hackceleration.hashnode.devHow I Built Real-Time Error Monitoring for n8n Workflows with Gmail and Slack APIsI was running 23 n8n workflows handling everything from lead capture to invoice generation when disaster struck. A critical API authentication workflow failed at 2 AM, and I didn't discover it until 11 AM the next day—after 47 leads had been lost to ...3d ago·10 min read
hackceleration.hashnode.devHow I Cut RFP Evaluation Time from 20 Hours to 2 Hours with n8n + Google GeminiEvaluating ten vendor proposals for a major RFP used to consume an entire week of my team's time. We'd spend 2-3 hours per submission manually extracting pricing data, checking technical compliance against requirements, documenting our reasoning, and...Feb 17·10 min read
hackceleration.hashnode.devHow I Automated My Daily Tech Newsletter to Zero Hours/Week with n8n, Claude AI, and RSS FeedsSpending an hour every morning manually scanning TechCrunch, The Verge, Ars Technica, and Wired became unsustainable. As a product manager shipping features, that morning ritual was eating 7+ hours weekly—time I couldn't afford to waste on informatio...Feb 10·8 min read
hackceleration.hashnode.devHow I Automated Broken Link Detection with n8n and Google SheetsI used to waste entire afternoons clicking through website pages hunting for broken links. Every 404 error was a silent SEO killer, and manual checking meant I'd always miss something. That changed when I built this automated broken link checker usin...Feb 3·7 min read
hackceleration.hashnode.devHow I Eliminated 5+ Hours/Week of Meeting Scheduling with n8n, Gmail & Google CalendarI used to waste over an hour every single day on meeting logistics. Someone emails: "Can we schedule a call?" I check my calendar. I draft a response with three available slots. I wait. They reply: "Actually, none of those work. What about next week?...Jan 27·12 min read