Automation
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Little Internal Apps With a Big Punch
A show-and-tell of the scrappy internal tools quietly running my business — a self-hosted CRM, a positioning advisor,…
Jul 17, 2026If I Built a Membership Plugin Today, I’d Build It for the Robots Too
I’m a ride-or-die MemberPress guy. But if I built a membership plugin today, I’d build it completely differently,…
Jul 9, 2026I Over-Engineer Everything. A Room Full of Claude Users Set Me Straight.
I hosted an unofficial Claude Users Group meetup in Pasadena expecting nobody to show. Thirty-plus people did, and…
Jul 8, 2026The CRM you already have is probably enough
Before you buy another CRM, a straight look at why the tool was never the problem — and…
May 14, 2026How we got Urban Southern a 900% sales lift
Fewer than ten sales in two years, then a 900% lift and an acquisition. The Urban Southern playbook,…
Apr 3, 2026Automations that quietly save us a day a week
No AI hype, no platform migrations — seven small automations we actually run, what each replaces, and how…
Feb 19, 2026Using AI and Automation to Transform Membership Engagement
When our client Aurras approached us about revamping their membership model, we knew we had a lot of…
Nov 11, 2024Automated Backup Script for Pantheon Hosted Websites
DigiSavvy hosts many websites on Pantheon. Sites on a paid plan have automatic backups enabled, but sites that…
Mar 28, 2023Automate Synchronization Between Pantheon and GitHub
Pantheon has many tools to facilitate and automate our web development processes. This web server makes our daily…
Dec 22, 2021One useful email. Twice a month.
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