Agent Builder Was Supposed to Make This Easy. It Didn’t.
Three bugs killed my agent build. The visual workflow builder didn’t stop any of them. October 6th, 2025. OpenAI drops AgentKit at DevDay. Agent Builder goes live—a visual workflow canvas for building multi-agent systems. Drag-and-drop nodes. Human approval flows. MCP integrations. Templates that actually work. As an n8n automation specialist, I should’ve been threatened. Here’s […]
From $300/Month to Free: Rebuilding a Campaign Management System
Sometimes the best solutions come from the worst problems. In this case, that problem was watching a digital marketing agency’s SaaS costs spiral out of control because of one simple feature: client access. Here’s how I turned a $300/month Airtable portal into a completely free, secure campaign management system using Google Sheets, some creative automation, […]
Custom AI Chat Hub: Self-Hosting & Automation
This blog details the creation of a custom AI chat platform integrating Open WebUI with n8n workflow automation, securely exposed via Cloudflare Tunnel. It covers motivations for building a personalized conversational interface over existing options, the choice of core components (Open WebUI for chat UI, n8n for automation, Cloudflare Tunnel for secure access), and the architectural setup using Docker Compose with dedicated networks and persistent volumes. A key highlight is the seamless integration enabling function calls from chat to trigger n8n workflows via webhooks without extra middleware. The blog also discusses DNS and proxy configuration challenges, container-specific nuances, security best practices, and lessons learned during setup. The resulting system offers a flexible, maintainable, and secure AI command center with persistent sessions and natural language automation interaction, primed for future enhancements including local model hosting and expanded API integrations.
WhatsApp as a Surprisingly Powerful Data Management Tool
I never thought WhatsApp would become our secret weapon for data management, but here we are—with a simple messaging interface that saved my client’s team over 4 hours weekly on data updates. By connecting the familiar WhatsApp experience to their backend systems, I created a solution where anyone can update their client database using natural […]
Self Hosting on Render
I recently helped a client ditch their subscription-based automation tools for a self-hosted n8n instance on Render. The result? They gained complete ownership of their workflows while pocketing about $33 every month. Not bad for a day’s work! Client & Context: Why We Ditched Zapier and Make for DIY Automation My client had been running […]
Business Document Generator for LLM Consumption
Summary I built a Business Document Generator that automates the creation of detailed reports by orchestrating AI calls in n8n, managing inputs in Airtable, and invoking specialized tools for tasks like data scraping and charting. This system produces human-readable documents and structured outputs for downstream AI processes, cutting manual prep time in half and ensuring […]
AI-Powered Client Accountability Bot
Summary A coaching firm asked me to take their weekly check-in grind off their hands. They needed a system that would call each client, gather progress answers, and surface insights to coaches—without anyone lifting a finger. I delivered an AI-driven accountability bot that handles the calls, turns transcripts into clear takeaways, and emails coaches a […]
A New Frontier in AI Agent Development
Ditching pre-built blocks for raw code is like graduating from Lego to architecture. After years of clicking through drag-and-drop AI builders, I recently rebuilt my entire workflow using Python, JavaScript, and OpenAI’s Assistants API—all hosted on Replit. The result? A leaner, faster AI system where I control every line of code, not just the configuration […]