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Product notes, AI automation experiments, comparisons, and implementation learnings behind the products Carlos builds at IliciLabs.
AI Automation Decision Matrix: Automate, Assist, or Leave Manual?
A practical decision matrix for choosing whether a business process should be automated, AI-assisted, or left manual for now.
AI Automation ROI Without Hype: Measure Friction Removed
A practical way to evaluate AI automation ROI by measuring manual steps removed, context switches avoided, error reduction, and time saved.
AI Process Automation Readiness: What Companies Should Fix Before Adding Agents
A practical checklist for companies preparing for AI process automation: map workflows, clean data, define human control, and avoid automating chaos.
Build vs Buy for AI Agents and Internal Tools
A practical framework for deciding when to buy AI automation tools, when to build internal workflows, and when to start with a small hybrid system.
Map the Business Process Before Adding AI Agents
Why companies should map inputs, decisions, exceptions, and ownership before adding AI agents to business workflows.
Document Workflow Automation with AI: Extract, Validate, Decide
How to think about document workflows with AI: extraction, validation, comparison, human review, traceability, and decision preparation.
From Coding to Workflow Design: Software Work in the AI Agent Era
As AI agents write more code, the valuable work shifts toward workflow design, product judgment, systems thinking, and knowing what should be automated.
Internal Knowledge Retrieval for AI Agents: When RAG Actually Helps
Internal knowledge retrieval helps AI agents when the source material, permissions, context, and citations are designed around real workflows.
Support Ticket Triage with LLMs: A Safe First Automation Loop
Support ticket triage is a practical low-risk AI automation loop: classify, detect missing context, suggest priority, and draft replies without auto-sending.
DeepL alternative for Windows: when Iria fits better
Looking for a DeepL alternative on Windows? Compare browser-tab translation with Iria for selected text, clipboard replacement, and faster desktop workflows.
Aurora Subtitles vs Windows Live Captions: More Control for Real Windows Workflows
Compare Aurora Subtitles and Windows Live Captions for local live captions, translation, configurable overlays, Windows system audio, Discord, meetings, games, streams, and hearing support workflows.
Local Live Captions for Windows PC Audio: Private Subtitles and Translation
Need private live captions for Windows audio? See how Aurora captures PC sound locally for meetings, Discord, games, calls, and translation.