Spent 3 hours making a script that saves me 15 seconds every half an hour. Hmm not my best choice.

Obligatory XKCD: https://m.xkcd.com/1205/

But seriously, that happens to me so often. The worst thing about it is that you only notice afterwards how much time you spent.

Don't forget the time you spend finding the chart to look up what you save. And the time spent reading this reminder about the time spent. And the time trying to figure out if either of those actually make sense. Remember, every second counts toward your life total, including these right now.

It will be worth in 360 hours, that's not bad!

@pagrette definetly within the 5 years that xkcd uses, so it's probably worth it. xkcd says it's ok, so it's ok

@pagrette definetly within the 5 years that xkcd uses, so it's probably worth it. xkcd says it's ok, so it's ok

30s per hour is definitely worth the effort.

But even if it not pays directly, sometimes you need things later, I once wrote a script for single use, and a few month later a similar task arose, where I could use the same script with only minor changes. That saved quite some time then.

Sometimes it's not only time savings, comfort also counts.

And the most important part of scripts for me is the reproducibility, that saves you from making mistakes, especially on complex tasks.

The point is not only the time saved, but the automation. You wont need to remember to do that anymore. And if you move, the next one won't even need to know what is it.