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EVE Profit Routes — Week 4: Adding the Pages That Explain the Tool
Week 4 of EVE Profit Routes adds navigation, About, How-To, and update pages so the app can explain itself, build trust, and feel more complete.
How-To’s & Guides
A Practical Look at n8n: Workflows, Webhooks, AI Steps, and Receipts
n8n connects apps, APIs, AI steps, and human review flows. Here’s what it does, how it works, and how Automation Receipts fits beside it.
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I Plugged My HTML Promo Video Template Into My WordPress Social Desk
I added my HTML promo video template to a WordPress plugin, so each article can generate social drafts and reusable video HTML from one place.
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I Got Tired of Fighting Canva, So I Made Social Video Templates with HTML
I got tired of fighting design tools, so I built a simple HTML/CSS workflow for making reusable article promo videos with OBS and Clipchamp.
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I Built a Manual Social Posting Desk for Old Stack Journal
I built a WordPress social posting desk that turns articles into platform-ready drafts while keeping the final posting manual and human.
Automation Receipts
Why I Rebuilt the Automation Receipts UI With Tabler
I rebuilt Automation Receipts around Tabler so every new page didn’t become another custom CSS decision, while keeping the PHP/MySQL app simple.
Automation Receipts
Automation Receipts: A Readable Record for Workflow Runs
A webhook is easy. The harder part is turning automation runs into readable receipts so someone can understand what happened without digging through old logs.
Build Diary
EVE Profit Routes — Week 3: Making the Route Controls Easier to Use
Week 3 of EVE Profit Routes improves the route controls, adding sortable tables, clearer filters, and UI changes that make hauling decisions easier.
AI Commentary
Codex Makes Old-School Web Development Feel New Again
Codex makes old-school web development feel fresh again by helping with real code, small fixes, repo context, and practical solo builder workflows.
Small App Ideas
Syntax 819: Fun and Profitable Side Projects for Developers
Syntax 819 looks at side projects for developers: small tools, weird experiments, learning projects, money ideas, and the problem of actually finishing one…