Living with Pabbly Connect: Where It Saves You Money and Where It Drives You Crazy

If you have ever stared at a massive monthly Zapier bill and felt a small piece of your soul leave your body, you have probably looked for an exit strategy. That is usually how people stumble across Pabbly Connect. On paper, it looks like an absolute no-brainer: a visual automation platform that promises to connect … Read more

Why I Keep (and Occasionally Hate) Using IFTTT for My Daily Workflow

I’ve spent the last three weeks trying to “re-automate” my life using IFTTT. If you’ve been in the productivity space for a while, you know the name. It’s the elder statesman of the “no-code” world. But after a few years of straying toward more complex tools, coming back to IFTTT felt a bit like visiting … Read more

Living with Make: My Honest Take on Replacing Zaps with Blueprints

If you’ve spent any time in the world of “no-code” automation, you’ve likely felt the itch. You start with something simple—maybe a Zapier account that automatically saves email attachments to Google Drive. It’s magic. It works. Then, your needs grow. You want to filter those emails, extract data from the PDFs, update a CRM row, … Read more

Automate.io: What It Felt Like to Use Before It Shut Down (And What Replaced It)

There was a phase where I was actively trying to reduce manual work—copying leads from forms, sending follow-ups, updating sheets. That’s when I started using Automate.io. At that time, it felt like one of those tools that quietly sat in the background and handled things without needing constant attention. You set up a few “bots,” … Read more

Why We Keep Using Zapier (Even When the Pricing Gives Us Fever Dreams)

I’ve spent a lot of time in the “automation rabbit hole.” You start with one simple goal—maybe getting a Slack notification when someone fills out a Typeform—and three hours later, you’re trying to map nested JSON data into a Google Sheet while questioning your life choices. Zapier is usually the first place people land when … Read more