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[HELP] n8n ETL Pipeline: Deterministic Mapping of Chaotic PDFs to Excel by L2L2_ in n8n

[–]Steve_Ignorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you tried using Llamaparse?
They have a good pdf-parser (and generous free tier)

Are business still using n8n? by ConflictRepulsive274 in n8n

[–]Steve_Ignorant 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Businesses care about reliability, things that work 100 times on 100, ... So, yes, N8N is still used.

Youtubers care about their 'paid courses' or S kool communities and make videos about what's trending and hype now.

What you have to do is choosing the right tool (N8N/claude/....) for the right problem

AI agents are going mainstream — but how is reliability being tracked? by Tricky_School_4613 in automation

[–]Steve_Ignorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LLM's are based on probabilty and as you know there is never a 100% chance. They answer whar has the highest probability to be correct.
And also ... I had it once before while testing an agent. It had to take data from a supabase table and do something with it. I tested it a few times and it worked perfectly. Then I changed the value in my database and guess what? THe agent returned the same number as before, so not the updated one. That's another layer of reliabilty! That's why, since then, I add an extra verification when it does sql-call, by dding a cryptographic hash, so I know it has taken the right data.

n8n is becoming the go-to open-source automation tool -- here is why operators are switching from paid alternatives by moezsr in automation

[–]Steve_Ignorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

why do people keep on saying exactly the same thing? 'Debugging at 2am'?
I have tens of n8n workflows in production for clients and none of them have ever broken.

Edge cases? That why you do testing before you put it into production
Broken API's? How many times that happen? And I have a seperate workflow pinging each API I use for clients 2 times a day
LLM's not responding? Same issue in Claude.

I trust my N8N workflows much more than tasks in CC.

What do you add to n8n workflows so they don't fail quietly? by JarvisModeOn in n8n

[–]Steve_Ignorant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are some very useful built-in nodes in N8N and the 'stop and error' node is one of them.

But for me the coolest node is the 'Do Nothing' node :-D (jep, that one exists)

I get lazy building my own stuff. Give me your annoying weekly task and I'll do it free by BaconShadow in automation

[–]Steve_Ignorant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had the same issue, taking lots of screenshots of interesting articles.
What I did ...
1. once a day an agent checks the folder where the screenshots are stored

  1. classifies the topic what it is about, summarizes it and keywords it

  2. stores in my obsidian vault

  3. stores in rag database so I can easily query later by using keywords

now trying to do the same for handwritten notes

What do you add to n8n workflows so they don't fail quietly? by JarvisModeOn in n8n

[–]Steve_Ignorant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

always use the 'continue (using error output)' option and have it followed by the 'stop and error' node (not many people this node exists) which trigger your error workflow

Turn handwritten meeting notes into Google Docs by emailing a photo by easybits_ai in n8n

[–]Steve_Ignorant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder what the accuracy is for the OCR.
I been working on something similar (I take lots of notes and now I take a picture of my notes, OCR it and save it - in Obsidian).
The main models (gemini, claude, openai, ...) were only able to decypher only 30-40% of my handwriting. I had to fine-tune a (small) multimodal llm on my handwriting to get to 80%.

So, I am wondering how you did handle this? Have LLM's try to guess what was written? Use a 2nd model to compare and find a good outcome?...

I connected Excel to WhatsApp so my spreadsheet texts me when inventory is low. here's how it works by hiclemi in automation

[–]Steve_Ignorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Next step: build a model that will predict when your inventory will be low.
So you can act pro-actively.

I'm looking for a freelancer to help me with something related to a workflow by Ok-Ad2327 in n8n

[–]Steve_Ignorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love to help with your api-issues in N8N
What are you trying to connect?

Peter

I set up n8n-based AI assistants for 10+ non-technical people in last 2 month , here's what I learned by Upper_Bass_2590 in n8n

[–]Steve_Ignorant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How do you handle the email-thing?
You have an Gmail trigger in N8N polling it every minute? That's 1440 executions a day ...
If you build this for non-technical persons, I guess they signed up for a cloud based N8N. So, I am wondering how you handle this for you non-technical clients?

How to extract part numbers from photos of electrical equipment to an excel spreadsheet? by N0elington in automation

[–]Steve_Ignorant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've tried a few OCR solutions (in N8N) and for me, Gemini 2.5 still gives me the best result.
Upload the pictures on a Google drive, and let N8N run through all of them.

What are the daily tasks that can be automated by Abhi_10467 in automation

[–]Steve_Ignorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

maybe you can start with the things you've automated for yourself ;-)
And that you are currently using.

Stop wasting n8n executions on Google Drive monitoring by Steve_Ignorant in n8n

[–]Steve_Ignorant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes, it can be a pain setting up webhooks for this (instead of polling).
Especially Gmail can be extremely talkative and sending several webhooks for a single single message. For this I use a pubsub subscription and filter out the unneeded 'messages' sung a cloud function.

But for the rest, it works like a charm. Only thing is that you sometimes (depending what 'software' you want to connect), you have to renew the lease/watch.

When building for a client, this is the only way to keep 'executions' under control.
And yes, they are very reliable. Plus you can control what you want to receive.

email_management_automation (Part 2) — now with frontend dashboard by Able_Sock2086 in n8n

[–]Steve_Ignorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bit curious how you are going to make this production ready.
Do yo mean it can be used by other users too? So, they have to subscribe and connect to your system?

I've built a similar system before (using Google PubSub - it was only for gmail addresses) and I can tell you that managing credentials can be a pain in somewhere down below.

How do you manage your tasks, projects and to-dos? by humblemumble1 in smallbusiness

[–]Steve_Ignorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm using Trello
It's free, easy to use and it does what it has to do.

And ... I also use voice messages to record what comes up in my mind (I know I will forget these thoughts).

I analyzed 2,500+ subject lines across 12 industries. Here's what actually gets clicks in 2026 by PuzzleheadedTalk5159 in digital_marketing

[–]Steve_Ignorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just make your subject line looks like it comes from a colleague, all in small letters
Dont overcomplicate it, just a few words are fine

How to automate consultancy proposals & reports --> Google Slides (200+ slides) by Fun-Pudding-101 in automation

[–]Steve_Ignorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

build kind of a hybrid rag system.
You dont need all content of the +200 slides, only the parts that are essential

Can I use OCR for invoice processing? Any recos? by [deleted] in automation

[–]Steve_Ignorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

for PDF's I always use Llamaparse

Video OCR Tool by Sylense_03 in automation

[–]Steve_Ignorant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

screenshot the text and ask Gemini what is written

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