Tutorials
What Are AI Agents? Tools, Loops, Goals, and Failure Modes
AI agents explained by mechanism: tools, goals, and the plan-act-observe loop, plus benchmark failure rates and when a plain workflow beats an agent.
14 min read
AI Automation & Productivity Tools
Automation platforms and workflow builds, priced in the billing unit each one actually uses, with error handling and real running costs.
7 posts
Posts in AI Automation & Productivity Tools
- Automation
How Webhooks Work: Verify, Dedupe, and Respond Fast
A webhook is a public write endpoint a stranger can POST to. Verify HMAC signatures over raw bytes, dedupe on delivery ID, and answer in milliseconds.
19 min read
- Automation
Self-Host n8n with Docker: License, Backups, Security
A Docker guide to self-hosting n8n 2.x: the Sustainable Use License line, a working compose file, encryption-key backups, and the security defaults.
20 min read
- Automation
n8n vs Make vs Zapier: Tasks, Operations and Executions
Zapier bills tasks, Make bills credits, n8n bills executions. Three different units compared with 2026 pricing, free tiers, and self-hosting terms.
18 min read
- Automation
Automate Email Triage: A Safe Shared-Inbox Workflow
Build a shared-inbox triage workflow that classifies, labels and alerts on urgent mail only — with the OAuth scopes, idempotency and error handling.
17 min read
- Automation
Automation Error Handling: Workflows You Can Trust
Make an automation safe to leave running: idempotency keys, capped backoff with jitter, dead-letter queues, alerts that stay unmuted, and kill switches.
18 min read
- AI Apps
Best AI Note-Taking Apps: Verified Pricing and Consent Rules
Eight AI note-taking apps compared on verified pricing, free-tier limits and what each vendor privacy policy actually says about training on your meetings.
19 min read
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