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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The exception is if it's open source and can save thousands of people two seconds.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Doesn't even have to be the case. A 2min task done every (work)day, takes up a bit over 7 hours/year. After 2½ years it will be a benefit to have automated it!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

The benefit of automating is really measured in hair loss and extra time to grab another coffee.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Only if the requirements stay the same for 2.5 years. Otherwise there's probably another week of time trying to update the initial work, then just throwing it away and making a new solution that's theoretically easier to update.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If changing requirements mean you need to update the script, then updating the script is part of your job. QED. I don't see the problem with a little job security.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah, just add it to the 'amount of work you are putting'.

When setting up git hooks for my project, I looked at other's OSS hooks first. That shaved off significant hours off of my Research.