Until recently automation required writing custom programs, scripts, and database code. Here’s something that might surprise people who are new to automation: The data systems that make today’s AI automation possible were developed over 25 years ago. Why is that? 🤔🧐 Because “automation” isn’t new. When data needs to be moved (extracted), or changed (transformed), and sent to a different system (loaded), it is packaged and delivered in the same way it has been for years. The packaging and delivery is the ❤️ heart of automation. But what has changed are the tools that process the data once it’s delivered. With AI automation, Zapier (or Make.com, or n8n) handles the extraction, transformation, and loading. We don’t have to write a single line of code. The platform does it all. And it does it all more accurately, exponentially faster, and much cheaper. Today’s automation is a bargain. We just need to learn a tool and drag little modules of instructions onto the screen. How cool is that? 😊 — Did you know automation had this kind of history? Drop a comment. I’d love to know what surprised you most 👇