It's taking me ages to make this thing - I should automate it.

Wait a sec, need more power. Just gonna build a couple boilers and steam engines and then I'll get back to automating that thing.

Damn it, out of stone for the boilers, I'll grab some more from the belts by my stone miners. Oh dear, that coal patch is nearly mined out. I should secure some more before I get back to automating the thing.

There's another patch of coal north of the base, but it's too far for belts. Better build a train.

Need to build a factory to make engines for the locomotive, and it's taking too long to craft tracks, so I might as well automate that while I'm at it.

Okay, finally have the railway built. Now to design stations to load and unload the coal. Damn it, a biter attack - where are they coming from?

Ah, found the colony. It's a big one, going to need some more piercing ammo and maybe some poison capsules to deal with the worms. I should automate those.

Oh crap, it's 4am, and I haven't started automating the thing yet.