Writing

Short notes on change, systems, AI, and building things.

This is not a blog. There’s no schedule, no newsletter signup, no SEO strategy. Just notes on things I’m thinking about — usually at the intersection of organisational change, AI, systems, and building things.

Some of these start as diary entries. Some come from conversations at work. Some come from staring at a terminal at midnight wondering why my n8n workflow won’t trigger.

Why I Build My Own AI Assistant

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. This isn’t a contradiction. It’s the same instinct: I don’t trust anything I haven’t built (or at least taken apart). The setup The core is n8n — an open-source workflow automation tool running on my home server. On top of it, I’ve built what I call the Family Bot: an orchestrator that connects WhatsApp and Telegram to a set of sub-agents, each handling a different domain. ...

April 12, 2026 · 2 min · Khalil Khabibullin