Automation
n8n, API integrations and orchestration of repetitive work, applied to a real case.
10 published postsPosts in Automation
The WhatsApp bill with AI: what Meta charges and what to automate
Since August, Meta charges tokens on the Business Agent; since October, service and utility too. What to automate, what to keep human, and how to run the numbers.
Switching simulator: a technical case of an interlocking engine
79 thousand lines of JavaScript, 1,371 tests and an engine that fails closed: how the simulator rehearses substation switching, and what is still missing.
VE Facilites: a technical case of a building-maintenance pilot
A pilot with no contracted client: a Java API, a Flutter field app and a PDF report that refuses to invent data. What works, and what is still a mockup.
SIGCOT: a technical case of a transmission-operations system
205 thousand lines of code, 5,580 tests and the move from Access to SQL Server while operations kept running: what worked, what broke, and the rules that stayed.
RPA vs. AI agents: the turn toward agentic automation
How traditional RPA differs from agentic process automation, where the engineering limits are, and how a hybrid model works in practice.
Resilient automation: why flows fail in silence
The biggest danger of an automatic flow is not an error message. It is failing quietly. How to design retry, a dead-letter queue, a sentinel and a human alert.
An exposed industrial controller: the attack that silenced the alarm
Seven U.S. agencies documented attacks on industrial controllers in 2026. No exploit was cited. The equipment only had to be reachable.
n8n as an MCP server: when the agent calls your workflow on its own
Exposing workflows as AI tools reverses who presses the button. What changes in practice, what the MCP spec forbids, and what to check before you turn it on.
EscalaOper: a technical case of a shift-schedule system
8.4 thousand lines of code, one row per person per day, and an undo that asks for the right shift: what EscalaOper solves and what is still missing.
Sentinela: a technical case of a monitor for ONS rules
30 thousand lines of code, 1,256 tests and a shared Access database: how Sentinela follows ONS rules, and what broke along the way.