Automate the boring. Build the fun stuff.
devsurge is where I write about AI, no-code and low-code workflows, and the side projects I can't stop building, with YouTube walkthroughs along the way.
Workflows, agents and weekend builds
Step-by-step write-ups of what I automate, what I build, and what broke along the way.
- Automation
I replaced my morning inbox triage with a six-step n8n flow
Labels, drafts and a daily digest, all before coffee. The exact nodes, the prompts, and the two edge cases that nearly broke it.
9 min read - AI agents
Building a support agent that knows when to hand off to a human
Confidence thresholds, escalation rules and the tiny eval set that keeps an AI helpdesk honest.
12 min read - No-code
Airtable as a backend: how far can you push it?
I ran a small shop on Airtable for six months. Rate limits, formulas, and where it finally cracked.
8 min read - Tutorials
Webhooks explained with one ridiculous doorbell project
A smart doorbell, a webhook, and a Slack channel that knows every time the cat walks past.
6 min read - Side projects
A Raspberry Pi that texts me when the mail arrives
A reed switch, a Pi Zero and a Twilio number. Total cost: one weekend and eleven dollars.
7 min read - Automation
Zapier vs Make vs n8n: the same workflow, built three times
One lead-routing flow, three tools, a stopwatch and a spreadsheet of what each run actually cost.
14 min read