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> Often, people say that you should only automate things if it saves you time overall I was trained years ago by people who said "if you have to repeat a task,
by drewcoo 4y ago
> Often, people say that you should only automate things if it saves you time overall
I was trained years ago by people who said "if you have to repeat a task, automate it; any time spent repeating a script is waste but time spent automating is learning to automate better _and_ not repeating yourself."
- wrldos 4y agoAlso the automation is documentation for next time you have to do it. Even if it doesn't work!