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View submission: #1319: Automation
I've never liked this comic. I've written a lot of code to automate stuff for me, and I would say at this point it has saved me months or years. Especially with the company I work for, which has grown a thousandfold since I started 6 years ago.
Comment by [deleted] at 22/07/2014 at 14:48 UTC
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I posted this comic for fun because even though it's not always true, it's still really funny. The time spent writing code depends on the task, as always. Good on you for saving lots of time!
Comment by [deleted] at 22/07/2014 at 17:10 UTC
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Well I know this happens often for me. It's never about truly repetitive tasks. These obviously deserve to be automated.
It's more of a : I need to spend 45 minutes to format data in this spreadsheet manually. Or I write a need little VBA script to do it automatically. But will that take me more than the 45 minutes required? It's that balance...
Comment by DemiDualism at 23/07/2014 at 01:12 UTC
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It's a joke on failed automaton automation ideas or what happens when you start trying to automate things that don't need automation. They usually get scratched before the timelines are realized, but still funny
Comment by ProbablyNotLying at 22/07/2014 at 17:06 UTC
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The person doing it is a big factor, too. I'm not a programmer or anything but I absolutely understand this phenomenon. It's kind of common amongst people with ADHD.