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How Knoxx Foods Built the Operational Foundations for AI

How Knoxx Foods Built the Operational Foundations for AI

Jul 14, 2026

How Knoxx Foods built the operational foundations that make AI actually useful.

How AI Coding Agents Are Redefining Automation

How AI Coding Agents Are Redefining Automation

Jun 29, 2026

How the Zapier SDK and Notion Workers are evolving visual no-code builders into coding agents that write, deploy, and version integrations in minutes.

Why Notion Workers + Dashboards are my New BI Stack

Why Notion Workers + Dashboards are my New BI Stack

May 21, 2026

After Notion's developer platform launch, Workers and Dashboards make a credible BI stack for most small teams. Why it's now my default recommendation, and where the warehouse-plus-Tableau setup still has the edge.

The Future of Work Isn't (Fully) Agentic

The Future of Work Isn't (Fully) Agentic

Mar 4, 2026

When Meta's AI safety director lost 200 emails to a runaway agent, it wasn't a hack — it was context window compaction silently dropping her safety instruction. Here's why the future of automation is selectively agentic, and how to combine AI judgement with deterministic guardrails that actually hold.

How NTUC automated social listening with Zapier, OpenAI, and ExportComments

How NTUC automated social listening with Zapier, OpenAI, and ExportComments

Oct 22, 2025

How NTUC cut hours of manual work by automating social media comment exports, AI analysis, and reporting


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The Future of Work Isn't (Fully) Agentic

The Future of Work Isn't (Fully) Agentic

Mar 4, 2026

When Meta's AI safety director lost 200 emails to a runaway agent, it wasn't a hack — it was context window compaction silently dropping her safety instruction. Here's why the future of automation is selectively agentic, and how to combine AI judgement with deterministic guardrails that actually hold.

Notion Custom Agents vs Zapier Agents: Which AI Agent Platform Should You Use?

Notion Custom Agents vs Zapier Agents: Which AI Agent Platform Should You Use?

Feb 23, 2026

Notion Custom Agents and Zapier Agents take fundamentally different approaches to AI automation. Here's where each one wins — and where it falls short.

How I Built a Content System That Doesn't Sound Like AI Slop

How I Built a Content System That Doesn't Sound Like AI Slop

Feb 18, 2026

How I built a content system using Notion, Zapier, Readwise, and AI agents that produces original writing at scale — without sounding like everyone else.

5 Notion Custom Agents Use Cases to Automate Your Workspace

5 Notion Custom Agents Use Cases to Automate Your Workspace

Feb 2, 2026

Five practical Notion Custom Agent use cases we've been building—from automated meeting prep to turning Slack chaos into trackable tasks.

Why I Switched from ChatGPT to Claude (and Haven't Looked Back)

Why I Switched from ChatGPT to Claude (and Haven't Looked Back)

Jan 19, 2026

Skills that invoke themselves, integrations that write back to your tools, and code that works on the first attempt. Why I haven't looked back since switching to Claude.

Getting Started with Notion Custom Agents

Getting Started with Notion Custom Agents

Jan 7, 2026

Notion's new Custom Agents let you automate workflows directly inside your workspace. Here's what they do, how to use them effectively, and where we think Notion is heading next.