Indie Founder #363 - How I Automated My Indie Business with AI and n8n
Oct 28, 2025
Discover how one indie founder is automating their workflow with N8N and AI! They cover innovative automations like creating press releases and scheduling social media posts. Learn about the technical setup and the challenges faced with integrations like LinkedIn. The discussion also dives into generating YouTube Shorts with AI and plans for automating B2B outreach. Maximizing distribution and scaling projects through automation is the key focus, aiming for significant growth and efficiency.
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Self-Host Your Automation Platform
- Self-host automation tools to avoid unlimited cloud costs and retain control.
- Use Docker and basic DevOps to run n8n cheaply and privately for complex workflows.
Automate Time-Intensive Writing Tasks
- Automate repetitive communications to reclaim founder time for product work.
- Prioritize automations for tasks that demand focused writing time, like press releases.
Automated Press Release Pipeline
- Tiago built an end-to-end press release flow connecting a GPT agent to an MCP server and n8n.
- The flow generates PDFs, translates into multiple languages, and emails personalized pitches from an Excel list.