Blog articles

Notes on automation systems, n8n workflows, AI agents, integrations, content pipelines, and the logic behind making messy processes work reliably.

A progression from Excel to Power Query to code tools

The slippery slope nobody warned me about

May 24, 2026

Power Query for one report. Then SharePoint. Then Power BI. Then APIs. The accounting automation journey rarely starts where people think it ends.

A person staring at a screen with duplicate invoice entries highlighted

The breaking point was entering the same invoice twice

May 23, 2026

Manual invoice entry isn't just slow — it accumulates errors that cost more time to find than the entry ever saved. The mental fatigue point is underrated.

Multiple AI tools connected in a workflow diagram

The best AI for accounting isn't one tool

May 22, 2026

After testing AI tools for invoice processing, categorization, and anomaly detection, the conclusion is the same: it's the combination, not the model.

A stack of vendor invoices next to an n8n workflow on screen

300 invoices a month. That's not an AI problem.

May 21, 2026

At 5-10 minutes per invoice, 300 invoices a month is 25-50 hours of manual entry. The part most people skip is building the GL mapping table.

Two bookkeeping software interfaces compared side by side

Your bookkeeping software is an automation decision

May 20, 2026

Switching from e-Boekhouden to Moneybird isn't just a UX preference. It's a choice about what you can automate later, and what stays manual forever.

A small business owner reviewing finances with a bookkeeper once a quarter

The accountant you need once a quarter

May 19, 2026

A bookkeeper's advice for Dutch starters: do your own admin, use the bank connection, and bring in a professional for a quarterly review.

A workflow diagram showing a cheap filter model before expensive processing

The Cheapest Model Does the Most Important Job

May 18, 2026

A student built an n8n invoice controller where a cheap model as the first filter turned out to be the most valuable node in the workflow.

A whiteboard covered in process diagrams before any code is written

The Week Before Building Beats the Month of Building

May 17, 2026

Most automation fails not from bad code, but because the builder started too early — the discovery work is the hard part.

An accountant looking at repetitive spreadsheet tasks on screen

The assembly line nobody planned

May 16, 2026

An accountant who automated his way through PwC, Python, and ChatGPT — and the question it left: why did I spend years studying to end up doing this?

An accountant's desk with files and automation tools side by side

Eliminate the non-accounting first

May 15, 2026

The most useful accounting automation isn't AI or agents. It's removing the data-moving and format-cleaning so accountants can do actual accounting.

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