Blog.
Field notes from building AI and automation systems for real companies.
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AI email triage: what the agent does
AI email triage: an agent reads incoming mail, extracts the data, routes it to CRM, ERP, or support, and drafts the reply. How it works, where humans stay.
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Product data for AI shopping assistants
AI shopping assistants recommend products they can verify. Which product attributes decide, where they have to live, and how to get a catalog ready.
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What is RAG? Retrieval in plain terms
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) lets an AI answer from your own documents: find the right passages, then write a grounded answer that cites them.
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26% of top websites block AI crawlers
Robots.txt scan of the 800 most-linked websites: 26.6% block at least one AI crawler, GPTBot 19.2%, OAI-SearchBot only 8%. Full per-bot numbers.
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The best free website speed tests, ranked
A vendor-neutral ranking of the best free website speed tests: what each one measures, why lab and field scores disagree, and which fixes matter.
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EU AI Act deadlines after the 2026 omnibus
The EU AI Act high-risk duties moved to December 2027 and August 2028 by the digital omnibus, in force since 27 July 2026. Article 50 transparency applies since 2 August 2026.
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MainWP uptime checks stuck on Last Check
MainWP uptime checks can start but never finish when the multi-cURL path stalls. Here is the debugging path and the one-line fix.
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The best free cookie scanners, ranked
A vendor-neutral ranking of the best free cookie scanners: what each one actually checks, which test the consent gate, and which only list cookies.
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7 cookie consent mistakes that break GDPR
The cookie consent mistakes we find most often on business sites: tracking before consent, fake reject buttons, undisclosed tools, and US transfers.
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Is your cookie banner actually GDPR-compliant?
What the GDPR and the TDDDG require from a cookie banner: consent before tracking, a reject that works, and every tool named in your privacy policy.
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Structured intake is the first automation step
The highest-leverage automation step is making one recurring workflow start with structured intake: a form with explicit fields, not email or chat.
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AI integration for German SMBs in 2026
What 'AI integration' means for a German SMB in 2026: the four project categories, the DACH-specific layer, and the mistakes that stall deployments.
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What MDM/PIM solves, and what it doesn't
MDM and PIM defined: what master data and product information systems actually solve, what they don't, and when an SMB needs one.
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PIM migration checklist: the data layer
The data layer is where PIM migrations get hard. A practical checklist from inventory and schema mapping to post-cutover validation.
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CRM/ERP integrations: the cost behind the button
A CRM/ERP 'button' is the visible 5% of the integration. The six hidden cost categories behind it, and how to estimate these projects honestly.
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Business automation with 12 tools and no time
Tool sprawl is a process problem, not a software problem. A practical triage for business automation: keep, consolidate, automate, drop.
