I make automation stuff that actually makes sense.
Courses, guides and honest tool picks for people who want AI and automation working for them — without a computer science degree or a 4-hour YouTube rabbit hole.
Automation tools are powerful. Learning them is a mess.
Everyone’s telling you to “just automate it.” Then you open the tool, stare at a blank canvas, and close the tab. The docs assume you already know what a webhook is. The tutorials skip the one step you’re stuck on.
So I build the thing I wanted when I was starting out: clear, step-by-step products that get you from “what is this?” to “it’s running while I sleep.”
N8N Explained
How to use n8n, how to set it up, and how to build automations that quietly save you hours every week. Plain English, real workflows, zero fluff.
How n8n thinks
Triggers, nodes and data — the three ideas that make every workflow click.
Setting it up
Cloud or self-hosted, step by step, without the terminal panic.
Your first automations
Build real workflows you can use the same day: forms, email, sheets, alerts.
AI agents in n8n
Drop an AI agent into a workflow and give it tools that do actual work.
Fixing what breaks
Debugging, error handling and keeping automations running quietly.
Built for total beginners.
If you can fill out a form, you can follow along.
My stack, no filler.
I only recommend what’s open on my own screen most days.
n8n
The workflow tool I build everything on. Visual, flexible, and you can self-host it.
Try n8n →Some links are affiliate links — if you buy through them I may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you.
Fresh reads.
AI agents, explained without the hype
What an agent actually is, how it’s different from a chatbot, and where it’s worth using one right now.
Read it →n8n: the automation tool I wish I’d found sooner
What n8n is, why I pick it over the usual suspects, and the first workflow I’d build if I were starting today.
Read it →Claude Code for people who don’t call themselves developers
How I use Claude Code to build real tools — and the habits that keep it from going off the rails.
Read it →Contact
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