Nevertheless, there is the one hidden advantage of this approach: You learn new things while trying to automate everything. Remember, that it is the journey that is important, not the destination ;)

[–] yote_zip@pawb.social 9 points 1 year ago

Sometimes you've got time now and you don't know if you will later. My folder full of messy scripts are an investment for the future! Any day now...

[–] Luvon 8 points 1 year ago

And don’t forget the 10 hours to adapt it to a more generic workflow when you need to do something similar 3 weeks later

[–] z500@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I just straight up gave up trying to automate renewing my wildcard certificate from Letsencrypt after who knows how many weekends. Typing a single command won't kill me lol

[–] withersailor@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

I'm feeling targeted.

[–] tool@r.rosettast0ned.com 4 points 1 year ago

I was not prepared to look into a mirror when I opened this post...

[–] freakrho@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

i automate things so i have more free time for my hobby: automating things

[–] tappyturtle@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

And then spending an hour fiddling with my crontab

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