Or one (maybe a few, I don't know what the going rate for something like this) day working for minimum wage, a few hours to find a freelance programmer, and paying the programmer to write the upload script. Then, spend ~360 days doing whatever.
Something tells me this project was not about efficiency.
I make maple syrup by hand. It requires a huge amount of physical labor, as well as a fairly expensive evaporator and as well as a small building devoted to that single purpose.
The product tastes the same as the stuff I can buy from my neighbor's maple stand for a fraction of the cost and effort. It's wholly irrational.
And I'll do it again next year.
Sometimes the joy comes from doing it the hard way.