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

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"

Client's agency wanted $12k and 3 weeks. Built it in 6 minutes on our intro call. They paid me $4k. Here's what happened: THE SITUATION Client: "My agency quotes 3 weeks for every workflow" Me: "What do you need?" Client: "Customer onboarding automation" Me: "Describe it" Client explains: - New customer signs up - Send welcome sequence - Create CRM record - Assign account manager - Schedule kickoff call - Send internal notifications THE BUILD Me: "Give me a few minutes" Client: "For the quote?" Me: "For the workflow" Opened Skada AI. Described the requirements. Generated in 6 minutes. Me: "Want to test it?" Client: "You already built it?" Me: "Running it now with test data" Everything worked. Client stared at screen. THE COMPARISON Agency approach: - Discovery meeting: 2 hours - Proposal: 1 week - Build time: 2 weeks - Cost: $12,000 My approach: - Described requirements: 3 minutes - Built workflow: 6 minutes - Cost: $4,000 Client: "The agency said this was complex" Me: "It's 8 steps" WHAT HAPPENED NEXT Client tested it themselves. Worked perfectly. Client: "Why does my agency need weeks?" Me: "They're building it manually, node by node" Client: "And you?" Me: "I describe it. Tool generates it." Client canceled their agency retainer that day. THE RESULTS Built 11 more workflows for them. Total time: 73 minutes. Agency timeline for same scope: 4 months. Client's message last week: "Just realized we've deployed more automation in 2 months with you than 2 years with our agency." THE LESSON Agencies sell process. I sell results. They need time to justify the price. I need speed to prove the value. Current average: - 5.5 minutes per workflow - $3,200 per build - Zero revision cycles - Zero maintenance issues Who else is tired of "automation experts" who take weeks to automate?

Client paid an agency $8k to "optimize" their workflow. I rebuilt it from scratch in 11 minutes. It's 3x faster now. Here's what happens when agencies prioritize billable hours over actual solutions: THE SETUP Client: "Our invoice processing is too slow" Agency: "We'll optimize your existing workflow" Me: "Can I see what they're optimizing?" Client: *shares their n8n workflow* Me: "This is... impressively overcomplicated" THE AGENCY'S "OPTIMIZATION" What they quoted: - Workflow audit: 1 week - Optimization plan: 3 days - Implementation: 2 weeks - Testing phase: 1 week - Total timeline: 6 weeks - Investment: $8,000 Their audit findings (22-page PDF): - "Suboptimal node placement" - "Inefficient data transformations" - "Missing error handling protocols" - "Requires architectural restructuring" Translation: They made it sound worse to justify the price. WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DID Week 1-2: Meetings and documentation Week 3-4: Moved some nodes around Week 5: Added 3 more nodes "for resilience" Week 6: Testing (aka fixing what they broke) Result: - Original processing time: 45 seconds - "Optimized" processing time: 38 seconds - Cost: $8,000 - Improvement: 15% Client: "Is this worth $8k?" Agency: "Enterprise optimization is an investment" THE REAL PROBLEM I looked at their "optimized" workflow. 67 nodes. For invoice processing. It had: - 4 different parsing methods (only needed 1) - Redundant validation steps - Multiple database calls that could be batched - Error handling that created more errors - Comments like "legacy node - don't remove" This wasn't optimization. This was justification for billable hours. MY APPROACH Client: "Can you actually fix this?" Me: "I'm not going to fix it" Client: "Oh..." Me: "I'm going to rebuild it properly" Opened Skada AI Described what they actually needed: "Extract data from incoming invoices, validate required fields, check for duplicates, update accounting system, send confirmation email, flag exceptions for review"