# Journal — DailyAi

> Practical writing on AI, no-code, and the workflows that actually save time. Every post, newest first, by Alfred Nutile.

- [Agents: What They Are, Why You Need Them, and How They Work](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/agents-what-why-how.md) (2026-08-16): Everyone's talking about agents. Here's what actually changed: instead of writing a pile of tools for a long-running process, we now hand the agent a whole computer and let it use Bash and the old Unix tools to get the job done. Two real examples, and a lot less magic than you'd think.
- [Keep It Green: Testing Zapier SDK Code Without Hitting the Real API](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/keep-it-green-mocking-the-zapier-sdk.md) (2026-08-06): Your vibe-coded app calls the Zapier SDK, which calls a real API. Run that in a test and it's not a test anymore: it needs a key, it costs a call, and it goes red when the wifi hiccups. Here's how to test it without ever hitting the real thing, and the one reminder to give your AI so it always does.
- [Green Means Ship: CI/CD for Vibe Coders Who Are Sick of Things Breaking](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/green-means-ship-cicd-with-confidence.md) (2026-08-02): You vibe-code a feature, it works, and a week later it's mysteriously broken again. And every time you want to go live it's the same tedious steps: run the database change by hand, copy the keys, click deploy, hope. CI/CD hands all of that to automation that refuses to ship anything broken. Here's how, using a real repo.
- [Build Your Application from Inside the Application 🤯](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/code-factory-inside-your-app.md) (2026-07-26): I drag a feature card in my app and AI writes the code, runs the tests through GitHub Actions, and opens a pull request. I review, merge, and it deploys itself. Here's how the pipeline is wired, from a dragged card to a deploy, and what to do when a step needs a fix.
- [Thoughts on using Supabase Edge Functions in SupaNet.io](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/edge-functions.md) (2026-07-25): I built SupaNet.io heavily on Supabase edge functions instead of building a backend from scratch. A review from actually shipping on it: what the platform handles, the build pattern that mattered most, and the trade-offs. Not a tutorial.
- [Make Your Own Headless Browser (And Let Any AI Use It)](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/make-your-own-headless-browser.md) (2026-07-08): There are plenty of hosted ways to give an AI a browser. This week I built my own — a little Chromium-on-a-server that stays logged in, spits out clean Markdown, and that any of my AI tools can drive. The real unlock: wrap it as an MCP and every agent I make gets a browser for free.
- [Evals: How to Stop Guessing Whether Your AI Actually Works](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/evals-stop-guessing-whether-your-ai-works.md) (2026-07-05): Write one plain-English spec file, hand Claude Code your data, and let promptfoo prove your prompt works — including a trick for running the AI judge free on your own laptop.
- [Tools, Skills, and MCP — When to Use Which (Without the Headache)](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/tools-skills-mcp-when-to-use-which.md) (2026-06-28): Tools, MCP, and skills sound like they're competing. They're not. Here's the simple mental model I use to know which one to reach for — and when to just combine all three.
- [Vibe Coding With Confidence](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/vibe-coding-with-confidence.md) (2026-06-28): It still amazes me that we can vibe code our own apps. Here's how to do it with confidence — keeping it secure, getting it hosted, and not getting scared off by GitHub — all built around the humble to-do list.
- [The PACT Pattern: How to Build a System Around AI](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/the-pact-pattern-building-a-system-around-ai.md) (2026-06-25): Stop treating AI like a magic chat box. Project, Artifacts, Context, Tasks - a simple pattern for building a real system around the work you actually do.
- [I Built AI Agents Two Years Too Early](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/i-built-ai-agents-two-years-too-early.md) (2026-06-13): In 2023 I built basically every AI platform feature you've watched ship since — document collections, multi-model workflows, deployable bots. Here's why being early was the same as being wrong, and what I'm building now that the labs structurally can't eat.
- [How to Get Your Site Found — and Cited — by AI](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/how-to-get-your-site-found-by-ai.md) (2026-06-09): People don't only Google anymore — they ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude. There's a small layer of plain files that makes your site easy for those AI engines to find, trust, and quote you with a link back. I added it to this blog in an afternoon, and the AI did most of the work.
- [I moved my site's chat to Cloudflare — and let the AI build it](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/moving-my-chat-to-cloudflare.md) (2026-06-08): Cloudflare's always been an option for this kind of thing. It just used to feel too technical to bother with. A spam problem on another project nudged me to finally try it — and with AI doing the heavy lifting, I wrapped my chat around OpenAI with real guardrails in an afternoon.
- [There's No Drop-In Solution: What Two Real Automations Taught Me About Working With People](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/theres-no-drop-in-solution.md) (2026-06-06): Automation works — I've watched it save companies hundreds of thousands of dollars. But the wins came from sitting next to the person doing the work, not from dropping in a magic agent. Two real stories on what actually makes it stick.
- [The careful way to add AI chat to your website](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/careful-way-to-add-ai-chat.md) (2026-04-29): Anyone can drop a chatbot on their site in ten minutes. Here's how to do it without waking up to a $10,000 bill or letting somebody else use your AI on their site.
- [Culture, Frameworks and the Age of AI — with Elliot Taylor (Patchstack)](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/culture-frameworks-and-the-age-of.md) (2026-04-21): Elliot Taylor, Head of Engineering at Patchstack, on why traditional engineering is over, how AI flattened his company from the inside, and the real cost of time-to-exploit dropping from months to min
- [Your Own Family~Personal Intranet Open Source](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/your-own-familypersonal-intranet.md) (2026-04-12): I got tired of re-building auth every time I vibe-coded something to solve a small idea
- [The Unseen ROI on AI](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/the-unseen-roi-on-ai.md) (2026-04-08): Two areas I think it helps me daily at work, and one issue it is creating
- [Best Way to Use AI Agents Safely in Your Business in 2026 (Zapier + Claude Desktop)](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/best-way-to-use-ai-agents-safely.md) (2026-04-04): Getting started with confidence that your AI integration is secure and portable
- [I am on \"The AI Fix\" podcast](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/i-am-on-the-ai-fix-podcast.md) (2026-04-01): We cover a few fun news topics
- [Softr AI Co-Builder - Turn Your Spreadsheet into a More Helpful Project Management System](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/softr-ai-co-builder-turn-your-spreadsheet.md) (2026-03-31): This new AI Co-Builder from Softr really does make it possible for companies to build their own internal tools.
- [DailyAi Studio Comics](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/dailyai-studio-comics-1b9.md) (2026-03-30): More at https://dailyaicomics.com/
- [Code Is Not the Future. Ingenuity Is.](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/code-is-not-the-future-ingenuity.md) (2026-03-28): I believe we are going to stop talking about code the way we stopped talking about electricity. The future isn't about writing code, it's about the ingenuity of the people using systems that happen t
- [Building an iOS App with SuperApp](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/building-an-ios-app-with-superapp.md) (2026-03-24): was pleasantly surprised by the results of this collaboration. I would suggest any business wanting to make apps for internal use or entrepreneurs with an app idea to give it a try!
- [DailyAi Studio Comics](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/dailyai-studio-comics.md) (2026-03-24): DailyAi Studio Comics
- [Talk to Your Data Like It's a Coworker: Supabase + Claude Desktop](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/talk-to-your-data-like-its-a-coworker.md) (2026-03-12): Need a report? Just chat with your data thanks to Supabase and Claude Desktop Connections!
- [Interview with Stuart Mason — How AI Is Impacting Him as a Developer](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/interview-with-stuart-mason-how-ai.md) (2026-03-11): 20 years in the profession. Hasn't written a line of code since October. We talked about what that actually means.
- [No-Code & AI News WK 10 2026](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/no-code-and-ai-news-wk-10-2026.md) (2026-03-06): For Those Trying to Get Work Done and Want to Know What Tools to Use
- [The Lovable Moment](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/the-lovable-moment.md) (2026-03-04): It didn’t deploy perfectly. Database setup was tricky. Auth was hard. It did not scale well as she started adding more and more to it. But it let her *show* the idea instead of *explaining* it.
- [No-Code and Ai News - Interview](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/no-code-and-ai-news-interview.md) (2026-02-27): Interview with Noloco Founder Darragh Mc Kay
- [Supabase for Everyday Users - Ai Database Assistant](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/supabase-for-everyday-users-ai-database.md) (2026-02-27): This was inspired by a real customer need recently, helping them build KPI reports in Supabase!
- [Granola's AI Notepad Recipes](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/granolas-ai-notepad-recipes.md) (2026-02-22): A 5-Minute Read That Can Save You Hours a Week
- [Stop Copy-Pasting Reports: Let AI Handle Your Project Management Busywork](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/stop-copy-pasting-reports-let-ai.md) (2026-02-13): A step-by-step guide to automations that write your reports, route your requests, and give you hours back every week
- [The Flipped Pyramid: Why 2026 is the Year Everyday Workers can Streamline their own Workloads and Create new Products](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/the-flipped-pyramid-why-2026-is-the.md) (2026-02-10): For the first time or more than ever, the person who understands the problem best is the person solving it. Why the right desktop tools and AI understanding is key to getting your work done.
- [Granola.ai and OpenClaw 🦞](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/granolaai-and-openclaw.md) (2026-02-06): Example integrations and automations I do with Granola.ai
- [No-Code News Roundup - Week 5-2026](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/no-code-news-roundup-week-5-2026.md) (2026-02-06): n8n critical security patch, OpenAI Frontier, Microsoft Copilot agent mode, Ollama GLM-OCR, Crawl4AI trending, and cool finds from my X bookmarks
- [Claude Desktop Intro - It really is for anyone](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/claude-desktop-into-it-really-is.md) (2026-02-04): Getting Started with Claude Desktop — For Normal People 🙃
- [OpenClaw and Git Backups](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/openclaw-and-git-backups.md) (2026-02-02): Just a quick tip on using Git to backup the folder
- [Replit Surprised Me - Opinionated Vibe Coding](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/replit-surprised-me-opinionated-vibe.md) (2026-02-01): Why opinionated platforms might make vibe-coding an option for me
- [No-Code News Roundup - Week of January 30, 2026](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/no-code-news-roundup-week-of-january.md) (2026-01-30): Google releases text to world, Anthropic and MCP Apps, Industry Trends for No-Code in 2026
- [No-Code WK 3-4 2026 - n8n Security Patches, Local LLM Models, Notion the new Framework](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/no-code-wk-3-4-2026-n8n-security.md) (2026-01-26): Bi-weekly roundup covering critical n8n security patches, Zapier's AI transformation plans, Notion 3.2's mobile AI agent, pricing updates from Softr and Noloco, Xano's new SaaS features, Google Opal's
- [Guest host on Ai Inside](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/guest-host-on-ai-inside.md) (2026-01-24): 🎙️ Thrilled to have joined Jason Howell on the **AI Inside*
- [More Models, More Prompts: RFP Analysis & Structured Output](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/more-models-more-prompts-rfp-analysis.md) (2026-01-24): Testing local LLMs on real business extraction tasks
- [NoCode News - Weeks 3-4 2026](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/nocode-news-weeks-3-4-2026.md) (2026-01-24): MCP and Skills keep growing, n8n Security Crisis, and 1-Bit LLMs Promise Local AI for All
- [Track 1 - On Premise Ai and Hosting, Coolify, n8n and More](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/track-1-on-premise-ai-and-hosting.md) (2026-01-24): How to host your own onsite ai and no-code/low-code tech
- [Local Ai Testing for Business Use Cases: New model GLM-4.7 and Email Test in the mix](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/local-ai-testing-for-business-use.md) (2026-01-21): Fun updates, better prompts, better results
- [Can Open Source AI Handle Real Business Work?](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/can-open-source-ai-handle-real-business.md) (2026-01-19): I start testing open-source models on common business prompts and data to see which ones are the best for which tasks.
- [No-Code News WK 2 2026](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/no-code-news-wk-2-2026.md) (2026-01-09): Make.com is in the news for the right reasons. Notion and n8n, not so much. AI hardware is becoming the new no‑code platform, and local desktop agents are on the rise. Join me for W
- [Paid Members Bonus Videos and More](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/paid-members-bonus-videos-and-more.md) (2026-01-03): 2026 will be a focus on deep dive videos on YouTube for building and setting on-premise ai and no-code solutions. This will include n8n, active-pieces,  lmstudio, ubuntu and more
- [Track 1 - Episode 3 - Email to Meeting Notes with LmStudio, AMD Strix Halo, N8N, Budibase](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/track-1-episode-3-email-to-meeting.md) (2026-01-03): In Episode 3 of our 2026 On-Prem Series, we’re moving from infrastructure to implementation. It's one thing to have a server running; it's another to have it solving business problems like summarizing
- [2025: The Year No-Code Became my Full Stack](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/2025-the-year-no-code-became-my-full.md) (2025-12-28): How I moved from custom code to building scalable, agent-driven applications with n8n, Supabase, and Softrr
- [Olares the On-Prem Software - Hardware Solution I was excited about](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/olares-the-on-prem-software-hardware.md) (2025-12-19): TLDR: Amazing Software for on-prem but there is an gotcha
- [The Event-Driven AI Stack: Supabase + n8n (Video Companion)](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/the-event-driven-ai-stack-supabase.md) (2025-12-02): *This is a companion note to my latest YouTube video. You can watch the full breakdown here: https://youtu.be/rDN3m2qs58I*
- [Xano 2.0 vs N8N 2.0 and other No-Code News WK 48](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/xano-20-vs-n8n-20-and-other-no-code.md) (2025-12-02): Welcome to Week 48 of the No-Code News — a lighter week, but with a few important signals that could change how founders and operators build internal tools and automation in 2025.
- [No-Code News Week 45](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/no-code-news-week-45.md) (2025-11-11): This week’s GitHub Trending highlights include NoCoBase — the open-source Softr alternative bringing AI-powered intranet tools to life — and Appsmith’s growing push into AI Agents for smarter internal
- [No-Code News Week 44](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/no-code-news-week-44.md) (2025-11-02): This week brought some of the biggest announcements in no-code and AI automation. Here's your quick rundown of what matters:
- [Softr Just Took a Chunk of N8n's Cake (And Why It Matters)](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/softr-just-took-a-chunk-of-n8ns-cake.md) (2025-11-02): For months, I'd been handing clients beautifully designed Softr applications and then saying, \"Now, if you need to add automation, just hop over to N8n and...\" That's where I'd lose them. Not because
- [Making No-Code Frameworks Your Go To Backend](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/making-no-code-frameworks-your-go.md) (2025-10-21): Most people think of n8n as a workflow tool. But I use it as a full backend system — the part that actually makes your app work.
- [My Favorite Ai Feature Unstructured data to Structured](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/my-favorite-ai-feature-unstructured.md) (2025-10-15): This one aspect of ai has helped me solve numerous customer problems with no-code or in some cases solving something code could not have solved.
- [Looping and N8N Quick Dive](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/looping-and-n8n-quick-dive.md) (2025-10-08): Understanding when to use loops in n8n can be challenging at first. This guide walks through several practical examples to demonstrate when loops are necessary and when n8n's built-in processing is su
- [WK 40 2025 Weekly Build: No-Code News](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/wk-40-2025-weekly-build-no-code-news.md) (2025-10-06): Welcome back to the weekly roundup of no-code and automation news!
- [From Paper to Data - Automate Data Entry](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/from-paper-to-data-automate-data.md) (2025-10-04): Example of helping companies automate data entry from paper to data using n8n and Google Drive
- [From Data to CRM How to Use Softr, Manus, N8N (MCP) to Gather Data](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/from-data-to-crm-how-to-use-softr.md) (2025-09-30): A two-part training series that transforms how you think about data collection and business automation
- [Weekly No Code News Digest Week 39 2025](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/weekly-no-code-news-digest-week-39.md) (2025-09-26): This podcast will cover No-code news on a weekly basis
- [N8N Quick Dive Switch Node #n8n](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/n8n-quick-dive-switch-node-n8n.md) (2025-09-25): The switch node in n8n might seem like a “boring” component, but it’s absolutely critical to building sophisticated automation workflows.
- [WIP Ai GitHub Code Pushes and Pull Requests](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/wip-ai-github-code-pushes-and-pull.md) (2025-09-19): Template to help with one way of reviewing your code for you with every push of code
- [Quick Dive - N8N File Extract](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/quick-dive-n8n-file-extract.md) (2025-09-18): A practical walkthrough of N8N's file handling capabilities that replace custom development with simple drag-and-drop workflows
- [Quick Dive: N8N HTTP Node](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/quick-dive-n8n-http-node.md) (2025-09-13): Here's a breakdown of the key concepts covered in the video, designed to give you a quick overview of how to leverage the powerful HTTP node in N8N for your automation workflows.
- [Stop Coding Part 2](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/stop-coding-part-2.md) (2025-09-11): It is not about ai but about some of these amazing tools that really change the game.
- [Stop Coding PT 2](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/stop-coding-pt-2.md) (2025-09-09): This is not about ai it is about some amazing no-code tools out there
- [Quick Dive: How to Use Split & Aggregate Nodes in n8n](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/quick-dive-how-to-use-split-and-aggregate.md) (2025-09-07): When it comes to building workflows in n8n, there are a few nodes that don’t get the spotlight they deserve — but once you master them, you’ll find yourself using them almost everywhere.
- [Delete Supabase Files and Folders in N8N](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/delete-supabase-files-and-folders.md) (2025-09-04): Quick tip
- [Softr.io and N8N The Perfect NoCode Intranet Combo](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/softrio-and-n8n-the-perfect-nocode.md) (2025-09-02): Take a look at this video if you're interested in building with confidence and no code solutions for your company or your customers!
- [Deep Dive Set Node in n8n](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/deep-dive-set-node-in-n8n.md) (2025-08-31): This is one of a few YouTube videos that I will do to dig into key nodes for building in n8n
- [Automating Digital Signatures with DocuSeal + n8n](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/automating-digital-signatures-with.md) (2025-08-20): Two powerful open-source tools you can host yourself or pay to use. DocuSeal makes digital signatures simple, and when you connect it with n8n, the automation possibilities really open up.
- [Testing OpenAI’s New Open-Weight GPT-OSS Model on Tool Us](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/testing-openais-new-open-weight-gpt.md) (2025-08-10): OpenAI recently released GPT-OSS, a 20B open-weight model you can run locally (or through OpenRouter). I put it through four real-world automation tests — the same ones I’ve used on other open-weight
- [Email Slug Automations and N8N](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/email-slug-automations-and-n8n.md) (2025-08-08): Great automation hack around email and tools like N8N. Hope you enjoy!
- [What I’d Do If I Were Starting Out as a Developer Today](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/what-id-do-if-i-were-starting-out.md) (2025-08-05): Lessons from 25 years of tech shifts, from building PCs to building No-Code AI workflows, and how you can change your direction now to start taking advantage of this massive paradigm shift.
- [Build Modern Web Apps with [INSERT EDITOR HERE], Supabase, and n8n — Fast, No-Code, AI-Ready](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/build-modern-web-apps-with-bolt-supabase.md) (2025-07-31): The Big Picture – Build Apps Without Code (and Without Regrets) build something that you can change, pivot and grow without feeling like you are playing Jenga.
- [QA Automation with Browser-Use & N8N](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/qa-automation-with-browser-use-and.md) (2025-07-29): In this post, I show how I use n8n, Browser-Use, and a simple Google Doc prompt to fully automate QA for UsWork.ai. From creating test
- [Supabase Storage and N8N How To!](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/supabase-storage-and-n8n-how-to.md) (2025-07-29): Learn how to set up a full Supabase Storage upload flow with n8n — from private & public buckets to signed URLs and binary file handling. Whether you’re working on a mobile app or a web interface, thi
- [Evaluate Your RAG System with N8N](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/evaluate-your-rag-system-with-n8n.md) (2025-07-25): Automate Testing of your RAG/Chat System with N8N
- [Beyond the Basics: Actionable Patterns for Building Your Own AI-Powered Apps](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/beyond-the-basics-actionable-patterns.md) (2025-07-23): N8N and a Leads Dashboard (Bolt and Supabase)
- [News 07 21 2025 - Ai, Automation, Builder and Creator News](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/news-07-21-2025-ai-automation-builder.md) (2025-07-22): A weekly roundup of the tools, trends, and insights that matter to builders, creators, and developers—with opinions from someone who’s in the trenches building every day
- [NOCODE Getting Started With N8N](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/nocode-getting-started-with-n8n.md) (2025-07-20): This workflow and notes go with the related YouTube video to help you get started with NoCode workflows and N8N
- [Coding Assistant With N8N and GitHub](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/coding-assistant-with-n8n-and-github.md) (2025-07-14): From PR to Issues and Suggestions get some help before every Pull Request
- [Open Source LLMS Are They Any Good](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/open-source-llms-are-they-any-good.md) (2025-07-14): Latest video showing Ollama models replacing Open Ai in my N8N Workflows
- [Stop Coding Start Building](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/stop-coding-start-building-0c9.md) (2025-07-14): Building for this new era 🎉
- [Bolt+Coolify Staging to Production](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/boltcoolify-staging-to-production.md) (2025-07-07): Setting up every update you make on Bolt to go to Staging
- [LinkedIn and Web Data to Google Sheets using N8N, Firecrawl, RapidApi](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/linkedin-and-web-data-to-google-sheets.md) (2025-07-07): Bringing together RapidApi and N8N to get data from LinkedIn
- [Stop Coding Start Building](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/stop-coding-start-building.md) (2025-07-06): Why the future belongs to builders, not coders
- [Email to Google Sheets - N8N and Simple Automations](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/email-to-google-sheets-n8n-and-simple.md) (2025-06-28): Tutorial for citizen developers who want to stop manually copying data from emails.
- [Stop Building like it is 2024](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/stop-building-like-it-is-2024.md) (2025-06-27): How to move forward in building software and adjusting every 3 months
- [🤔 What if I was to build it now](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/what-if-i-was-to-build-it-now.md) (2025-06-26): This in the first article I write back in Nov 2024 when I stumbled upon n8n. It made me really rethink how I would approach customer solutions from that day on!
- [Supabase Row Level Security Deep Dive](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/supabase-row-level-security-deep.md) (2025-06-25): This is the video to help explain the process it will be done rendering shortly
- [N8N in the Cloud Using your Local LLMs!](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/n8n-in-the-cloud-using-your-local.md) (2025-06-23): Basically get your Tailscale account https://tailscale.com/ Set it up on your local machine that is running ollama or llmstudio
- [Retrospective Roberto June 2025 - Day to Day Ai and N8N Reality](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/retrospective-roberto-june-2025-day-94f.md) (2025-06-21): Join Roberto and Alfred as they explore the latest in AI-driven development, sharing their experiences with tools like Bolt, Cursor, and n8n. Discover the power of no-code and low-code strategies, the challenges and innovations in the field, and insights
- [Using my Fine Tuned Model](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/using-my-fine-tuned-model.md) (2025-06-21): In this video, I’ll show you how I use my fine-tuned voice model to automate content creation. After recording a video, I transcribe it and paste the text into a form, which triggers a process that ge
- [Deep Dive: CRUD and N8N Workflow](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/deep-dive-crud-and-n8n-workflow.md) (2025-06-20): This is an older video, doing it today I would lean more on Supabase. These are part of a training module I started a few months ago but just did not want to stick with this format since things are c
- [Active Pieces as an MCP Server](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/active-pieces-as-an-mcp-server.md) (2025-06-18): This will explain and have the files needed to make your own AP MCP Server
- [Ai Tools and N8N](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/ai-tools-and-n8n.md) (2025-06-18): One of the biggest wins for us as Builders is Ai Agents and Tools
- [Automate RAG QA](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/automate-rag-qa.md) (2025-06-18): This is what I am using now to test the results of the RAG systems I am building and help improve them.
- [Get Many Files from Supabase N8N Workflow](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/get-many-files-from-supabase-n8n.md) (2025-06-18): This one will use Http to list out files in a Supabase Bucket
- [N8N and Stripe Integration](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/n8n-and-stripe-integration.md) (2025-06-18): This is the N8N Json seen in the video
- [🚀N8N+StirlingPDF+Coolify=PDF to Vision Ai or the VitorPipeline](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/n8nstirlingpdfcoolifypdf-to-vision.md) (2025-06-18): This is a really really good one since this pipeline that someone I work with made up uses Stirling PDF to do all the heavy lifting then takes the PDF to Images and we pass it to Vision ai to get more
- [Pagination and Authentication](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/pagination-and-authentication.md) (2025-06-18): In this video, I take you through the journey of building an API for UsWork.ai using N8N. I share the real-world ups and downs, from finding jobs to posting proposals, including the tough deployment s
- [How I built WhatCanWeWatchTogether](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/how-i-built-whatcanwewatchtogether.md) (2025-06-15): Behind the Scenes of WhatCanWeWatchTogether.com — Bolt+N8N+Supabase
- [Just Start: Turning Your Idea into a Product with Ai + No Code](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/just-start-turning-your-idea-into.md) (2025-06-14): The advantage has shifted—those with ideas move fastest in the AI + no-code era.
- [Alfred and Rob 🚀 March Retro - Ai, N8N, MCP, Claude Code, Supabase and more](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/alfred-and-rob-march-retro-ai-n8n-616.md) (2025-03-24): I had a great chat with Roberto Gongora about the fast-evolving landscape of software development in the age of AI and no-code. We dove into the real challenges and opportunities of working with AI-generated code, and how tools like N8n and SuperBase are
- [The N8N and ActivePieces License Conversation](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/the-n8n-and-activepieces-license-928.md) (2025-02-15): This a topic I keep thinking about in my day to day choices between these two great tools N8N or ActivePieces. This is Notebook LLM taking the Research output from Gemini talk about how the license can impact our choice.
- [N8N and Cursor Ai Project Retrospective with Alfred and Roberto](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/n8n-and-cursor-ai-project-retrospective-a11.md) (2025-01-14): In this conversation, Alfred Nutile interviews Roberto Gongora as he reflects on a recent project using N8N instead of Laravel. They discuss the transition to N8N, its features, challenges, and the learning curve involved. The conversation also touches on
- [Rethinking Development in the Age of Ai](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/rethinking-development-in-the-age-9ff.md) (2024-12-27): This episode explores how a 25-year veteran developer is rethinking his approach to software development in the age of AI and low-code/no-code tools. He shares his journey of moving from traditional frameworks like Laravel to embracing more flexible solut
- [Read by Alfred Nutile - 🤔 What if I was to build it today'](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/read-by-alfred-nutile-what-if-i-was-d5f.md) (2024-11-26): Read by Alfred Nutile Rethinking Development in the Age of AI & Low-Code Tools After 25 years of developing with traditional frameworks like Laravel, the explosion of AI tools like N8N, ChatGPT, and low-code platforms has made me rethink everything. Can w
- [🤔 What if I was to build it today](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/what-if-i-was-to-build-it-today-59b.md) (2024-11-25): Rethinking Development in the Age of AI & Low-Code Tools After 25 years of developing with traditional frameworks like Laravel, the explosion of AI tools like N8N, ChatGPT, and low-code platforms has made me rethink everything. Can we still say \"Laravel f
- [Agnostic Tools](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/agnostic-tools-12c.md) (2024-10-24): Another chapter from PHP and LLMs! \"Agnostic Tools\" enjoy NotebookLM Ai Pod-casters explore this chapter!
- [Standards Checking Chapter](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/standards-checking-chapter-fdf.md) (2024-10-20): Another chapter from PHP and LLMs! \"Standards Checking\" enjoy NotebookLM Ai Pod-casters explore this chapter!
- [News for the Week 42 2004](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/news-for-the-week-42-2004-418.md) (2024-10-17): Listen to two Ai bots driven by NotebookLM chat about some news I gathered over the week!
- [Marketing Assistant and Other Automations](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/marketing-assistant-and-other-automations-0b0.md) (2024-10-11): Another chapter from PHP and LLMs! \"Marketing Assistant and Other Automations\" enjoy NotebookLM Ai Pod-casters explore this chapter!
- [PHP and Open-AI Assistant Threads, File-Upload and Messaging](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/php-and-open-ai-assistant-threads-0f4.md) (2024-10-08): Not sure I would continue to use the OpenAi Assistant API but it does offer some ideas on how to use LLMs to build threaded discussions. This articles was uploaded into NotebookLm and this is what we get!
- [PHP and LLMs — Web Scraping and Building an Events Database using Tools](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/php-and-llms-web-scraping-and-building-18f.md) (2024-10-06): Scraping the web for data can feel like wrestling with a tangled mess of HTML. But what if you could skip the wrestling match and have a powerful AI assistant do the heavy lifting for you? On today's episode, we're exploring how Large Language Models are
- [PHP and LLM News 2024 Week 39](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/php-and-llm-news-2024-week-39-173.md) (2024-09-28): Listen to two Ai bots driven by NotebookLM chat about some news I gathered over the week!
- [Tools Overview Enhancing LLM Capabilities - Chapter 7](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/tools-overview-enhancing-llm-capabilities-9f6.md) (2024-09-28): \"Tools Overview Enhancing LLM Capabilities - Chapter 7\" in the book \"PHP and LLMs - the practical guide\" ❤️ NotebookLM you get a chance to listen to two ai characters share their thoughts the chapter.
- [Why LLMs - Chapter 2 of PHP and LLMs The Book](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/why-llms-chapter-2-of-php-and-llms-77e.md) (2024-09-24): \"Why LLMs - Chapter 2\" in the book \"PHP and LLMs - the practical guide\" ❤️ NotebookLM you get a chance to listen to two ai characters share their thoughts the chapter.
- [Prompting Overview - Chapter 5 of PHP and LLMs](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/prompting-overview-chapter-5-of-php-236.md) (2024-09-21): \"Prompting Overview\" in the book \"PHP and LLMs - the practical guide\" ❤️ NotebookLM you get a chance to listen to two ai characters share their thoughts the chapter
- [Prompting Overview - Chapter 5 of PHP and LLMs Take 2](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/prompting-overview-chapter-5-of-php-ba2.md) (2024-09-21): \"Prompting Overview\" in the book \"PHP and LLMs - the practical guide\" ❤️ NotebookLM you get a chance to listen to two ai characters share their thoughts the chapter
- [Small Teams Should focus on Dev not Ops 😱](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/small-teams-should-focus-on-dev-not-b10.md) (2023-11-15): DevOps is a tricky concept. It make the two words seem equal but the goal of a small business or solo entrepreneur who is trying to build a product or internal application is not to spend half the budget on Ops.
- [A Developer Must Help Their Client Learn To Be a Product Owner](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/a-developer-must-help-their-client-69a.md) (2023-10-19): As developers, especially those who freelance and work one on one with clients we sometimes have to help that client understand what we expect of them as a \"Product Owner\".
- [We Cover Tech Radar Volume 16 2017: Covering the \"NEW\" topics staging with Techniques and Tools](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/we-cover-tech-radar-volume-16-2017-0c9.md) (2017-07-05): We cover the NEW items in the 2017 Thoughtwork's Technology Radar. There will be 2 parts to this series this one on Techniques and Tools the next on Platforms and Languages/Frameworks (still no PHP :( ) Learn more about Technology Radar here https://www.t
- [Do not fear the Queue!](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/do-not-fear-the-queue-4ad.md) (2017-06-01): Do not fear the Queue. We talk about how important queues are in our day to day work and design.
- [This Is Why We Test](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/this-is-why-we-test-5e5.md) (2017-05-04): Some news, and suggestions then right into Testing Why, When, Why not and How. Enjoy!
- [ThoughtWorks Tech Radar - Languages and Frameworks show 4 of 4](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/thoughtworks-tech-radar-languages-65c.md) (2017-03-16): This final episode in the series around ThoughtWorks Tech Radar
- [We Code in the Context of our Quoting](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/we-code-in-the-context-of-our-quoting-b14.md) (2017-03-16): Author: Alfred Nutile Read By: Alfred Nutile Original Source: https://medium.com/@alnutile/we-code-in-the-context-of-our-quoting-dab391fe0881#.6a1k99bu1 Whether you are working Waterfall, or Agile we still need to quote out the time it will take for new f
- [ThoughtWorks Tech Radar - Platforms](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/thoughtworks-tech-radar-platforms-f50.md) (2017-03-02): ThoughtWorks Tech Radar - Platforms
- [The five stages of BDD (and Agile) Adoption](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/the-five-stages-of-bdd-and-agile-224.md) (2017-02-26): Author: John Ferguson Smart Author: Jan Molak Read By: Alfred Nutile Original Source: http://johnfergusonsmart.com/five-stages-bdd-agile-adoption/
- [ThoughtWorks Tech Radar - Tools](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/thoughtworks-tech-radar-tools-bc5.md) (2017-02-08): In this episode we talk about ThoughtWorks Tech Radar We talk about the second of four topics we'll be covering: Tools. Take some time to learn about these thought-provoking snippets of what is out there for us to consider in our day to day work flow and
- [ThoughtWorks Tech Radar - Techniques](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/thoughtworks-tech-radar-techniques-77b.md) (2017-01-24): In this episode we talk about ThoughtWorks Tech Radar We begin to talk about 1 of the 4 topics, Techniques, in these radar releases. Take some time to learn about these thought-provoking snippets of what is out there for us to consider in our day to day w
- [Slowing Down to Speed Up](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/slowing-down-to-speed-up-261.md) (2016-08-04): It's hard to find time to sharpen tools and address technical debt. In this episode we discuss slowing down to speed up. We also discuss Laravel 5.3 new features.
- [A Look at FeatureFlags](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/a-look-at-featureflags-aa1.md) (2016-05-30): Feature Flags and the bigger picture of what it means to our developer workflow and mindset. And of course some interesting reads of the week.
- [Diving Into a Laravel Audit](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/diving-into-a-laravel-audit-0da.md) (2016-02-25): Author: Jesse Schutt Read By: Jack Fruh Original Source: http://zaengle.com/blog/diving-in-to-a-laravel-audit Recently the Zaengle team was asked to look over an existing Laravel application and give a review of the overall state of the code. We were to a
- [There's no room for The Idea Guy](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/theres-no-room-for-the-idea-guy-dce.md) (2016-02-12): Author: David Heinemeier Hansson Read By: Ryan MacAllan Original Source: https://signalvnoise.com/posts/2188-theres-no-room-for-the-idea-guy Startups need people able and willing of doing the actual work. They need programmers, designers, and eventually f
- [You're In More Control Than You Think!](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/youre-in-more-control-than-you-think-db4.md) (2016-02-11): Join us for discussions about API drift, Laravel Audits, Hiring DevOps experts, and much more.
- [Remote Behat Testing with Laravel](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/remote-behat-testing-with-laravel-738.md) (2016-02-03): Author: Alfred Nutile Read By: Alfred Nutile Original Source: https://alfrednutile.info/posts/177 This document will cover how to use a Behat specific API to setup a site for testing. What this includes is setting up a Scenario so that it has the data you
- [ActiveRecord and the Beauty Lost in Translation](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/activerecord-and-the-beauty-lost-156.md) (2016-01-30): Author: Matthew Machuga Read By: Alfred Nutile Original Source: http://matthewmachuga.com/blog/2015/activerecord-and-the-beauty-lost-in-translation.html
- [ThoughtWorks Technology Radar!](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/thoughtworks-technology-radar-90e.md) (2016-01-27): We look at ThoughtWork's Technology Radar, we cover their Adopt, Trial, Assess and Holds for Nov 2015 release of this great research work.
- [Feature Flags In Laravel](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/feature-flags-in-laravel-11d.md) (2016-01-26): Author: Alfred Nutile Read By: Alfred Nutile Original Source: https://alfrednutile.info/posts/175 We are working on using FeatureFlags or Toggles in our applications. For one we are aiming to do all our work on mainline branch at all times so this would b
- [Git Pull Causes a Merge](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/git-pull-causes-a-merge-a07.md) (2016-01-24): Author: Lorna Jane Mitchell Read By: Lorna Jane Mitchell Original Source: http://www.lornajane.net/posts/2015/git-pull-causes-a-merge If you type git pull and expect a fast-forward update, but get a merge instead, don't panic! This usually happens when we
- [TDD is dead. Long live testing by David Heinemeier Hansson](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/tdd-is-dead-long-live-testing-by-0a3.md) (2016-01-21): Author: David Heinemeier Hansson Read By: Alfred Nutile Original Source: http://david.heinemeierhansson.com/2014/tdd-is-dead-long-live-testing.html It didn't start out like that. When I first discovered TDD, it was like a courteous invitation to a better
- [Using Composer Without GitIgnoring Vendor/](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/using-composer-without-gitignoring-cbc.md) (2016-01-21): Author: Lorna Jane Mitchell Read By: Lorna Jane Mitchell Original Source: http://www.lornajane.net/posts/2014/using-composer-without-gitignoring Recent additions to the joind.in API have introduced some new dependencies so we decided we'd start using Comp
- [Laravel and Angular Widgets e.g. Non SPA (Single Page Application) Pattern](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/laravel-and-angular-widgets-eg-non-df4.md) (2016-01-18): Author: Alfred Nutile Read By: Alfred Nutile Original Source: https://alfrednutile.info/posts/160 **BETA: This is a Code Heavy Read :)** Not all apps need to be an SPA (Single Page Application). Sure they have their place but in most cases the task might
- [Ditching Scrum for Kanban — The best decision we’ve made as a team](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/ditching-scrum-for-kanban-the-best-ecc.md) (2016-01-15): Author: Grant Ammons Read By: Alfred Nutile Original Source: https://medium.com/cto-school/ditching-scrum-for-kanban-the-best-decision-we-ve-made-as-a-team-cd1167014a6f#.8hh5rddu0 The following is a story about how we matured as an engineering team. We we
- [NOSQL Show 3 of 3: Choosing the Right Tool for the Right Part of the Job](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/nosql-show-3-of-3-choosing-the-right-78d.md) (2016-01-14): Our final episode covers the really good video by Amazon on DynamoDB. Plus news and more!
- [Then Benefits of Building a Clickable POC as a Developer](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/then-benefits-of-building-a-clickable-7a0.md) (2016-01-13): Author: Alfred Nutile Read By: Alfred Nutile Original Source: https://alfrednutile.info/posts/172 This will cover two things. One, how helpful it can be to make a clickable Proof of Concepts (POC), not just with images, or tools the spit out html but inst
- [Introducing Modelling by Example by Konstantin Kudryashov read by Alfred Nutile](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/introducing-modelling-by-example-898.md) (2016-01-08): Author: Konstantin Kudryashov Read By: Alfred Nutile Original Source: http://stakeholderwhisperer.com/posts/2014/10/introducing-modelling-by-example \"For the last year I have been experimenting with the new approach to a Behaviour-Driven Development, whic
- [Put It All Into Version Control Even Composer!](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/put-it-all-into-version-control-even-e02.md) (2016-01-06): Author: Alfred Nutile Read By: Alfred Nutile Original Source: https://alfrednutile.info/posts/171 Some reasons why putting all library files into version control might be a good idea. You can read about it here as well https://alfrednutile.info/posts/171
- [NOSQL Show 2 of 3: Google IO and Battle of the Backends](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/nosql-show-2-of-3-google-io-and-battle-bcc.md) (2016-01-05): We save you from some really bad comedy in this youtube video and sum it up for you and talk about what we got out of it as we continue to discover how to fit NoSQL in our tool belt. Also news and interesting reads. Also checkout Alfred Nutile's side proj
- [Why Side Projects Are Good For Me](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/why-side-projects-are-good-for-me-9f1.md) (2016-01-05): Author: Alfred Nutile Read By: Alfred Nutile Original Source: http://alfrednutile.info/posts/170 First let me define what a “Side Project” is. In this case a “Side Project” is something you are not being paid for and something that you have complete contr
- [NoSQL All Up In Here: a journey into the schemaless database](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/nosql-all-up-in-here-a-journey-into-7d4.md) (2015-12-15): We cover some of the news like ThoughtWorks Radar, Uncommon Sense and Ansible as well as the main topic NoSQL in this part 1 of a 3 part series.
- [Ethics & Development](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/ethics-and-development-9fe.md) (2015-11-09): PHPArch November Issue is out! Martin Fowler and \"Not Just a Code Monkey\", and a long long talk about ethics.
- [The magic of testing! It's all about perspective.](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/the-magic-of-testing-its-all-about-8eb.md) (2015-10-28): Rails Conf 2013 The Magic Tricks of Testing by Sandi Metz, The Circle of Death, PHPArch Cruise and more!
- [Setup the World!](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/setup-the-world-1db.md) (2015-10-08): Writing code that is easy to change, easy to read, and how Test Driven Development fits into that. This week we discuss a talk by Adam Wathan as well as other recent and trending news.
- [Clarity, Simplicity, And A Healthy Dose of Skepticism](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/clarity-simplicity-and-a-healthy-d6c.md) (2015-10-01): Delving deep into the art of mastering one's craft, in this episode we explore a recent talk by Jeffrey Way on what can be learned from working with tools like Laravel. And, of course, we include a healthy dose of recent and trending news.
- [What’s in a title? How thinking of ourselves as Engineers can lead to problems](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/whats-in-a-title-how-thinking-of-4b3.md) (2015-09-22): Are we Engineers or Software writers, Plus news and more.
- [Fine-Tune Your Workflow NOW!](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/fine-tune-your-workflow-now-772.md) (2015-09-15): We talk about why and how to fine tune your day-to-day workflow. And we cover the usual random array of weekly developer news, including quantum encryption, hacking the flow state, and much more.
- [Pull Request Before you start Coding? And lots of news](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/pull-request-before-you-start-coding-38c.md) (2015-09-07): We talk about the Github article suggesting to start a pull request with every feature and tons of news from the week.
- [Pair Programming Tools That Make Life Better But Don't Fix Annoying Humans](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/pair-programming-tools-that-make-da9.md) (2015-08-31): Screenhero changes our remote team for the better and other news
- [Working Remote, Better Git Messages, Agile Estimating, Vue.js, and letting reality get in the way of a good idea](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/working-remote-better-git-messages-e0b.md) (2015-08-24): How much to let reality (or the perception of reality) get in the way of a good idea? Angular and Promises, OWASP and more.
- [Coding Schools, Updates from Laracon, Laravel Spark, and Security Scans as Part of CI](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/coding-schools-updates-from-laracon-579.md) (2015-08-12): We cover News about Codings schools, MicroService Security and other great articles and podcasts in the past 2 weeks. Then we dive into Nathan's experience at Laracon so far and being at a conference where there is only 1 track.
- [NASA Teamwork, Laracon, Code Reviews, Scrum Meets Reality, and The Tip of the CMS Iceberg!](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/nasa-teamwork-laracon-code-reviews-345.md) (2015-07-26): We talk about Scrums and who is the scrum master! CodeReview do it not or pay later? And does the client really need a CMS?
- [On Time, On Budget, and High Quality. Pick two?](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/on-time-on-budget-and-high-quality-119.md) (2015-07-15): Decoupling All Things, Design Simplicity, Angular and Meteor and more
- [Netflix APIs, Amazon Echo, Angular 2, and The HoloLens Epiphany!](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/netflix-apis-amazon-echo-angular-b08.md) (2015-06-28): The HoloLens epiphany, Adventures in Angular Podcast and The Road to NG2, Agile IT Organization Design and more...
- [How Will Virtual Reality Affect Us As Developers, and more...](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/how-will-virtual-reality-affect-us-1b7.md) (2015-06-17): We cover some Headlines and Interesting reads that came up, VR, Scrum Software and more...
- [Introductions, Microservices, Zend Certification, Standing Desks and Much More!](https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/introductions-microservices-zend-e74.md) (2015-06-04): This is the first of hopefully many to come. We touch on topics such as, how do we answer the question \"What do you do for work?\", Microservices and a book we are reading on that, Zend Certification the why and the benefits so far, Mocking, Standing Desks