So far it's done wonders helping me capture way more content ideas! I already expanded on it by adding platform specific draft writers for li, sk, yt etc
I’ve been trying to learn more about automation! Haven’t gotten very far. :( I tried to automate my networking meeting summaries and ended up going down a rabbit hole for 8 hours
Nice, I've experimented with similar flows, currently record with my voice notes app on my phone. I push the recording to Google Drive and once I'm sitting at my computer, I run a bat file and it processes all queued recordings as formatted and clean markdown (via Groq transcription and Gemini 2.5 Pro) to my Notion. It's not seamless but works well for me without the effort of creating a million exception scenarios.
I remember when I built an extra brain once. It took a lot of time and grave robbing to get enough material for it though. I don’t recommend it for everyone.
nope i'm not paying for anything because i'm poor but smart so i just cobble things together in worst cases with python. i've heard of n8n and heard nice things about it same for zapier but $
Same for voicenotes.com btw! Free plan limits you to one minute per recording so you'd need to speak fast but the whole idea capture flow in the post can be built for free if you exclude the AI advisors & writers
reallly what i'm seeking is something more like convertkit since substack STILL doesn't do email sequences but all the free plans are about 1000 users and I should just set up my own server for "direct marketing email" that is spicy, pork, and ham.
for voice generation i use haha not carnival nor festival lol i use piper and it's really very good at tts. i don't do voice notes, though thanks for pointing that out.
I can FOSS most everything or RYO it but i like to understand what those working at scale do or who are cogged into someone elses system so thank you very kindly (currently asking perplexity about use cases for make and notion).
this is cool...thanks for the detailed guide, man
Impressive.
Took me 40 years to build my first brain.
It's taking me 60 and still building...
Try MacWhisper (or SuperWhisper if in PC) + Obsidian
+ some of the excellent community plugins for Obsidian
MacWhisper is one shot cost, not subscription. After that, this is free.
Add Fabric (or similar) if you want to transcribe YT videos and get key insights from AI. Saves an incredible amount of time.
I am processing 10x more info and far more relaxed about it.
This is incredibly useful. Thanks, man! I made a plan yesterday to figure out how to do this so it's very timely.
So far it's done wonders helping me capture way more content ideas! I already expanded on it by adding platform specific draft writers for li, sk, yt etc
Great post. I love the detail you provide and your honesty around the issues found. Thanks for sharing.
Add this to a morning dog walk and you got yourself a sweet creative flow
Exactly!
This is so interesting- definitely going to test this out
I’ve been trying to learn more about automation! Haven’t gotten very far. :( I tried to automate my networking meeting summaries and ended up going down a rabbit hole for 8 hours
This video contains more of a primer on make.com https://youtu.be/tR5MiTks61U
For most folks I'd say make.com is the better option, but you can also check out n8n, it's been gaining a lot of popularity recently
This video contains more of a primer on make.com https://youtu.be/tR5MiTks61U
For most folks I'd say make.com is the better option, but you can also check out n8n, it's been gaining a lot of popularity recently
Nice, I've experimented with similar flows, currently record with my voice notes app on my phone. I push the recording to Google Drive and once I'm sitting at my computer, I run a bat file and it processes all queued recordings as formatted and clean markdown (via Groq transcription and Gemini 2.5 Pro) to my Notion. It's not seamless but works well for me without the effort of creating a million exception scenarios.
Yeah it definitely only makes sense to automate if you already have a fixed process
this is super helpful stuff. thanks man!!
It’s all connected!
I really needed help building my knowledge management system last week and I guess I just manifested this post 😌
😂😂
I remember when I built an extra brain once. It took a lot of time and grave robbing to get enough material for it though. I don’t recommend it for everyone.
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i tried manus and crew but i think i probably prefer python and bash.
Never understood the appeal of crew AI - it's neither no code nor free but still offers the kind of poor UX I'd only expect of open source products?
Have you looked at n8n?
my one experience with crew was: this seems like more trouble than its worth has no one ever heard of |
nope i'm not paying for anything because i'm poor but smart so i just cobble things together in worst cases with python. i've heard of n8n and heard nice things about it same for zapier but $
I'm on the free plan for both make.com and notion and haven't hit any limits yet since they tailor mostly to enterprise customers.
Only thing I pay for is API credits, and with my usage volumes that's next to nothing.
I do have a google workspace subscription that includes unlimited Gemini advanced usage for the moment, which I think is a steal at EUR 11.5/mo.
oh! ididn't know they had free plans! thanks!
Same for voicenotes.com btw! Free plan limits you to one minute per recording so you'd need to speak fast but the whole idea capture flow in the post can be built for free if you exclude the AI advisors & writers
reallly what i'm seeking is something more like convertkit since substack STILL doesn't do email sequences but all the free plans are about 1000 users and I should just set up my own server for "direct marketing email" that is spicy, pork, and ham.
for voice generation i use haha not carnival nor festival lol i use piper and it's really very good at tts. i don't do voice notes, though thanks for pointing that out.
I can FOSS most everything or RYO it but i like to understand what those working at scale do or who are cogged into someone elses system so thank you very kindly (currently asking perplexity about use cases for make and notion).
Very nice! I have this on my to-do list as I am struggling to make note of things when I am on my walk while listening to podcasts. Thank you!
Great stuff!