@QuietMisdreavus Out of curiosity, were these medical laboratory analyzers you worked with the kind of thing that's used to test blood samples and generate a thyroid/lipid/etc. profile? Or something else altogether? (I don't know anything about such equipment, I'm just intrigued by your mention of writing diagnostic scripts for them.)
@amenonsen exactly! there were two variants, a “clinical chemistry” version that was specialized in checking for basic minerals and lipid panels and stuff like that, and an “immunoassay” version that was specialized in antibody testing. both of them could load a sample in, set up a pre-programmed cycle with its stock reagents, and be able to read the result based on the color or transparency or something like that. (i knew more when i was at the job, but i haven’t needed it since 2019, so it’s been a hot minute lol)