Workflow

The best automation takes the boring, repetitive work off your plate so you can focus on the decisions that need a human. The worst automation tries to automate the judgment itself — and that's where it goes wrong.

I spent years thinking test-first was dogma for people with too much time. Then one painful week converted me. Here's what actually changed my mind.

A small, unglamorous AI stack that quietly does about an hour of work before I've finished my coffee. Here's the exact lineup and what each one does.

I hated writing documentation because I was writing the wrong kind. The shift that made docs feel useful instead of like a chore.

Seven small version-control habits that quietly removed a whole category of pain from my team's week. Most take under a minute to adopt.

Three small daily habits that compounded into an edge — not big tools, just tiny routines anyone can copy.

For seven days I funneled everything — planning, writing, decisions, busywork — through a single AI tool. Here's what got better, what got worse, and what I kept.

There was one task I dreaded every single week. I finally automated it with AI — and the relief was bigger than the time it saved.

I used to wake up to a backlog. Now my work happens while I sleep. Here's the exact AI workflow I built, what broke, and what I'd do differently.

Three leverage points where AI removes the slow part of work — and how to use them without producing garbage.

Three boring, repeatable AI workflows gave me back a day and a half every week. No fancy tools, just relentless removal of the same chores.