I’m evaluating whether ready-made templates are worth using versus just hand-coding what I need. On the surface, templates seem great—you get a pre-built login flow, form submission logic, data extraction patterns. But I’m wondering if the time you save upfront gets eaten up by customization.
Like, how much does a ready-made template actually help if you need to adapt it for your specific site’s UI? Does a template for “form submission” actually save time when every form is structured differently?
I’m trying to figure out if templates are genuinely faster for going from zero to working automation, or if they’re mostly useful for people who don’t have the technical skills to build from scratch anyway.
What’s your actual experience? Do teams actually use templates and ship faster, or is the customization overhead more hassle than just building it yourself?