Automation is software
RPA still depends on interfaces, permissions, data quality, and change control. A moved button can be a production incident.
Code. Curiosity. Constructive mischief.
A comic about the elegant systems we design, the wonderfully messy reality they meet, and the developers who keep both running.
Behind the panels
Kris lives where software engineering, AI, and robotic process automation collide. He is drawn to a deceptively simple question: if technology is meant to remove friction, why does automating it produce such excellent stories?
Kris & Bot grew from that contradiction. Kris brings the optimism of a builder—the instinct to connect, streamline, test, and improve. Bot brings the dry logic that every good developer hears five minutes after deployment.
Their world occasionally follows Kris home, where Vrun—his wife and a biotechnology Master’s graduate—adds the perspective of someone who understands that experiments need controls, samples need labels, and confident claims still need evidence.
RPA still depends on interfaces, permissions, data quality, and change control. A moved button can be a production incident.
A fluent answer is not automatically a grounded one. Retrieval quality, current sources, and clear constraints matter.
A good joke exposes hidden complexity quickly. If developers laugh, the system probably taught them the punchline first.
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