If you can learn when you're going down a rabbit hole, automation is beneficial! Problem is you don't always know until you've wasted a lot of time
Pontifications
- Read the whole thing The Surprising Benefits of Automation: Judgement, taste, self reflection and experience! No certainties: “If you’re in a rabbit hole, you think you’re making progress. You’re perpetually almost done, but not quite. You get carried away with features. You spend a lot of time on it. And maybe it works, but it adds no value. “
- Been there a lot!
- Also had some cases where automation helps!