Client paid their agency $31k over 4 months for "workflow optimization." I recreated everything from scratch in 67 minutes. Runs 4x faster. Sometimes starting over beats fixing broken things. THE PROBLEM Client: "Our workflows are getting slower" Agency: "You need our optimization package" Client: "What's that involve?" Agency: "Performance audit, code refactoring, architecture improvements" Cost: $31,000 Timeline: 4 months Month 1: Audit phase Month 2: Planning phase Month 3: Implementation Month 4: Testing and rollout Client paid. THE RESULTS After 4 months and $31k: - Workflows 12% faster - Three new bugs introduced - Monthly maintenance required - Additional $2k/month ongoing support Client called me: "This doesn't feel right" THE ANALYSIS Me: "Show me the workflows" Client shares access. I review their system. What I see: - 9 workflows - Overly complex routing - Redundant steps everywhere - Built like spaghetti code Me: "Your agency optimized this?" Client: "That's what they said" Me: "They polished a mess" THE SOLUTION Me: "Let me rebuild these from scratch" Client: "How long?" Me: "Give me an hour" Client: "For the estimate?" Me: "For the rebuild" THE REBUILD 1:00 PM - Open Skada.ai Workflow 1: Lead processing - Agency version: 24 nodes, 8 seconds - My version: Generated in 4 minutes, runs in 1.8 seconds Workflow 2: Order fulfillment - Agency version: 31 nodes, 12 seconds - My version: Generated in 6 minutes, runs in 2.4 seconds Workflow 3-9: Same pattern 2:07 PM - Done All 9 workflows rebuilt. All tested. All deployed. THE PERFORMANCE Agency's "optimized" workflows: - Average execution: 9.2 seconds - Error rate: 3.1% - Maintenance: Weekly updates needed My rebuilt workflows: - Average execution: 2.1 seconds - Error rate: 0.1% - Maintenance: None needed 4.4x faster. Built in 67 minutes. THE COMPARISON Agency approach: - Analyzed existing complexity - Added patches and fixes - "Optimized" inefficient structure - Charged $31,000 - Took 4 months

Agency charged $22k to "migrate" my client's workflows to a new system. I did it in 38 minutes during lunch. Same workflows. Same functionality. Different timeline. THE SITUATION Client's existing platform shutting down in 60 days. Agency quote: - Full system migration: $22,000 - Timeline: 6-8 weeks - "Careful planning required" - "Complex data mapping" - Phased rollout approach Client panicking. THE CALL Client: "Can you migrate workflows faster?" Me: "How many workflows?" Client: "17 active workflows" Me: "What do they do?" Client lists them: - Lead routing - Email sequences - Data syncing - Report generation - Standard automation stuff Me: "I'll have them done today" Client: "The quote or the migration?" Me: "The migration" THE MIGRATION Started at 12:15 PM. Ordered a sandwich. Workflow 1: Customer intake - 2 minutes Workflow 2: Payment processing - 3 minutes Workflow 3: Report automation - 2 minutes Ate my sandwich between workflows 7 and 8. Workflow 17: Done at 12:53 PM. All 17 workflows rebuilt. All tested with client's data. All running in new system. Total time: 38 minutes. THE AGENCY'S APPROACH Week 1-2: Discovery and mapping Week 3-4: Development environment setup Week 5-6: Workflow recreation Week 7: Testing phase Week 8: Deployment and monitoring What they were actually doing: Manually rebuilding each workflow node by node. What I did: Described each workflow to Skada AI. Generated instantly. Deployed. THE COMPARISON Agency timeline: 6-8 weeks My timeline: 38 minutes Agency cost: $22,000 My cost: $6,500 Client saved: $15,500 and 7 weeks THE TEST Client: "They all work?" Me: "Run your normal operations" Client processes: - 14 new leads - 8 payment transactions - 3 automated reports - 22 email triggers Everything executed perfectly. Client: "This is actually faster than our old system" Me: "Yeah, new workflows are optimized" THE AGENCY'S RESPONSE Client called to cancel. Agency: "You can't migrate that fast" Client: "Already done" Agency: "Impossible without our planning phase"

Competitor's workflow broke. Took them 9 days to fix. I rebuilt the entire thing in 11 minutes. Client switched vendors on day 10. THE CRISIS 3 AM email from prospect: "Our workflow stopped working" "Agency says 7-10 days to fix" "Processing 500 transactions daily" "Losing $3k per day in delays" "Can you help?" THE BROKEN WORKFLOW What failed: - Customer order processing - Inventory updates - Shipping notifications - Payment confirmations Agency's response: "Need to audit the entire system" "Could be the API integration" "Might need to rebuild from scratch" "Timeline: 7-10 business days" "Emergency rate: $15,000" THE CALL Prospect: "Can you fix it?" Me: "Don't need to" Prospect: "What do you mean?" Me: "I'll build you a new one right now" Prospect: "That doesn't help, we need it fixed" Me: "New one will be working in 10 minutes" Silence. Prospect: "You're joking" Me: "Describe your workflow" THE BUILD Prospect explains the process. Standard e-commerce automation. I open Skada.ai Type the requirements. Generate workflow. 9 minutes later: - Order processing: Working - Inventory sync: Working - Notifications: Working - Payment tracking: Working Me: "Send a test order" They process a test transaction. Everything fires perfectly. Prospect: "What just happened" THE COMPARISON Agency's fix: - Day 1-2: System audit - Day 3-4: Identify issue - Day 5-7: Rebuild nodes - Day 8-9: Testing - Cost: $15,000 - Status: Still broken My rebuild: - Minute 1-3: Requirements - Minute 4-9: Generation - Minute 10-11: Testing - Cost: $5,000 - Status: Live and working THE SWITCH Prospect: "Can you handle our volume?" Me: "What's your volume?" Prospect: "500 orders daily" Me: "That's nothing, it'll handle thousands" They migrated that morning. Canceled the agency. Agency called: "We're almost done with the fix" Prospect: "Don't need it anymore" Agency: "You found someone else?" Prospect: "Yeah, he rebuilt everything in 11 minutes" Agency: "That's impossible" Prospect: "It's been running for 6 hours"

I just finished building 2 automation templates that are absolute gems if you're trying to start an AI automation agency: - Leadgen agent - LinkedIn post agent These are the exact workflows agencies charge thousands to set up, and I'm giving them to you for free. Agents here: Skada's GitHub Cheers, Erik from Skada.ai

Built 23 workflows in one afternoon. Client's previous agency delivered 3 workflows in 6 months. Same client. Same requirements. Wildly different execution. THE BACKSTORY Client called frustrated. "We've been paying $8k/month for 6 months" "Agency delivered 3 workflows" "We need 20 more" "They quoted another 8 months" Me: "Send me the list of what you need" THE LIST 23 workflows ranging from: - Lead capture to CRM - Invoice reminders - Meeting scheduling - Document approvals - Customer feedback loops - Payment processing - Onboarding sequences Agency timeline: 8 additional months Agency cost: $64,000 more THE CHALLENGE Client: "How long would this take you?" Me: "Let's find out. I'll build them today." Client: "Today?" Me: "Yeah, I've got the afternoon free" Started at 1 PM. THE SESSION Workflow 1: Lead capture - 4 minutes Workflow 2: Invoice automation - 5 minutes Workflow 3: Meeting scheduler - 3 minutes Client watching on Zoom. Client at workflow 5: "This is insane" Client at workflow 10: "How is this possible" Client at workflow 15: "Should I be recording this" Finished at 5:47 PM. All 23 workflows built. All tested. All deployed. Total time: 4 hours 47 minutes. THE AGENCY'S 6-MONTH DELIVERY Workflow 1: Took 6 weeks Workflow 2: Took 8 weeks Workflow 3: Took 10 weeks (had bugs) What they delivered: - Same functionality I built in minutes - Required 3 revision cycles each - Needed ongoing "optimization" What I delivered: - Identical functionality - Zero revisions needed - Already optimized THE COST BREAKDOWN Agency's plan: - 6 months completed: $48,000 - 8 months remaining: $64,000 - Total: $112,000 for 23 workflows My delivery: - One afternoon: $18,500 - Time: 4 hours 47 minutes - Savings: $93,500 Client paid immediately. THE REAL DIFFERENCE Agency method: - Requirements doc - Architecture planning - Node-by-node building - Testing phase - Revision cycles - Deployment planning My method: - Read requirement - Write the requirement to Skada.ai