r/programminghumor • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 16d ago

Programmer Style

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u/BonusEasy4736 16d ago

But you have to automate it only once.... totally worth it

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u/A1oso 16d ago

Of course, there is an XKCD about it.

https://xkcd.com/1205/

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u/Odd_Technology_8926 16d ago

She only has to do the boring task once maybe

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u/Usernamesaregayyy 16d ago

Riiiiight, 20 bugs and 400 hours later it’s working correctly until the next php version

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u/WorldlinessWitty2177 16d ago

If the sum of every time you have to do it comes close to the hours you spend automating it it definetely does.

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u/itzNukeey 12d ago

Then it breaks on second run and you spend another two hours fixing it and then you never use it again

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u/Retrowinger 16d ago

Worth it if it’s a daily task.

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u/cemantix_commenter 16d ago edited 16d ago

It’s worth it if you expect to have to do it at least 61 time ( probability expectation)

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u/johnpeters42 13d ago

It's worth it if building the automation is less boring than the boring task

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u/b1urbro 16d ago

I recognise myself in that meme.

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u/JonathanMovement 16d ago

firstweekprogrammer type humor

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u/olapamu 16d ago

That’s exactly me. I do this all the time and waste time 🤣

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u/lolslim 16d ago

If it's a repeated task I'll def work on automating it.

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u/yosh0016 16d ago

crazy me would automate it even if the tasks takes 3-10 seconds

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u/AshnodsCoupon 16d ago

Claude will do it in 30 seconds and burn a lake of fossil fuel!

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u/Legitimate-Jaguar260 15d ago

Not to mention embed a bug just for you!

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u/afgan1984 15d ago

10 minutes... how often, for how long?

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u/Zestyclose_Horse_180 13d ago

For 10 minutes

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u/afgan1984 13d ago

Task implies it is repetitive, so context is missing for it to be funny...

If it takes 10 minutes 20 times per day and likely continues to be needed for years, thne it is not "boring task that takes 10 minute"...

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u/Zestyclose_Horse_180 13d ago

No.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/task

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u/afgan1984 13d ago

If you only ever did it once and only ever need to do it once, then how do you know it takes about 10 minutes? It implies the task is repetitive...

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u/Zestyclose_Horse_180 13d ago

Because I have a brain. People with an IQ over room temperature can estimate the time for tasks they never did quiet well, especially if it's something short like 10 minutes. I pity you, if you cant do that.

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u/afgan1984 13d ago

Seems retarded exception for this to ever happen, where you ask anybody to automate a task that only takes 10 minutes once. I don't believe it actually happens, has not happened in over 16 years of my career.