This is inspired by Nomnomnami's post Hand-Coding is Just More Fun for Me.[1] The post was an interesting perspective because I'm completely the opposite! And it wasn't just really really opposite, which was the interesting part. Nami says that hand-coding stuff gives them more control, and they're more likely to overlook mistakes when the process is automatic (Gray, 2026) (??? save me). For me, the end result is exactly the same: I also want control and want to minimize mistakes. But I feel like automating stuff gives me more control and I am far, far more likely to make mistakes...