Do It The Programmer Way

Productivity paradox Programming logic Overengineering Automation Efficiency Time management Scripts Developer mindset Laziness principle
Programming Python Devops Bash
4 months ago 111,282 views 0 shares
Do It The Programmer Way
automation-memes, efficiency-memes, programming-logic-memes, time-management-memes, overengineering-memes | ProgrammerHumor.io

The programmer's paradox in all its glory! This is the hill we die on - spending 5 hours writing a script to automate a 5-minute task, then celebrating like we've discovered time travel. The best part? We'll probably never need to do that task again, making our automation masterpiece completely useless. But hey, it's not about efficiency—it's about the principle of never doing manually what could be catastrophically over-engineered instead. This is the way.

More Like This

Spotlight

Portable Power Station

GearScouts.com

Stop scrolling, start exploring! Find the gear that'll get you off the couch and into the wild. Compare power stations for off-grid adventures, flashlights for midnight hikes, and essentials that make the outdoors your playground. Get Outside →

Ad Adobe (or package.json scripts) Shortcuts

Control Adobe faster than you can say "subscription fee"
Logitech MX Creative Console | ProgrammerHumor.io
Your purchase helps maintain our 99.9% uptime. The other 0.1% is when we're updating npm. ⏱️