowed them access to our office staff entry exit stamp. But if you don't put in office punch in and do the punch out it'd create false entry and one had to go to HR office to get things correctly set.
I found that office punch in machine was on network, by asking to networking and hardware team I got proper code to do remote punch ins. Never had any missing punch after that.
There's also a script which does a routine check on all my clients website like, ping them, login, check 1-2 page and logout. Do it twice a day. Once when machine is started and once in middle of the day. It has saved me countless times when some code is pushed and if that breaks I usually have enough time to fix it before someone from client side notices it.
Had WhatsApp message related script too before they banned other tools access on the app. But I hear now API is allowing that automation again, haven't tried to do it though..
Used to have a script in js for browser console to read HN in dark mode, but had to put it every time a page loaded so have given up on it.
Usually I make them in python or shell. supervisor has been a gift as well.