Hey, if it ends up saving time and stress after those two days it was worthwhile.
it wont, it’s just more enjoyable to automate a task than to do it manually
There’s something really satisfying about running a script that you know would save time. Even if the overall time is probably a negative.
I wrote a script that would log me into our AWS EKS stuff. I typically would have to copy these 7 lines and look up which cluster version I’d need. One of my lines just pulls all the clusters and I use fzf to select the cluster I wanted. Takes away all the pain and makes me feel smug. Love it.
Automation also cuts down on mistakes.
Or greatly amplifies them if you coded it wrong.
Yeah, and you build skills and reusable code base that’ll be useful for automating/ simplifying future tasks 😎
Some years of this, you get to the point where you can solve damn near everything quickly and people think you’re some magical shit-wizard
you get to the point where you can solve damn near everything quickly and people think you’re some magical shit-wizard
This is basically my work life, and its almost a problem because I’m the first guy people call when they need something done.
The perils of being competent. /s
Yes, but since it runs automatically every day and emails my team the results, I don’t have to remember to do it on my own. I don’t even have to be working that day. Taking “my ADHD memory” out of the system is always a win.
Non automated tasks remain in the inbox for a week, so spending 2 days automating them means they’re finished earlier.
