Your user image shows up fine for me, but OP’s doesn’t.

I’m super lucky to have a couple of close friends who I know I can call on. When my dad was dying of cancer at the end of last year, they both took turns coming over so I had company as a distraction 3-4 nights a week. After he passed they even took time off from their jobs and traveled out of town to his funeral while refusing my attempts to pay for their hotel rooms. I’m eternally grateful for them and I don’t know how I would’ve made it through that without them.

Keep fighting the good fight. In my experience with SRE/automation work, people tend to fight change just because it’s change and not realize just how much time they’re spending on toil and similar tasks.