I’ve been hesitant about jumping into ready-made templates for browser automation workflows. On the surface, they sound great—just grab a template for login automation or data scraping and customize it. But I keep wondering if the customization work just shifts the problem instead of actually solving it.
Last week, I tried a few templates and honestly, I spent more time ripping them apart and rebuilding them for my specific needs than I would have spent starting fresh. There’s this weird friction where the template assumes a certain site structure or flow that doesn’t match reality, and then you’re fighting against it.
But maybe I’m looking at this wrong. Has anyone actually experienced templates genuinely saving time on real projects? What am I missing about how to actually use them effectively?