Hello, automator.

I'm starting this blog with a confession: I'm not an AI expert. Not a product development expert, either. Not a systems administration expert. Not an expert in anything, really. I'm a curious generalist with a habit of automating anything boring and repetitive, and I like to learn by doing.

I started in product development and ended up in systems administration. That's where it hit me: even at tech companies, there was a mountain of work still being done by hand. Repeated clicks, copy-paste between systems, the kind of thing that should've stopped existing a while ago. That's what got me automating things, first for myself, then for whoever was sitting next to me.

At home I built a homelab and used it as a testing ground for everyday stuff. Later I went back to university to dig deeper into the fundamentals of Computer Engineering. Then AI showed up, and with it I came back to product development, this time with more mileage and an ally I didn't have the first time around.

Today I'm starting this blog to document what comes next, in public.

What this is

Not a tutorial factory, not a polished feed of strategic takes. It's where I plan to show the automations I build, the tools I test, the ideas I prototype. And when something breaks, because it will, that might get logged here too, because you learn more from that than from any gallery of success stories.

Simple rule: show the problem, show the code, tell the truth about what worked and what didn't.

Where I'm at right now

Just getting started, really. There are ideas taking shape: some with AI, others around things I use every day - but nothing in production yet. I'll start sharing bits and pieces, here and on X, and as the work matures, the blog grows with it. The idea is that a few months from now there'll be a full story to tell: what worked, what didn't, and how I got there.

Why build in public

Because I genuinely believe you learn more from sharing than from staying quiet. And because I believe the community of people who automate things is one of the most generous and collaborative I've come across. If I can save someone from repeating my mistakes, or someone can improve my work with a comment, we all win. And we end up building more interesting things.

Let's get to it

If you already automate things, or you're just curious, you're in the right place. Let's automate the boring stuff. See you soon.