Post #2113475

2026-04-06 14:45 UTC

If it's a task that has to be done every day for 4 years, you're actually saving time. And that's if we assume only one person has to do it, if it's 10 people, you're saving time after 5-6 months. 10 minutes adds up quickly once it starts scaling.

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@railway692@piefed.zip 2026-04-06 15:02

Assuming you set it up **perfectly** the first time, instead of it breaking for some reason six weeks later and then you spend _three hours_ figuring out/remembering how you set it up in the first place and another _two nights_ after work fixing it so it works as intended. Also your use case has changed, so it needs to be retooled to address the new situation. Other than that... worth it.

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@lobut@lemmy.ca 2026-04-06 15:46

It's more than that for me. I typically hate doing repetitive tasks but I love automating them and seeing my scripts or apps run or just checking a dashboard feels better.

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@Hundun@beehaw.org 2026-04-09 11:01

Came here to say that. I'd rather spend 4 days automating my local development environment than spend half an hour every time figuring out why my deps are mismatched, or what is the correct env var to put over there. If everyone on the team wastes 10 minutes on random BS every day, it is thousands of money compounding over months.

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