https://www.kkhabibullin.com/tags/building/Recent content in Building on Khalil KhabibullinHugoen-usSun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.kkhabibullin.com/writing/why-i-build-my-own-ai-assistant/Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.kkhabibullin.com/writing/why-i-build-my-own-ai-assistant/<p>I work in AI strategy at a large bank. I spend my days figuring out how 7,000 people should adopt AI tools. And then I come home and build my own.</p> <p>This isn&rsquo;t a contradiction. It&rsquo;s the same instinct: I don&rsquo;t trust anything I haven&rsquo;t built (or at least taken apart).</p> <h2 id="the-setup">The setup</h2> <p>The core is <a href="https://n8n.io/">n8n</a> — an open-source workflow automation tool running on my home server. On top of it, I&rsquo;ve built what I call the <strong>Family Bot</strong>: an orchestrator that connects WhatsApp and Telegram to a set of sub-agents, each handling a different domain.</p>