Adda ( @Adda@lemmy.ml ) English12•1 year agoNevertheless, 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 ( @yote_zip@pawb.social ) 9•1 year agoSometimes 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 ( @Luvon@beehaw.org ) English8•1 year agoAnd 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 ( @z500@startrek.website ) 6•1 year agoI 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 ( @withersailor@aussie.zone ) 5•1 year agoI’m feeling targeted.
tool ( @tool@r.rosettast0ned.com ) 4•1 year agoI was not prepared to look into a mirror when I opened this post…
Rho ( @freakrho@programming.dev ) 4•1 year agoi automate things so i have more free time for my hobby: automating things
Reef ( @tappyturtle@programming.dev ) 3•1 year agoAnd then spending an hour fiddling with my crontab