How long did it take you to get proficient with n8n? Any tips for ramping the n8n learning curve fast? I’m overwhelmed when I look at it and am referring to simpler tools like Relay.
Hey Ben, literally a week and an in-house developer for writing custom scripts. Funny that you mentioned- my first builds were made in the Relay app. I like it- it is super simple and it takes like 10 minutes to build and deploy an agent, but there are two reasons why we went with n8n. 1. Costs - Rely's free version is just enough to run like one agent at a smaller scale (I could do a weekly email with best preforming posts by selected influencers, but that was it) - actual problem: I did not understand how much a team of agents would cost me to run, and that is a big no-no for me. I have to be able to project the costs of deployment. 2. Number of steps - the workflows have to be more complex than those templates to get something great out of them. Not every step needs AI - it gets expensive - sometimes good old-fashioned workflows do the job quicker and cheaper. I like to use AI only when it really adds value, not just because I think it is cool (it is a challenge, but I am fighting the urge :)). My rule of thumb when it comes to build vs. buy - if this is one of the core business value creators and the existing tools are limiting, invest in exploring building your own thing, if it is just for practice/ no-code tools do the job just fine.
Thanks for the in depth post.
How long did it take you to get proficient with n8n? Any tips for ramping the n8n learning curve fast? I’m overwhelmed when I look at it and am referring to simpler tools like Relay.
Hey Ben, literally a week and an in-house developer for writing custom scripts. Funny that you mentioned- my first builds were made in the Relay app. I like it- it is super simple and it takes like 10 minutes to build and deploy an agent, but there are two reasons why we went with n8n. 1. Costs - Rely's free version is just enough to run like one agent at a smaller scale (I could do a weekly email with best preforming posts by selected influencers, but that was it) - actual problem: I did not understand how much a team of agents would cost me to run, and that is a big no-no for me. I have to be able to project the costs of deployment. 2. Number of steps - the workflows have to be more complex than those templates to get something great out of them. Not every step needs AI - it gets expensive - sometimes good old-fashioned workflows do the job quicker and cheaper. I like to use AI only when it really adds value, not just because I think it is cool (it is a challenge, but I am fighting the urge :)). My rule of thumb when it comes to build vs. buy - if this is one of the core business value creators and the existing tools are limiting, invest in exploring building your own thing, if it is just for practice/ no-code tools do the job just fine.
This is awesome. Thanks so much for taking the time to reply here 🙏🏼
Love the detailed walk-through!
Careful with that LinkedIn scraping - playing with fire!
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