Notes on automation systems, n8n workflows, AI agents, integrations, content pipelines, and the logic behind making messy processes work reliably.
May 2, 2026
AI in accounting is only as fast as the data behind it. I keep seeing the same pattern: clients who try Claude for bank reconciliation and find it slow — the problem is almost never the model.
Apr 29, 2026
A real business process analysis story about inherited systems, missing owners, and questions hidden behind a simple task.
Apr 28, 2026
Messy processes are the ones worth mapping first: hidden exceptions, tribal knowledge, and the point where automation should wait.
Apr 28, 2026
A debugging day inside a CRM, payment, and accounting chain where every failed hypothesis still narrows the search.
Apr 26, 2026
AI sped up a messy integration debug, but it also showed how easily a model can mistake correlation for cause.
Apr 22, 2026
A mortgage broker AI automation idea looks impressive until the learning part turns into the thing that breaks the workflow.
Apr 20, 2026
A simple Obsidian-to-GitHub publishing setup removes WordPress friction and makes blogging easier to keep up with.
Apr 19, 2026
A refund automation failed because it ran faster than the accounting system's settlement window.
Apr 18, 2026
If you took away the tools, the meetings, and the system noise, would you leave your work behind or circle back to it anyway?
Apr 17, 2026
A simple phrase often pushes automated support chats to a human, which says a lot about how fragile emotion-based escalation really is.