Issue 4 — February 29, 2024 How to find and use hidden APIs to automate processes Written by Giovanni Segar I stumbled upon the web’s equivalent of a secret passage in a castle, and what I learned has enabled me to automate processes I never thought possible. Let me explain. Most of us think of an API as being binary: an app either has one or it doesn’t. But that’s not quite true. Every web app must have some connection to a backend, and essentially we can use that connection to automate...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read
Dec 17, 2024 How I automated Webflow's social media moderation with Gumloop Written by Aron Korenblit I'd never thought I'd say (type?) these words but I've spent a lot of time in Asana recently. And honestly, I didn't absolutely hate it. I'd even go so far as to say that I enjoyed it. Don't tell anyone, it would kill my brand. Some context: Webflow recently migrated its project planning to Airtable while hoping to maintain its actual day to day project management in Asana. As the local...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read
Dec 17, 2024 How I automated Webflow's social media moderation with Gumloop Written by Aron Korenblit Aron may not believe in writing documentation, but I do. As a consultant, I often build complex automations for my clients. Writing down what an automation does and how it can break means they're not indefinitely reliant on me. And if we're being honest, it lets future me pick it back up if needed. But writing this documentation is a real pain in the ass. Like all tedious things, I thought,...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read
Dec 17, 2024 How I automated Webflow's social media moderation with Gumloop Written by Aron Korenblit Back in 2020 when I started working at Airtable, my then boss—Katja Nelson if we’re going to name people—said “yeah the webinar workflow sucks, but how can we make it 10% better this week?”. And then she asked me again the following week and the week after that. And after a while, the webinar workflow became awesome. This stuck with me because I quickly realized answering (and implementing...
over 1 year ago • 2 min read