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> I am doomed to creatively outsmart my tools in releases. That’s a very honest admission, and one I think lots of “why don’t you automate everything”-crowd se

> I am doomed to creatively outsmart my tools in releases. That’s a very honest admission, and one I think lots of “why don’t you automate everything”-crowd seems to fail to recognise as a real-world factor.

praptak 7y ago
I would say the article actually supports the "automate everything" position. The author prevents future mistakes by adding more automation rather than less.
- rabidrat 7y ago
  and yet, future mistakes are still happening. A lot of work has gone into automation but the outcome is often the same. So is it worth it?
  - josteink 7y ago
    Obviously the effort isn’t worthless, but it’s not a silver bullet which will magically “fix everything” either.
cjblomqvist 7y ago
I agree. While I like to automate away things both for saving time and consistent results, we have a tendency to throw away good old thinking or the window. Have I covered everything? Did I check all the outputs? What am I missing? What step that I did last time have I missed this time? Sometimes it feels like we're throwing out good old proper thinking and proper work in order to blame automation, that the results is a natural outcome of all the complexity or that we're pressed for time. Sometimes it's just a matter of taking responsibility and doing a good job.