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Notes on automation & systems.

Practical write-ups on automation, Notion, AI agents, and building systems that run without you. No fluff.

Not every problem needs automation — but some scream for it. If you recognize three or more of these, a system will pay for itself fast.

Spreadsheets are brilliant — until they aren't. How to know when your business has outgrown them.

Before adding headcount for repetitive ops, check whether a system can own it. Five tasks that almost always should be automated first.

A practical, no-hype comparison of the three big automation platforms — when each one wins, and when to self-host.

Most teams use Notion as a doc dump. Here's how to architect it into a real system that runs your operations.