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diff --git a/teach_online/example.md b/teach_online/example.md
@@ -344,9 +344,3 @@ I prefer using [YouTube](https://youtube.com) to distribute all videos in my cou
 * YouTube has unlimited capacity
     * My institution uses [Google Drive](https://drive.google.com) for cloud storage, but each account has a 100 GB capacity
 * I can easily share recordings with future students or reuse them in other ways
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-(niemas-example-course-autograder)=
-## Help Queue: Autograder
-
-In the courses that I teach,
-TODO
diff --git a/teach_online/general_tips.md b/teach_online/general_tips.md
@@ -101,13 +101,6 @@ Thus, my general tip is to try to reduce {term}`Technology Fatigue`:
 * When possible, try to have a single "main" technology/website that students can bookmark, and seamlessly *embed* other technologies *within* it
   * Try to avoid manual interaction on the student's end when at all possible
 
-(general-tips-automate-everything)=
-## Automate EVERYTHING!
-
-I'm not sure if this should be a [Spicy Take](#niemas-spicy-takes) instead of a [General Tip](#general-tips),
-but I think it's not quite spicy enough, so I'll leave it here.
-TODO
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 (general-tips-glossary)=
 ## Glossary
 

diff --git a/teach_online/spicy_takes.md b/teach_online/spicy_takes.md
@@ -112,6 +112,25 @@ hence why they appear in the videos most frequently,
 but one can imagine a world in which world experts on a given topic *all* contribute to producing instructional videos and text for that topic,
 and then sharing them all in a central organized repository.
 
+(niemas-spicy-takes-automate-everything)=
+## Automate EVERYTHING!
+
+I was torn between this should be a [Spicy Take](#niemas-spicy-takes) or a [General Tip](#general-tips),
+but I think just spicy enough to leave here.
+In general,
+I am strongly of the opinion that,
+when running a course,
+the instructor should try to automate everything they can possibly automate.
+Of course,
+don't sacrifice the quality of your assessments in exchange for easy automation,
+but try to think of ways to automate any aspects of your course that are currently being done manually.
+For example,
+if there are any points that you have to manually enter throughout the course,
+try to write a program to help automate the process
+(e.g. I have written [programs to help me migrate points](https://github.com/niemasd/teaching)
+from [Ed](https://edstem.org) to my [Canvas](https://canvas.instructure.com) gradebook).
+TODO
+
 (niemas-spicy-takes-glossary)=
 ## Glossary