manual until it hurts

 [https://xkcd.com/1205/ ] 

 manual until it hurts  is an IndieWeb development practice of resisting automating something until you have manually done it enough times to really understand it, and know that it is worth doing & automating.

Brainstorming
proposes this rough equation: manual as long as the cost to doing so has a greater benefit than the reduced cost of doing it automatically minus the cost of setting up / maintaining automation.