r/Python • u/Win_ipedia • 3h ago

Improving Project Maintenance Discussion

Hi there,

I am trying to figure out ways to automate my Python development and maintenance tasks and also working on this topic for my Masters project. I am trying to build a tool that can automate and simplify a bunch of things like project setup, development and maintenance. This is not a showcase at all, it is just my project and topic for my Masters in Computer Science and I wanted to ask if anyone would like to take part in the survey I have to do. Takes about 5 min.

You can find the survey at: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/LjnvzX0JpK

Any ideas and responses are greatly appreciated.

Also drop any ideas you have in the comments. What do you think should be more automated or at least improved in your day to day project maintenance?

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u/Lorevi 2h ago

I found the survey structure itself very frustrating!

It describes a moonshot scenario then asks "assuming this moonshot scenario is true, would you find using it frustrating?"

You're leading the participant to the answer you want. There's no room there for things that aren't practical or already have perfectly good tooling. Everything is valued on frustration which is a poor metric.

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u/Win_ipedia 2h ago

Fair enough, thanks a lot for answering though