[dyladan]

Sometimes magic isn't a good thing, especially when you're operating a service used by as many people as hn daily. Magic means things happened that I didn't explicitly instruct.

[mholt]

That's called automation and it's a good thing.

[erikpukinskis]

Automation is not a universal good, it can be useful and it can be detrimental. Like all tools it should be used with care.

[ChristianBundy]

Exactly. Value is a vector: automation increases the magnitude, but the direction depends on exactly what is being automated (and how reliable it is).

[marcosdumay]

"Magic" is automation that is hidden from you. That one is not universally good. The one thing you don't want on the configurations of a server farm is "magic". It is simply impossible to manage.

But it's a good thing LE is available without the magic too.

[mholt]

> The one thing you don't want on the configurations of a server farm is "magic". It is simply impossible to manage.

Are you managing all your TCP connections manually then? It's a miracle that "magic" works without you having to manage it.