I know this feeling:
"Geeks write scripts to take apart dull, repetitive tasks. They'll
spend 10h writing a script that will save 11h -- because writing
scripts is interesting and doing dull stuff isn't."
... from live blogging of a 2004 tech conference, by @pluralistic:
@wallingf @pluralistic 11 hours? They'll spend 10 hours writing a script that will save 5 or 6 hours of work.
Think of it like a walk to work - would you rather take the direct route, 1/2 hour next to noisy dreary roads, or the scenic route, a whole hour through peaceful treed woodland?
Eugene Wallingford
dragonfrog
semiquaver