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?

  • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    could be one of those cases where the product predates ai but some c-level asked an engineer “could we use this for ai” and the engineer said “i mean, technically yes” and then marketing changed every single mention of the product

    • [object Object]@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      could be one of those cases where the product predates ai

      It does afaik, was around for some years while the AI usecase is very recent.

      • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        yeah this project has been on github for six years and seems to have been closed source before that. it’s a graphical automation tool.

        like, everything can be used with ai. github itself has “ai agent” plastered everywhere. it’s just a buzzword. doesn’t mean it’s built specifically for ai.