Agency quoted $18k for a workflow they said "requires custom development." Built it in 7 minutes. Zero code. THE SETUP Client: "Need approval routing based on invoice amount" Agency response: "Requires custom backend logic" "Need database for approval rules" "API integration necessary" Quote: $18,000 Timeline: 6 weeks Client: "For approval routing?" Agency: "Complex conditional logic" THE CALL Client: "They said it needs developers" Me: "What does it need to do?" Client explains: - Invoice under $500: Auto-approve - $500-$5k: Manager approval - Over $5k: Director approval - Send notifications - Log decisions Me: "That's 3 conditions" Client: "They said it's complex" Me: "Give me 5 minutes" THE BUILD Opened Skada.ai Described the workflow. Generated in 4 minutes. Tested with sample invoices: - $200: Auto-approved ✓ - $2,000: Routed to manager ✓ - $8,000: Routed to director ✓ Total time: 7 minutes. Client: "That's it?" Me: "Want to see it process a real invoice?" THE TEST Client submits actual invoice for $3,400. Workflow triggers. Routes to manager. Manager gets Slack notification. Approves. System updates. Accounting notified. Works perfectly. Client: "The agency wanted 6 weeks for this" THE COMPARISON Agency plan: - Week 1-2: Requirements and architecture - Week 3-4: Development - Week 5: Testing - Week 6: Deployment - Cost: $18,000 My delivery: - Minute 1-3: Requirements - Minute 4-7: Build and test - Cost: $2,400 THE AGENCY'S RESPONSE Client: "We found another solution" Agency: "It won't be production-ready" Client: "Been running for 2 weeks" Agency: "What about edge cases?" Client: "Handled 247 invoices, zero issues" THE PATTERN Counted 9 similar cases last month. "Needs custom code" really means: - Needs IF statements (apparently "complex") - Needs data lookup (apparently "requires database") - Needs notifications (apparently "API integration") Average agency quote: $16,400 Average my build time: 8 minutes Average my cost: $2,800 CURRENT RECORD

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"

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