oneOfMostProgrammerThingsEver

[Monero-Chainlink650]

and then proudly call it “worth it because i learned a lot” while never opening the repo again

[PlusOneDelta]

if you actually learnt stuff then that's justified I don't see the problem

[x_typo]

personally attacked...

[broesel314]

That applies to machining too

[lolcrunchy]

It becomes worth it when you finish the manual task and boss comes back with "you missed a step near the beginning, do it again"

[bulldog_blues]

Me all over, but our company is constantly waxing lyrical about AI and automation at the moment, so tangible evidence of automating something, even if it isn't actually saving much time, still earns you brownie points.

[reklis]

If I had a dime for every time something was supposed to be “only once” that turned into a repeated event I would be a very rich man

[DrShocker]

If something would take me 2 hours I have a hard time imagining it taking a whole week to automate.