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?

  • Victor
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    20 hours ago

    Also would like to know. Bad title.

    Edit: it’s more AI agent shit. Disregard everything. I don’t want to know more.

    Edit 2 for some of you:

    n8n gives you more freedom to implement multi-step AI agents and integrate apps than any other tool.

    Right on the frontpage.

    • irmadlad
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      318 hours ago

      Edit: it’s more AI agent shit. Disregard everything. I don’t want to know more.

      n8n can be run with the assistance of AI, and n8n can also be run without AI.

      • Victor
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        517 hours ago

        Anything that puts on the front page of its project site the use case for itself to relate to AI agents instantly makes me suspicious and not interested. I can’t help it.

        • irmadlad
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          017 hours ago

          I get it. Some of us are staunch anti-ai. That’s fine. I am not an n8n sales person, but I just wanted to make it clear, there are two versions and you can integrate a host of thing into it. Personally, I would run the AI version with a private AI that doesn’t need an external LLM. But my equipment is not that new and it takes some power to run AI efficiently and effectively. No issues with anyone, it just seemed that there was some confusion.

        • Victor
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          020 hours ago

          Wrong?

          n8n gives you more freedom to implement multi-step AI agents and integrate apps than any other tool.

          It’s the main pitch, bro. It’s the primary focus.

          • @BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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            114 hours ago

            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.

            • Victor
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              111 hours ago

              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
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                06 hours ago

                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.

                • Victor
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                  14 hours 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.

          • irmadlad
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            218 hours ago

            You can integrate a host of things into n8n including AI, however you can also just run n8n as an automation tool without anything else integrated. It does take a little reading of the docs to figure that out. I am sure that most people run n8n with AI, and admittedly, the front page of the n8n site promotes the AI version because other users would like to run n8n with AI. Some in this thread are suffering from knee jerk syndrome.

      • Victor
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        -120 hours ago

        You’re welcome, and I’m not wrong.