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AI Automation
Tool choices, failure modes, and the tradeoffs between n8n, Make, custom agents, and plain code — and how to build automation that survives production.
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AI Automation
AI Automation
Matti Ilvonen·17 May 2026·5 min read
Why Most AI Automations Break in Production — and How to Build Ones That Don't
The demo runs flawlessly. Three weeks later someone is back to doing it by hand. The root cause is almost never the AI — it's the architecture around it. Here's how to build automation that survives production.
AI Automation
AI Automation
Matti Ilvonen·10 May 2026·5 min read
AI Automation That Doesn't Break: How to Choose the Right Tool for the Job
The demo looked great. Three weeks later it stopped working and nobody could fix it. The standard AI automation failure has almost nothing to do with the technology — and everything to do with tool choice.
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