I see a ton of comments here about "just copy-paste" and "one small change". I've always described that to non-technical folks like this:
"Say you have to take your car to a dealership to get the clutch fixed. The clutch only costs $60 but the dealer quoted you $1200 to replace it. Most of that cost is in the labor required to remove everything from the engine bay and then put it back when youre done. Web development is the same in that something that looks trivial to fix might be much harder depending on where it is".
I see a ton of comments here about "just copy-paste" and "one small change". I've always described that to non-technical folks like this:
"Say you have to take your car to a dealership to get the clutch fixed. The clutch only costs $60 but the dealer quoted you $1200 to replace it. Most of that cost is in the labor required to remove everything from the engine bay and then put it back when youre done. Web development is the same in that something that looks trivial to fix might be much harder depending on where it is".
Ah, that's a good analogy — thank you! I'll give you a credit there :)