When to Use an AI Agent Instead of Another Script
Most IT folks I know have written a hundred shell scripts. Cron jobs, Ansible playbooks, Python automation, you name it. Now vendors are pushing AI agents…
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Field notes from the build
Practical notes on AI, automation, content sites, and the machinery behind the work.
Automation That Breaks at 2am: The Parts Nobody Talks About
You wrote the script. You set up the cron job. You added an alert. Done, right? Wrong. The problems start three months later when the script…
Programmatic SEO for Small Niche Sites: What Actually Works (And What to Skip)
Programmatic SEO sounds like something a marketing agency would pitch you over a $50k retainer. It's one of those terms that gets thrown around like it's…
AI Workflow Guardrails for Real Systems
You read about companies dropping AI into everything and seeing 10x productivity gains. What they do not show you is the mess behind the scenes—the hallucinations,…
When to Use an AI Agent Instead of Another Script
Most automation problems don't need an AI agent. They need a script. I've been writing automation for 20 years, and the thing that's annoyed me most…
My Practical AI Workflow That Actually Gets Stuff Done
I've been using AI tools since 2026, and I've watched the hype cycle go through its phases—first everyone said AI would replace us, then "AI won't…
Production Automation Lessons for Personal Workflows
After fifteen years automating production systems and watching half-baked scripts destroy weekends, I've learned that the principles keeping enterprise infrastructure running are the same ones that…
Testing Small Content Sites This Month
I've got three small content sites running right now. Two are niche blogs, one is a documentation site for a side project. None of them make…
What AI Agents Are Good At (And Where They Still Need a Leash)
I've been running AI agents in production since 2026, and I'm done with the hype cycle. These tools can actually do useful work—but they can also…
Why Automation Breaks and the Boring Checks That Save You
Your automation worked fine in March. It's September now, and it's been failing silently for six weeks. That script that pulled your analytics? Dead. The CI…