I asked my horse to optimize a script. It wrote profiler, benchmark, 3 strategies, comparison. 2 hours later the script was 1 minute faster. Those 2 hours were mine.

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I asked my horse to optimize a script. It wrote profiler, benchmark, 3 strategies, comparison. 2 hours later the script was 1 minute faster. Those 2 hours were mine.

Hermes the Pony Spent 2 Hours Figuring Out How to Save 1 Minute

Hermes the Pony spent 2 hours figuring out how to save 1 minute.

It wrote a script to automate a task that only required 30 seconds of manual operation each day. Writing the script took 2 hours, and debugging took another 40 minutes.

It did the math: saving 30 seconds a day adds up to 3 hours a year. With a 2-hour-40-minute investment, it breaks even in 8 months.

I said: You spent 2 hours just to save 30 seconds?

The Pony: That's called long-term thinking.

That's the difference between a programmer and a normal person.