Automate my life.
Notes from automating my own life and work: job hunting, side projects and small businesses. What each automation does, how it works step by step, and what it actually costs to run.
I automated my freelance job hunt
A scout that checks Upwork and Airtasker four times a day, keeps only the jobs I'd actually take, drafts the proposal, and sends one tidy message per job to my phone.
Getting cold-email replies to sort themselves
Instagram reels for $1.62 each, without a photoshoot
- 10 October 2026 · 3 min readI automated my freelance job hunt
A scout that checks Upwork and Airtasker four times a day, keeps only the jobs I'd actually take, drafts the proposal, and sends one tidy message per job to my phone.
Job huntingAI agents - 10 October 2026 · 2 min readGetting cold-email replies to sort themselves
Notes from building an outreach workflow where the hard part isn't sending emails, it's handling every reply the right way.
Leads & sales - 10 October 2026 · 2 min readInstagram reels for $1.62 each, without a photoshoot
Notes from building an approval-first content pipeline for a Sydney home decor brand: product to concept, caption, images, motion and a finished reel.
Content - 10 October 2026 · 2 min readBuilding a 24/7 assistant for WhatsApp and Instagram
An assistant that answers price, size, shipping and stock questions from a shop's own product list, and hands anything uncertain to a human.
Customer service - 10 October 2026 · 2 min readReplying to every enquiry in 15 seconds, even at 9pm
Building a small automation that answers new leads in seconds and offers a real time slot, and why the hardest part was teaching it when not to book.
Leads & sales