> Now I want you to be able to do this reliably every day for the next two years. I need this data on a regular delivery schedule and it can't rely on some hum

> Now I want you to be able to do this reliably every day for the next two years. I need this data on a regular delivery schedule and it can't rely on some human being there to constantly fine-tune things. If you're going to stack the deck like that, then sure, scripting isn't the right approach here. But in reality, for many things, automation that works 90% of the time and reliably attracts manual intervention the rest of the time is often fine. If you can build it quickly, it wins out over something more robust that takes significant investment to build.