u/huncho-mohammed

I’ve been experimenting with automating small repetitive tasks lately (mostly boring stuff like file handling, simple workflows, etc.), and I’m curious what other people here have done.

What have you automated that actually saved you time?

Or what did you try to automate but couldn’t figure out?

Would be cool to see real examples and ideas.

I’ve been messing around with automation a lot lately, and it’s wild how many annoying tasks can be removed with a bit of setup.

Figured I’d ask here—what’s something you do regularly that feels like a waste of time?

No promises I’ll have the perfect solution, but I can at least suggest ways to approach automating it.

I’ve been building a content automation workflow in n8n and I’m trying to figure out how to price it (freelance / productized service).

It’s not just “generate post with GPT” — it’s a full pipeline:

• Generates LinkedIn post ideas (topic + angle)
• Writes structured posts with a consistent expert tone
• Extracts “key claims” from each post
• Stores them in Airtable as a memory layer
• Runs a collision check to avoid repeating ideas across posts
• Generates a visual concept + image automatically
• Sends a clean email preview with the post + insights
• Includes approve/decline buttons (human-in-the-loop via webhook)
• If approved → auto publishes to LinkedIn via API
• Tracks status back in Airtable

So basically: content strategy + generation + quality control + publishing in one system.

I feel like this sits somewhere between:

• a simple automation ($100–300?)
• and a real internal content system (way higher value?)

Curious how you’d price this:

• One-time setup fee?
• Monthly retainer?
• Per post pricing?

Also — who would you target first with something like this? (creators, agencies, consultants, etc.)

Would love honest feedback — I’m trying to not underprice this.

I’ve been building a content automation workflow in n8n and I’m trying to figure out how to price it (freelance / productized service).

It’s not just “generate post with Gemini” — it’s a full pipeline:

• Generates LinkedIn post ideas (topic + angle)
• Writes structured posts with a consistent expert tone
• Extracts “key claims” from each post
• Stores them in Airtable as a memory layer
• Runs a collision check to avoid repeating ideas across posts
• Generates a visual concept + image automatically
• Sends a clean email preview with the post + insights
• Includes approve/decline buttons (human-in-the-loop via webhook)
• If approved → auto publishes to LinkedIn via API
• Tracks status back in Airtable

So basically: content strategy + generation + quality control + publishing in one system.

I feel like this sits somewhere between:

• a simple automation ($100–300?)
• and a real internal content system (way higher value?)

Curious how you’d price this:

• One-time setup fee?
• Monthly retainer?
• Per post pricing?

Also — who would you target first with something like this? (creators, agencies, consultants, etc.)

Would love honest feedback — I’m trying to not underprice this.

I put together a small workflow recently just to make content posting less annoying…and it kind of changed how I think about this stuff. Nothing crazy, just hooked together a few steps. Generate a post → extract the core ideas → store them → then compare new ones to what I’ve already written so I don’t keep repeating myself. Then added a manual approval step before anything actually goes out. At first it felt like overkill. But now it’s weirdly less about posting and more about keeping track of how my thinking evolves over time. Like I’m not just writing posts anymore, I’m kind of managing patterns. Still feels a bit over-engineered for something as simple as posting though. Curious if anyone else ended up building systems around something that used to be super manual?