[withinboredom]

> because it was a repetitive task that’d put someone to sleep.

Makes me wonder why that person wouldn't just write code to automate it instead of manually making the changes.

I have several dozen custom code generators in some of my projects, where I just have a spec file written in a DSL.

[famouswaffles]

Repetitive doesn't necessarily mentally or physically trivial (for automation).

Many of the things people who work in the trades do is repetitive work, most of which is not currently possible to automate. It's the same for mental tasks.

[withinboredom]

> a repetitive task that’d put someone to sleep.

If it requires so little thought to do, that it causes human error ... then it is probably nonsensical to NOT automate it.

[rcxdude]

If you can. There are still many, many tasks which are mind-numbingly boring that are not automatable.