On: Free Linux cloud shell for Gmail users

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And if you'd rather use something on a higher level of abstraction, there's also Google Apps Script (https://www.google.com/script/start/)

From one way of thinking, Apps Script is a lot like AWS Lambda; but from another way of thinking, Apps Script is more like OS automation workflows that happen to run in your cloud account rather than on your computer.

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Personally, I think of Apps Script as being more like the cloud-based equivalent of VBA.

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I always thought the better parallel for lamda was cloud functions, but I might be biased.