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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 26 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Aww, poor little guy can’t automate things without agents.

[–] scops@reddthat.com 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Right? Automation is a fantastic skillset, and when a tool breaks? It takes me a fraction of the time to troubleshoot one I wrote myself than it would some vibe coded bullshit.

And the next tool I write comes out faster and accounts for the edge cases that broke the last one as I understand the system I'm interfacing with better.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

“What’s that boss man? You need me to fill out a google sheet twice a day with data from our support ticketing system? No problem!”

Boss man, two weeks after I wrote a script and added it to cron: “Wow, you’re really dependable!”