I just launched The Boring AI Builder — a weekly newsletter where I break down real AI automations: the problem, the architecture, the result.
No hype. No "AI will replace everyone" noise. Just builds that save real hours.
First issue: The Most Profitable AI Automations Are...
Scaling an e-commerce brand shouldn't mean scaling your manual ops. I connect your Shopify store to your suppliers, 3PLs, and marketing tools so orders flow seamlessly.
What you get:
• Automated low-stock alerts that auto-email suppliers when inventory hits your reorder...
AI automation isn’t about adding AI to everything.
It’s about finding the repetitive work that slows a business down — then deciding what should be automated, what should use AI, and where a human should stay in the loop.
For example:
📄 Invoice received
→ Extract data with AI
→...
"Just approve it automatically" sounds efficient until something gets approved that shouldn't have been.
The better pattern: automate everything except the one decision that actually needs a human.
Here's a workflow I built that does exactly that (n8n):
→ A request comes in via...
A quick thought on where AI automation is heading
The conversation around AI has shifted a lot this past year — less "can AI write an email" and more "can AI actually run part of my business reliably."
That shift matters. It means the bar is higher. A cool demo isn't enough...