# \[Question from the form\] Hardest thing you automated that looked simple

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**Category:** AMA on automation with Troy Tessalone\
**Created:** [March 9, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/question-from-the-form-hardest-thing-you-automated-that-looked-simple/2397 "2023-03-09T16:24:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![olgatrykush](https://community.baserow.io/user_avatar/community.baserow.io/olgatrykush/32/219_2.png) [@olgatrykush](https://community.baserow.io/u/olgatrykush)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/question-from-the-form-hardest-thing-you-automated-that-looked-simple/2397/1 "2023-03-09T16:24:03Z")

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What was the hardest thing you automated that looked deceptively simple at first?

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**Author:** ![troytessalone](https://community.baserow.io/user_avatar/community.baserow.io/troytessalone/32/1173_2.png) [@troytessalone](https://community.baserow.io/u/troytessalone)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/question-from-the-form-hardest-thing-you-automated-that-looked-simple/2397/2 "2023-03-09T16:26:01Z")

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Apps that have a lack of documentation for their APIs can come back to haunt you.

Ultimately, something not documented at all or inaccurately documented can cause you to go down a rabbit hole of trial and error testing.

That can result in a lot of time wasted for something that once you figure it out would be considered a quick/easy fix.