Translations:Relative advantages of bots and server-side tools/5/en

Using bots is more of a decentralist solution, in that it enables individual bot owners to make code changes rather than requiring that all code changes go through a central reviewer(s), viz. the group of users with shell access. Some bot code may be less expensive to run, especially if the bulk of the operations (e.g. figuring out what changes need to be made, rather than actually making the changes) can be performed on the client's computer rather than consuming possibly more expensive server resources.