Field notes.
What we find when we go out ahead: the experiments, the builds and what held up.
If AI disappeared tomorrow, how screwed would we be?
I went through a month of my own AI sessions to work out what I'd lose if the tools vanished overnight. It turned out to be mostly habits, and habits don't need AI. Here are the ten I'm keeping.Earlier notes
- Strategy
What is AI enablement, and who should lead it?
What AI enablement is, what the person leading it does and doesn't do, how leaders should set the role up, and a plan for the first 90 days. With a one-page role brief to download.7 min read - Ragextract
RAG vs JAG: when you know the questions, you don't need embeddings
We tested judging every page against each question instead of searching embeddings and the results are surprisingly good.11 min read - Events
Two days in the loop in Berlin
Photos and notes from n8n's In The Loop conference in Berlin, 13–14 October 2026, and the city around it.4 min read - Automation
Splitting bundled PDFs into separate documents with n8n and OpenAI's Decisions API
Smart document splitting with OpenAI's Decisions API, tested on three Reddit posts with exactly this problem. Results and n8n templates included.5 min read - Ragextract
Introducing Ragextract
Ragextract AI document search for messy documents4 min read