Ask HN: As a Developer What Tedious Task Do You Find Takes to Much of Your Time?

I'm looking to learn about the tedious tasks you need to handle daily or weekly in your roles. Many of us are in engineering, product management, or leadership. So specifically, I'm interested in tasks that seem to drain your resources without fully utilizing your skills and insights. In other words, tasks that seem too trivial for someone of your expertise but are nonetheless essential for your organization's bottom line.

For instance, in my daily routine as an engineer, I spend about 5-10 minutes everyday reviewing my calendar to type up a quick list of availability to respond to emails or Slack messages requesting time slots for a meeting. While there are services that seemingly solve this process by allowing people to book available times directly, For many of us these options often aren't suitable or considered “professional” enough when dealing with sophisticated clients or teammates. So I resort to manually sending out a simple list of my available times slots for each day of the week.

I suspect many of you face similar, time-consuming tasks that could be streamlined or automated. Candidly my co-founder and I are exploring solutions to automate these mundane tasks through a new platform and community. So we are looking to gather more insights into the specific day-to-day tasks that you feel are a waste of your valuable time.