While this is kind of review for somebody whom does work with all the hardware more than actual dev work:

"When you automate something once, it not only greatly increases execution speed the second and third time around, it reduces the chance of failure, of missing that one important step." ...let's not forget that to any whom take over your job after you, you can say: 'And we have this script I hacked up to automate that process..' and you'll look like a rockstar.