Manual Until It Hurts
8 hours ago
- #IndieWeb
- #Automation
- #Development Practice
- manual until it hurts is an IndieWeb development practice where you avoid automating a task until you have performed it manually enough times to fully understand it and confirm its value for automation
- Tantek Çelik suggests evaluating the cost/benefit: continue manually as long as the manual effort's expected cost is lower than the setup and maintenance costs of automation
- Related concepts include xkcd's 'Is It Worth The Time?' chart, Paul Graham's advice on doing things that don't scale, and Beeminder's Shirk & Turk Principle of minimally implementing and manually faking features