About
Hi, I’m Shrivatsa.
Software engineer. I run my own AI automation stack — then document exactly how it works, including the parts that broke.
⚙️ Self-hosted n8n on Docker
📬 AI email triage
🎯 Lead-qualification agents
🎬 Automated content pipelines
Most automation content online is written by people who never deployed the thing they’re describing. You can tell: the commands are copied, the pricing is two years stale, and the hard part — the error at 11pm that nobody documented — is missing entirely.
This site is the opposite. I build automations for my own operations, keep them running, and write up what it actually took. When a guide covers something outside my own stack, I verify every version number, command, and price against current official documentation before publishing — and I say so plainly.
How this site works
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Verified, then published
Every command, version number, and price is checked against current official documentation before it ships — not copied from another blog.
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Built, not summarized
The systems I write about are ones I keep running — which is why the troubleshooting sections cover errors you’ll actually hit.
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No invented proof
No fake screenshots, no borrowed war stories. If something isn’t from my own setup, the article tells you that up front.
The stack I actually run
Everything below is live infrastructure I maintain, not a wishlist. It’s also where most articles on this site come from.
🔴 🟡 🟢 stack.txt
current
automation n8n — self-hosted (Docker + PostgreSQL)
agents AI email triage · lead qualification
pipelines automated content production
infra Docker Compose · HTTPS · nightly backups
from work PySpark · Java · Spring Boot · Docker · AndroidBackground
Accenture
Apple Ads — DevOps Engineering
Built data pipelines in PySpark and worked with Java, Spring Boot, and Docker in production environments — where a broken deploy is everyone’s problem, not just yours.
Glance · InMobi Group
Android Software Engineer
Android application engineering inside a consumer product team — shipping to real users on real devices.
Manipal University Jaipur
B.Tech, Computer & Communication Engineering
The systems fundamentals underneath everything else on this site.
How I review tools
Some links on this site may be affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission if you sign up — at no extra cost to you. This never changes what I recommend: recommendations come from the stack I actually run and from research verified against current docs and pricing — and if a tool isn’t worth your money, or the free tier is enough, that’s exactly what I’ll say. Trust is the entire business model here; I’m not trading it for a commission.
Want to talk?
Questions, corrections, tool suggestions — I read everything. Found an error in a guide? Send the exact message and I’ll fix the article and credit you.
Shrivatsa Trivedi 