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Re:Do-nothing scripting: the key to gradual automation (2019) by toby_tw on Friday November 05, 2021 @07:55AM (#29117962)
Why don’t you just write this down into a checklist? Why codify it?

You need the interpreter to run it.

It’s less accessible to non technical people.

Actually running the script is an extra step that’s not needed.

This feels like an engineer overcomplicating something.

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Re:Do-nothing scripting: the key to gradual automation (2019) by bones6 on Friday November 05, 2021 @11:04AM (#29120283)
I immediately recognized this as a nice scaffolding to start the automation process of a slog task. There's lots of things that are difficult to fully automate. But breaking it down into step by step functions, you can identify and automate the low hanging fruit.

Then maybe you could request some help with the ones that are a stretch for you to automate yourself.

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Re:Do-nothing scripting: the key to gradual automation (2019) by hollasch on Friday November 05, 2021 @03:14PM (#29123583)
It addresses the false dichotomy between checklist and full automation. Documentation loves to spawn future copies and variants, while scripts tend to remain single-source.
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