Re:Ask HN: Is it a waste of time to code internal tools?
by zubat on Saturday May 06, 2017 @09:15PM
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What else is "scripting" but that act of making a very small automation of a business function? Is a customized spreadsheet a tool?
There's always going to be demand for tools of many kinds, so whatever you're offering has to differentiate better than "internal tool". The abstract you give is kind of like a software framework, possibly with some form of high level scripting, configurator, or wizard to guide the user.
At the end of the day always evaluate your solution against a short bash or Python script. Did your solution gain anything? If not, why?
There's always going to be demand for tools of many kinds, so whatever you're offering has to differentiate better than "internal tool". The abstract you give is kind of like a software framework, possibly with some form of high level scripting, configurator, or wizard to guide the user.
At the end of the day always evaluate your solution against a short bash or Python script. Did your solution gain anything? If not, why?