The Dark Side of Automation in Programming

Automation involves writing scripts or using software tools to automate repetitive tasks or processes, often to improve efficiency and reduce human error.

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- What is automation in programming?
- Why should you avoid automation?
- The dark side of automation in programming

[andy_the_kitten]

Counterpoint: writing a script to rename 10 files is more interesting than renaming 10 files

[dev.adamix]

Just got recommended video and I really enjoyed it! Keep it up

[AlexanderTheMiddle]

Yesterday was my coursework's deadline and I wasn't even close to being done. Yet when a coding task involved outputting like 10 plots (which I would have had to copy and paste one by one into my document), I decided to spend 3 hours writing code to make the plots automatically save under a particular name in a particular folder so I can just insert them all together in one move.

[b]

I'm watching this video from the terminal btw