[cyphar]

Printing means you can run the script as-is, and any bits which aren't done automatically are prompted for. Just putting comments describing the steps would be like writing a README except in a more esoteric format and would defeat the primary benefit of the approach outlined in TFA.

[beat]

It kind of boggles me that a real analysis of the problems with naming conventions in manual process got massively downvoted. But no one ever got rich counting on the analytical sophistication of HN.

I'm not saying the original approach is bad. I'm saying it's not the simplest thing that can possibly work. I'm talking about how to move to automation, not how to reduce errors on the manual process. Both are needed.