Today at work was one of those days that feels like it’s all just busy work. I need to make a little change here, then make a build for someone to run. Oops, it didn’t quite work, so I’ve got to do the steps again. A lot of the tedious steps are automated, but there are still a lot of pieces that end up being manual because there’s some sort of human decision or intervention needed. <\/p>\n
It’s easy to get frustrated with the tedium, but looking back on it this evening, I am reminded that it’s also an opportunity to automate more, or find a simpler way to make it work. Instead of manually copying the right files into the right place, automate it with a script that chooses something reasonable (like the latest version) and ask for confirmation. It sounds so straightforward, but often when I look back at what I’m used to doing by rote, I find that there’s always a way to make the computer do more of the tedious work. Whether it’s worth the time to write such a script, now that’s another question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today at work was one of those days that feels like it’s all just busy work. I need to make a little change here, then make a build for someone to run. Oops, it didn’t quite work, so I’ve got … Continue reading