TAKES
Should we automate this?
Everyone saved five minutes a week. It took the whole quarter.
EVERYONE'S RIGHT
Every answer
AlexThe Architect“Yes, generically. Then automate the automation.”
JoThe Cowboy“I already wrote a script. It's in my home directory.”
RileyThe Minimalist“Do it by hand five times. Then cron.”
TaylorThe AI Native“An agent can do it. It can also automate itself.”
MorganThe Threat Modeler“Not with a token that can do everything.”
ChrisThe Sovereign“Yes, on our own runner.”
PatThe Enterprise Adult“Is there a vendor that already sells this?”
MayaThe Explorer“Automate it, then automate nine other things.”
NoraThe User Advocate“Ask who does it today. Watch them do it.”
LéoThe Maximalist“Yes, and give the bot a personality.”
RuthThe Maintainer“There's a Perl script from 2006 that already does this.”
GregThe Hedger“Automate it behind a flag, and keep the manual path.”