I honestly feel like this advise was applicable 10 years ago when it was written. Especially int he age of AI, but it's really going to depend on the business you're in, if you're business is automated business intelligence, vs mail order bbq sauce or something.

Not to mention the greater number of tools opensource and paid available to automate most of the stuff that would take a dev a little longer to do.

But also from a technical standpoint, if it's a 1 or 2 time task, and it's quicker to do manually, don't bother automating it.