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📋 WANTED: Imposter Automations🕵️
The worst automation is a fake one. Did you think you could trust that flow with moving data without oversight? Think again!
It can be easy to set and forget new automations, but that's where the trouble starts.
Here are a few tells that the automation in question is more trouble than it seems:
Unclear Updates: For flows that occur based on an action, like a webhook, they need to be test thoroughly before being released into the wild. Edge cases without error handling can make an automation appear to work enough of the time when it actually is missing on key data scenarios.
What Schedule?: At the other end, what if you set it to run daily? It could be a simple config issue that has you missing out, like an incorrect cron schedule. If you're not checking in, you might not even know what you're missing.
Too Much Or Too Little Trust: Is your team stressing and babysitting every new automation? You may be creating more busy work than you think. Breaking down a complex flow, providing human-in-the-middle checks, and stepping back when a project is going sideways are all options to get back to productivity.
Our advice is to set it and not forget it. Having just enough oversight is key to balancing automation gains without ops fatigue. If you have a critical flow, have it send an email notification or notify a specific person with ownership. Less critical flows might benefit from a dashboard check instead. Finding balance is key.
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If you have a dubious automation giving you the run-around, report it to the Another Angle Solutions Detective Agency right away.
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