The value of automating isn't saving a few hours of developer time spread over years. It's improving the developer experience, which is immensely important. Bon

The value of automating isn't saving a few hours of developer time spread over years. It's improving the developer experience, which is immensely important. Bonus points if the automation removes some human error, such as fat fingering something. It and the benefits from it cannot be easily measured. But good managers understand its value. As others note, being forced to context switch is quite damaging. If I have to context switch to press a green button every 30 minutes, sure it only takes 1 second but that's not the point. I've worked on projects that had dozens of these "green buttons".