[e28eta]

I printed this XKCD specifically to remind myself that some things aren't worth automating!

https://xkcd.com/1205/

On the other hand, sometimes you're automating for reasons other than time savings. Maybe reproducibility or auditability.

[nocman]

Or the fact that the task is so mundane/boring/annoying/irritating (pick an applicable adjective) that it's worth it to you to spend a day automating it so you never have to do it again.

[tronbabylove]

Great point - the benefits of automation can't always be reduced to time saved per operation. I wrote a blog post [1] about this in response to that xkcd.

[1] https://andrewstahlman.com/posts/IsItWorthTheTime.html