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There's a cool chart on xkcd estimating the max time you should spend automating something based on its frequency: http://xkcd.com/1205/ http://xkcd.com/1205/
by GFischer 13y ago
There's a cool chart on xkcd estimating the max time you should spend automating something based on its frequency:
http://xkcd.com/1205/ http://xkcd.com/1205/
- dhimes 13y agoOptimizing optimization. Terrific! Complete with extra-verbose mouseover text just to make the point. Of course, it leaves off a benefits of the particular type of optimizing that is automation, such as (1) reducing errors in task performance, and, admittedly a little more abstractly, (2) the ability to produce new efficiencies you may not have anticipated until you started automating. Kind of like writing a function only to discover that it's re-usable.
- ams6110 13y agoNice chart, but "across five years" is a little unrealistic IMO. You're much more likely to change projects, jobs, etc. before you realize a five-year payoff.
- jackgavigan 13y agoThat chart is misleading. Instead of saying "X days", it should actually say "X*24 hours" because there's a big difference between working on something for a day (e.g. 8-10 hours) and working on something for 24 hours.