I'm not against your point of view to be honest. It's a perfectly rational and pragmatic to act this way.
I'm not also advocating that "complete, complex automation" is the definitive answer to this problem. On the contrary, I advocate "incremental automation" which, solves a single problem in a single step. If well documented, it works much better and reliably in the long run & can be maintained with ease.
Quoting John Gall:
> A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.
I'm not also advocating that "complete, complex automation" is the definitive answer to this problem. On the contrary, I advocate "incremental automation" which, solves a single problem in a single step. If well documented, it works much better and reliably in the long run & can be maintained with ease.
Quoting John Gall:
> A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.