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Brilliant Makanju
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The GitHub Automation Myths Devs Need to Stop Believing

So like, imagine you just shipped a feature right? And everyone tells you to tweet about it but then you realize your last 5 tweets got zero engagement except for that one reply from your college roommate asking if youre okay because you tweeted at 3am again. And now youre spiraling about whether anyone actually cares about your side project or if youre just screaming into the void while pretending to build in public. Which is weird because building in public is supposed to help but it just makes you feel more isolated somehow?

Anyway where was i going with this... oh yeah GitHub automation. So theres this myth that automation is only for big teams or enterprise companies. Like, if youre a solo dev or a small team, you cant possibly need automation. But honestly, thats just not true. Automation is for anyone who wants to save time and focus on the actual coding part.

Another myth is that automation is super complicated and requires a PhD in computer science. Nah, its actually pretty straightforward once you get the hang of it. You just need to know what youre trying to automate and then find the right tools to do it. Like, have you seen Push to Post? It literally automates your GitHub commits into social media posts. No more manual tweeting or posting about your updates. Its a game-changer.

And then theres the myth that automation will replace human devs. Like, robots are gonna take our jobs or something. But automation is meant to augment our abilities, not replace them. Its about freeing up time to focus on the creative stuff, not replacing the creative stuff itself.

So yeah, those are just a few GitHub automation myths that need to die. Automation is for everyone, its not that hard, and its not gonna replace us. Periodt.

btw if manually posting your dev progress is driving you nuts, Push to Post literally automates this whole thing: https://commit.jolexhive.com/

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