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I see n8n everywhere and while I love automation I can't think of a use case, that couldn't be realized in Bash instead.

So I'm wondering, if you use n8n what are you using it for?

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[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And the vast majority of my automations don't use it because it isn't required.

I will stand by what I said, the tool is great even if you don't touch AI at all with it.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You're entitled to your opinion. 🤷‍♂️ I will not go near a product that tries to make anything AI the primary focus of itself. This is my opinion and I'm not really looking for anyone to change it, nor am I looking for anyone whose opinion I can change. 😊

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I hear theres a few neo Mennonite colonies starting up that only use tech before the turn of the millenia. Maybe you could look into them.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago

Do you take this so personally that you are now resorting to ad hominems? My guy. 🤭

Is this your personal project? Why are you getting this butthurt? I just don't care about AI, because I don't need to use it. And I don't have to care about AI for anyone.

You should see my inbox full of people just like you yapping on and on about this n8n thing, explaining what it's for, when I explicitly said I don't want to know more.

Listen, so you won't feel so sad anymore: I'm not opposed to using AI, I'm just sick of hearing about it because I don't need it for the reasons everybody is saying I should.

Now can you either act like an adult or not talk to me again? Thanks, my dude.