>That's called doing it manually.

Yes, a common feature in unstable environments. Automation is an ideal, but not a necessity, and it's not always viable or cost-effective.

But also that the unfailing competency means that you need to contiously maintain (all aspects of the) automation without fail, again in spite of a changing environment. Across everyone who does things.

>What you're doing is making excuses rather than holding yourself to a higher level of quality.

And what you're doing is pretending that firing off blind, trivial prescriptions is a useful activity -- perhaps I'll soon find you selling self-help books as well :-)

Automation is not an answer that can always be applied trivially; especially retroactively. Even despite all the marketing that will tell you otherwise.