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𝕊𝕚𝕤𝕪𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕟@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 years ago

Never spend 6 minutes doing something by hand when…

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Never spend 6 minutes doing something by hand when…

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𝕊𝕚𝕤𝕪𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕟@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 years ago
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    2 years ago

    relevant xkcd

    • vilcans@programming.dev
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      Also relevant xkcd

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    Nevertheless, there is the one hidden advantage of this approach: You learn new things while trying to automate everything. Remember, that it is the journey that is important, not the destination ;)

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    This is the way.

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    I just straight up gave up trying to automate renewing my wildcard certificate from Letsencrypt after who knows how many weekends. Typing a single command won’t kill me lol

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      Sounds like you can schedule that command with crontab then

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    And don’t forget the 10 hours to adapt it to a more generic workflow when you need to do something similar 3 weeks later

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    i automate things so i have more free time for my hobby: automating things

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    And then spending an hour fiddling with my crontab

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      deleted by creator

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    deleted by creator

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    My husband will not admit it but this is him

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    The one thing that i will avoid at any cost is math, i would rather write a program to do it for me

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