Notes on automation systems, n8n workflows, AI agents, integrations, content pipelines, and the logic behind making messy processes work reliably.
May 15, 2026
The most useful accounting automation isn't AI or agents. It's removing the data-moving, file-copying, and format-cleaning so accountants can do actual accounting work.
May 14, 2026
Credit card transactions don't auto-import into Moneybird. Not because nobody built it — but because the card provider controls the data and has no incentive to share it.
May 13, 2026
The question isn't whether to use bank feeds. It's whether the person running them knows enough to catch what the automation misses.
May 12, 2026
Small accounting firms have the most to gain from automation — and usually the least resources to start. The approach that works isn't replacing the existing tools. It's bridging the gaps between them.
May 11, 2026
A 30-line bank reconciliation is a different problem than a 3,000-line one. The logic is the same. The approach that works for one breaks on the other.
May 10, 2026
He used Claude for debugging, Gemini for UI, free models for prototyping, and paid OCR when accuracy actually mattered. Each model for the job it's good at.
May 9, 2026
Partial refunds, netted payouts, transaction fees, currency conversion. Native integrations handle the clean case. E-commerce rarely is.
May 8, 2026
Once the transactions are flowing and the reports run automatically, the next layer isn't more automation. It's knowing when something's wrong.
May 7, 2026
The most underrated outcome of automating your own accounting work isn't efficiency. It's what you learn about data — and what that opens up.
May 6, 2026
PDF invoice extraction is the easy part. The hard part is what happens when the invoice doesn't look like an invoice.