autotasker/examples/do_something_1.py

import os, sys
import random
import string
from time import sleep

def main():
    iterations = random.randint(10, 150)
    speed = float(os.getenv("SIMULATION_SPEED") or 0.8)
    print(f"Going for {iterations=} with {speed=}")
    for i in range(iterations):
        if random.uniform(0, 1) > 0.8:
            print("Some error we will see", file=sys.stderr)
        print(
            str(i) + " " +
            ''.join(
                random.sample(
                    " "+string.ascii_uppercase+string.ascii_lowercase+string.digits,
                    int(random.uniform(10, 50))
                )
            )
        )
        sleep(
            speed * (0.02 * random.expovariate(0.5) +
                (random.uniform(0, 1) if random.uniform(0, 1) > 0.8 else 0) +
                (random.uniform(0, 5) if random.uniform(0, 1) > 0.99 else 0))
        )
    print("Done, script is finished")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()