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Dec 26, 2015 at 15:47
"The less often you run a script, the chattier the interface should be."
Automate to save energy, not time
Automation doesn't always save as much time or effort as we expect. The xkcd cartoon above is looking at automation as an investment. Does the work I put in now eventually save more work than I put into it? Automation may be well worth it even if the answer is "no." Automation can be like

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