I saved 104 hours in 7 days with these 2 tools...

Published 5 months ago • 1 min read

It's not Claude Code. It's not Cowork.

It's the same two tools I've been using since the start.

Airtable and n8n.

Last week we were deep in prep for the AI Content Creator Summit. 23+ speakers, sessions, promo assets, the works.

The system we've built on Airtable + n8n saved us 104 hours in 7 days.

Now here's the thing...

I use Claude every day.
I max out my plan most days.

And I still think Airtable + n8n is more powerful for the work that actually moves the business.

Three reasons.

1. The outputs are more accurate.
Claude threads drift. Give it long enough and you're re-prompting your instructions, re-pasting brand details, fixing the same mistakes you fixed yesterday. A proper n8n workflow doesn't drift. It runs the same way every time.

2. Dashboards and historical data.
Airtable lets me train team members fast, see where everything is at in real time, and look back at what happened 3 months ago. Claude threads disappear into the void.

3. Build once, scale forever.
These workflows are create-and-forget. When a new AI model drops, it gets swapped in dynamically. We stack dozens on top of each other to replace entire roles.

That's how 104 hours disappears in a week.

Speaking of the summit...

It's happening June 22-27, 2026...

Learn The Strategies of the Top 0.1% of Creators Using AI

The creators pulling ahead right now have cracked something most haven't. They're posting more, burning out less, growing faster, and earning from content without a massive following.

You can get your ticket here.

Now the real takeaway from all of this...

The tools don't matter as much as you think.

What matters is the strategy behind what you're automating.
The context you feed the system.
The way you think about stacking the pieces.

So stop learning tools.

Start learning how to build systems.

Talk soon,
Mitch

P.S. If you want to see what 23+ creators are doing with AI right now, the summit is free and runs June 22-27. Grab your ticket here.

P.P.S. We've also got $1,000 credit for Claude (via OpenRouter) to give to all AI Content Lab members. So I'd suggest taking advantage of that offer once you sign up!

Anthropic PM just told me I'm a Claude Cloud power user (this is what I'm doing)

Turns out I’m a power user of Claude Code in the cloud. Here’s what it actually looks like. Why I work in the cloud Cloud sessions let me work on 3-5 projects at the same time. Without frying my laptop. That alone is worth it. But the bigger thing is what happens when I walk away. I’ve had projects run for 30+ hours on their own, with no input from me. I was travelling from one country to another while it kept building. The loop I don’t trust AI code blindly. So every PR gets an automated...

4 days ago • 1 min read

Loom annoyed me... So I rebuilt it in 10 minutes and now it's FREE

Loom annoyed me one too many times. So I built my own version. It took less than 10 minutes. In this week's video, I show you exactly how I built a free desktop app that records, uploads to Google Drive, and organizes everything by client. In this video you'll learn: How to build a free Loom alternative in under 10 minutes without writing a line of code yourself. Discover how to record and auto upload client videos straight into Google Drive without paying for a Loom subscription. How to give...

6 days ago • 1 min read

Running AI in the cloud is making me 3-5x more productive (Here's what I'm doing...)

Something changed in the last month. Clients are saying yes to custom AI apps faster and easier than ever. No long back and forth. No three weeks of “let me think about it.” They see what’s possible and they say yes. Combine that with the leap in AI capability over the last month and I’ll just say it. Everyone should be building their own custom apps right now. Here’s what I’ve built in the last month. 1. A YouTube system that runs the entire pipeline. It auto uploads the thumbnails and video...