sixes_and_sevens comments on Research methods - Less Wrong

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Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 23 February 2011 04:22:40PM 6 points [-]

Much like organisations used to have typing pools, I think it would make sense for organisations to have scripting pools. When an employee recognises that a task could be automated, they hand it off to someone who can do a good job of it, and implement it in line with appropriate standards / QA / change control, etc.

Comment author: ewbrownv 23 February 2011 05:19:19PM 2 points [-]

Many IT departments do this. It makes users happy for awhile, but you quickly end up with hundreds of bits of code scattered around the organization that no one can keep track of.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 25 February 2011 06:46:24AM 4 points [-]

You obviously need a script to keep track of them for you.