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AI Automation Blog

Documenting my experiments and learnings in AI Automation. Say hi anytime 👋

Documenting
my experiments
and learnings
in AI Automation.
Say hi anytime 👋

Posts 41Filter posts

Learning requires inefficiency

Let AI show you what you don't know and read about it

How to improve the Python import time of your Typer CLI

Cut down your Python import time with this 6-step method

How I generated Python test data with LLMs

Learn how I parametrized tests and generated test data with GPT-5.2

OpenAI API and structured logging in Python

Learn how to log OpenAI API calls in JSON format

Simple, short and correct

Ask AI for less so you can trust more

Logging requests when the OpenAI API errors in Python

Add context to OpenAI API error messages for easier debugging

Mocking the OpenAI API with respx in Python

Grab ready-to-use pytest snippets mocking the OpenAI API

128k whitespace tokens, by accident: debugging the Responses API

See why structured outputs also need hard guardrails

Tech improvements are quickly taken for granted

Donald Knuth had to look up word definitions by hand. We don't

I made a CLI to enrich French-English phrasebooks with AI translations, audio, and images

See how I used the OpenAI API to generate audio and images

Cut through the noise

Stop tool-hopping. Pick a small AI toolkit and stay focused

AI killed traditional learning

Learning is no longer about having the answers

Sounding right while being wrong

See how AI scales a very human trait

Just one more prompt

You think you're working, but you're just gambling

Confidence vs. faith

Start building confidence in your ability to guide AI

AI can't read for you

Stop using AI from fear of falling behind

My simple rule for punchy AI edits

Discover how to protect the punch of your first draft

Know what you want

Stop letting AI models guess your intent

Improve your docs by giving your AI assistant the project's issues

See why a virtual keyboard bug calls for issue-aware docs

How iterating with AI made my writing feel right

Discover Rick Rubin's rule for when to stop iterating your work

Codex: the relentless teammate reviewing every OpenAI PR

See how OpenAI's Codex coding agent takes on Rust rewrites

How I use LLMs and Firecrawl to dig into company culture

Learn how I use LLMs to decode company culture from their blogs

Did you ask AI?

It's time to build a "just ask AI" habit

My 3 takeaways from Zapier's 2026 AI strategy company hangout

Check out my 3 takeaways from Zapier's 2026 AI Strategy Hangout

How I crafted TL;DRs with LLMs and modernized my blog (part 5)

See how impressed I was by GPT-4.1's meta descriptions

How I crafted TL;DRs with LLMs and modernized my blog (part 4)

Check how I optimized images for better blog performance

How I crafted TL;DRs with LLMs and modernized my blog (part 3)

Grab the "Copy page" button's code, as seen in OpenAI docs

How I crafted TL;DRs with LLMs and modernized my blog (part 2)

Learn how I generated my llms.txt summary with LLMs

How I crafted TL;DRs with LLMs and modernized my blog (part 1)

See how I crafted story-like tl;drs for my posts with LLMs

How I explored Google Sheets to Gmail automation through Zapier before building it in Python (part 2)

Check how I switched from Zapier to a Python polling script

How I explored Google Sheets to Gmail automation through Zapier before building it in Python (part 1)

See how I built my first Zapier Gmail alert from Sheets updates

How I realized AI automation is all about what you automate

Check my favorite CRM AI automation (so far) from Zapier blog

How I uncovered Zapier's best AI automation articles from 2025 with LLMs (part 3)

Explore my ranking implementation with Gemini and OpenAI APIs

How I uncovered Zapier's best AI automation articles from 2025 with LLMs (part 2)

Grab the Python script I used to scrape Zapier blog articles

How I uncovered Zapier's best AI automation articles from 2025 with LLMs (part 1)

See how I let LLMs rank Zapier's top 10 AI automation articles

How I learned the OpenAI Agents SDK by breaking down a Stripe workflow from the OpenAI cookbook (part 4)

Learn how I removed AI agents from the Stripe workflow

How I learned the OpenAI Agents SDK by breaking down a Stripe workflow from the OpenAI cookbook (part 3)

Join me as I dive into SDK logs to trace its OpenAI API calls

How I learned the OpenAI Agents SDK by breaking down a Stripe workflow from the OpenAI cookbook (part 2)

Come explore tools and handoffs in OpenAI Agents SDK with me

How I learned the OpenAI Agents SDK by breaking down a Stripe workflow from the OpenAI cookbook (part 1)

See how I learned the Stripe API to follow Dan's agent workflow

How I implemented real-time file summaries using Python and OpenAI API

See how I built an AI auto-summarizer in Python with OpenAI API

How I started my journey into AI automation after a spark of curiosity

Discover Wade Foster's post on X that led me to start this blog

AI Automation Blog

Documenting my experiments and learnings in AI Automation. Say hi anytime 👋

Posts 41Filter posts

Learning requires inefficiency

Let AI show you what you don't know and read about it

How to improve the Python import time of your Typer CLI

Cut down your Python import time with this 6-step method

How I generated Python test data with LLMs

Learn how I parametrized tests and generated test data with GPT-5.2

OpenAI API and structured logging in Python

Learn how to log OpenAI API calls in JSON format

Simple, short and correct

Ask AI for less so you can trust more

Logging requests when the OpenAI API errors in Python

Add context to OpenAI API error messages for easier debugging

Mocking the OpenAI API with respx in Python

Grab ready-to-use pytest snippets mocking the OpenAI API

128k whitespace tokens, by accident: debugging the Responses API

See why structured outputs also need hard guardrails

Tech improvements are quickly taken for granted

Donald Knuth had to look up word definitions by hand. We don't

I made a CLI to enrich French-English phrasebooks with AI translations, audio, and images

See how I used the OpenAI API to generate audio and images

Cut through the noise

Stop tool-hopping. Pick a small AI toolkit and stay focused

AI killed traditional learning

Learning is no longer about having the answers

Sounding right while being wrong

See how AI scales a very human trait

Just one more prompt

You think you're working, but you're just gambling

Confidence vs. faith

Start building confidence in your ability to guide AI

AI can't read for you

Stop using AI from fear of falling behind

My simple rule for punchy AI edits

Discover how to protect the punch of your first draft

Know what you want

Stop letting AI models guess your intent

Improve your docs by giving your AI assistant the project's issues

See why a virtual keyboard bug calls for issue-aware docs

How iterating with AI made my writing feel right

Discover Rick Rubin's rule for when to stop iterating your work

Codex: the relentless teammate reviewing every OpenAI PR

See how OpenAI's Codex coding agent takes on Rust rewrites

How I use LLMs and Firecrawl to dig into company culture

Learn how I use LLMs to decode company culture from their blogs

Did you ask AI?

It's time to build a "just ask AI" habit

My 3 takeaways from Zapier's 2026 AI strategy company hangout

Check out my 3 takeaways from Zapier's 2026 AI Strategy Hangout

How I crafted TL;DRs with LLMs and modernized my blog (part 5)

See how impressed I was by GPT-4.1's meta descriptions

How I crafted TL;DRs with LLMs and modernized my blog (part 4)

Check how I optimized images for better blog performance

How I crafted TL;DRs with LLMs and modernized my blog (part 3)

Grab the "Copy page" button's code, as seen in OpenAI docs

How I crafted TL;DRs with LLMs and modernized my blog (part 2)

Learn how I generated my llms.txt summary with LLMs

How I crafted TL;DRs with LLMs and modernized my blog (part 1)

See how I crafted story-like tl;drs for my posts with LLMs

How I explored Google Sheets to Gmail automation through Zapier before building it in Python (part 2)

Check how I switched from Zapier to a Python polling script

How I explored Google Sheets to Gmail automation through Zapier before building it in Python (part 1)

See how I built my first Zapier Gmail alert from Sheets updates

How I realized AI automation is all about what you automate

Check my favorite CRM AI automation (so far) from Zapier blog

How I uncovered Zapier's best AI automation articles from 2025 with LLMs (part 3)

Explore my ranking implementation with Gemini and OpenAI APIs

How I uncovered Zapier's best AI automation articles from 2025 with LLMs (part 2)

Grab the Python script I used to scrape Zapier blog articles

How I uncovered Zapier's best AI automation articles from 2025 with LLMs (part 1)

See how I let LLMs rank Zapier's top 10 AI automation articles

How I learned the OpenAI Agents SDK by breaking down a Stripe workflow from the OpenAI cookbook (part 4)

Learn how I removed AI agents from the Stripe workflow

How I learned the OpenAI Agents SDK by breaking down a Stripe workflow from the OpenAI cookbook (part 3)

Join me as I dive into SDK logs to trace its OpenAI API calls

How I learned the OpenAI Agents SDK by breaking down a Stripe workflow from the OpenAI cookbook (part 2)

Come explore tools and handoffs in OpenAI Agents SDK with me

How I learned the OpenAI Agents SDK by breaking down a Stripe workflow from the OpenAI cookbook (part 1)

See how I learned the Stripe API to follow Dan's agent workflow

How I implemented real-time file summaries using Python and OpenAI API

See how I built an AI auto-summarizer in Python with OpenAI API

How I started my journey into AI automation after a spark of curiosity

Discover Wade Foster's post on X that led me to start this blog