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Often the time invested in writing an automation script far outweighs the time spent doing it manually, even when you account for every time the script will eve
by z0r 8y ago
Often the time invested in writing an automation script far outweighs the time spent doing it manually, even when you account for every time the script will ever be run. And it can still be worth it if the script never makes a mistake that human might.
- masukomi 8y agoeven when it doesn't. I find that if you are careful about adhering to the unix philosophy of tiny scripts that do one thing well then you end up with lots of tools to solve problems specific to your problem domain that get reused in future tools.
- matthberg 8y agoThis xkcd is really relevant, being a chart of the time invested vs time saved, not even including the accuracy and learning value: https://xkcd.com/1205/ https://xkcd.com/1205/