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   muesli (fribbledom@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 01:34:01 JST muesli

   I spent 8 hours automating a task that will easily save me several minutes over the next 10 years or so. MINUTES, I SAY!

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     copacetic (copacetic@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 09:43:29 JST copacetic

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     @fribbledom Hours of experimenting saves you minutes of reading specifications.

     Many engineers happily take that trade off.

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     Colin the Mathmo (colinthemathmo@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 10:27:45 JST Colin the Mathmo

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     @fribbledom No doubt you know this, and equally no doubt others will also point this out, but:

     https://xkcd.com/1319/ : Automation

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     muesli (fribbledom@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 10:27:51 JST muesli

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     • Colin the Mathmo

     @ColinTheMathmo

     Also: https://xkcd.com/1205/

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     Softwarewolf (faoluin@chitter.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 10:27:53 JST Softwarewolf

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     • Colin the Mathmo

     @ColinTheMathmo @fribbledom Just talked about this same exact thing with my coworker, lol.

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     Thunderstrike (tstrike78@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 10:27:59 JST Thunderstrike

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     @fribbledom

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     Erik Ableson (erik@mastodon.infrageeks.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 10:28:01 JST Erik Ableson

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     • Lisa Melton

     @fribbledom @lisamelton Heh - talking to someone spending too much time editing that automation to handle all of the edge cases that I didn’t run into on the first round…

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     potpie (potpie@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 10:28:07 JST potpie

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     @fribbledom if you enjoyed doing it then the 8 hours doesn't even really count

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     muesli (fribbledom@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 10:28:08 JST muesli

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     • potpie

     @potpie

     You know, it's a love/hate relationship at this point.

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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 10:28:13 JST Wolf480pl

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     @fribbledom WORTH IT.

     It means you still have hope.

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     wbpeckham (wpeckham@pgh.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 10:28:15 JST wbpeckham

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     @fribbledom personally I don't automate things to save my time because often I prefer to do the manually anyway. I automate things to avoid human error, and so that I can turn over the process to someone else who would absolutely do it wrong if they had to do it without the automation. (Someone like a manager, perhaps a VP of IT.)

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     Purple (purpleshadow@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 10:28:21 JST Purple

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     @fribbledom But what about the fun of automating said task?

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     Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle (lffontenelle@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 10:28:22 JST Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle

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     @fribbledom besides everything people have commented already, some tasks will be performed more reliably by your automation than by you

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     Håkon Alstadheim (hakona@im.alstadheim.no)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 10:28:29 JST Håkon Alstadheim

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     @fribbledom
     In my experience it's worth it, because if I find the code when I need it next time, I won't have to remember how I did it last time.
     Not kidding. I could just document it of course, but I never find those notes.
     Problem now is when the cron job fails after 20 years, I have no idea what it's for.

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     Kay Ohtie, Bat-Yotie! (kayohtie@blimps.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 10:28:35 JST Kay Ohtie, Bat-Yotie!

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     @fribbledom My justification is always "If it saves me from the potential misses of human error it's worth the time."

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