some of the thinking out of the process
How many brain cells does it kill to switch a timer from 18-6 to 12-12? I mean I get there are noobs who have a sad plant, a week after germing, with 2 leaves asking if they should flower yet, but if they're THAT kind of noob I just point them at a Cervantes book and tell them to get out of my hair.
It's adjusting a single dial on a rotary timer or few buttons on a digital. We're not exactly programming a light switch rave on a DMX controller system. THAT would be lighting that requires thought.
Reminds me of the distillation grow job, they asked me if I could 'handle' a certain brand of industrial lighting timer. I replied. "Never heard of it, but I programmed a 256 channel DMX board running stage lights for 2 years. I'm going out on limb and guessing that timing a light show to snycronize with a live band over 2 hours is a bit more fidgity than switching a timer from 18 hours on to 12."