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Automation

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, 2026
Automation

If 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, 2026
Automation

I 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, 2026
Automation

The 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, 2026
Automation

How 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, 2026
Automation

Automations 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, 2026
Automation

Using 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, 2024
Automation

Automated 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, 2023
Automation

Automate 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, 2021
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