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What are you using n8n for? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 months ago by dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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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[–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz -1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Thank you. You saved me a Google search.

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The comment was wrong. It's an automation tool. It can use ai, but its not the primary focus.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world -4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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 4 points 6 months 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 -1 points 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months 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@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months 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.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world -3 points 6 months ago

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