Andrew Baisden

Level Up With Automation: Systems, AI Tools, and Workflows Where AI, systems, and real-world productivity meet

Just published my first newsletter on Substack!

AI tools, productivity systems, automation, and how I use Zapier to streamline my workflow.

If you’re into levelling up your tech and mindset, this one’s for you

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How I Automated My Workflow Using Zapier and Why You Should Too

- Learn how to use Zapier to create automation workflows
- Example workflow included 🔥

Example uses: Google Sheets, ChatGPT and Notion

👉 Read: dev.to/andrewbaisde...

I have many workflows, the most common one is:

- I create an outline or use ChatGPT to suggest ideas
- Write the blog post in Markdown using Obsidian
- Figma/AI tools for banner creation design

Choosing between LogRocket, Sentry, Datadog, or FullStory?

This comparison highlights where each excels, and where @multiplayer.app is the only tool that provides full-stack data and cross-team collaboration capabilities out of the box

Check it out ➡️ medium.com/javascript-i...

freeCodeCamp can create & share so many high-quality, free resources thanks to our amazing volunteer community. These kind folks support our mission in many ways. Here's this year's Top Contributors! We're so grateful to all of you & to everyone who contributes.
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Sorry I had to use the most useless CS-class example ever to show off interfaces working.

#kotlin

Was debugging a nasty ESM issue and ended up optimizing unjs/🖼️IPX from 99 dependencies down to 6 (26 MB → 2 MB).

Available in the v4 nightly builds with the same features as before!

4 days into December and I am:

- Improving and updating my Substack publication's About page
- Starting to work on my first newsletter for December
- Working on a new article for my blogs (going to be included in the newsletter)

Choosing the Right Debugging and Session Replay Tool — Multiplayer vs LogRocket, Sentry, Datadog… When people report bugs or performance problems, developers need more than logs and metrics; they need context. That’s where debugging and…

Most tools tell you that something broke

Only a few show you "why"

@multiplayer.app is the only tool that offers full-stack data and cross-team collaboration out of the box

See how it compares with LogRocket, Sentry, Datadog and FullStory

Read: medium.com/javascript-i...

There's a lot of data out there these days - and it needs to be stored in a safe and easily query-able manner. Enter the database, where you can store & manage huge amounts of data. In this book, Daniel teaches you how to design structured DB systems using SQL.
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Alright last month of the year, let’s finish on a high note

If you want to grow in tech, show your work. People can’t support what they can’t see.

Food for thought: The fastest way to grow as a developer is to build something slightly above your comfort zone every week.

Session replay tools are changing how teams debug

They can:

- Watch what the user saw
- Inspect console and network
- Collaborate in real time

Here’s how Multiplayer compares with LogRocket, Sentry, Datadog and FullStory 👇

dev.to/andrewbaisde...

How I stay productive as a content creator, writer and programmer:

- Obsidian: Note-taking
- Notion: Project management
- Comet: AI-assisted web browsing
- ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini: Productivity and general tasks
- n8n/Zapier: Automation

A good system can create success.

LLMs are no longer competing with each other. They are competing with our workflows

Full-stack development is basically waking up and deciding which problem is yours today:

- Requests failing for no reason
- UI is doing its own thing
- Performance mysteriously tanking
- The state is behaving weirdly

Debugging isn’t just about fixing errors; it’s about seeing what really happened

I compared 5 major tools: Multiplayer, LogRocket, Sentry, Datadog, and FullStory, to see which one gives developers the clearest visibility

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Could always do with a new JS framework 😄

a man in a top hat says " don t touch a thing " ALT: a man in a top hat says " don t touch a thing "

😂

Google's new IDE Antigravity is great when coding.

Honestly, with all the IDEs and models we have available, everyone can have their own fav custom workflow.

Antigravity + Gemini 3.0
Cursor + Sonnet 4.5
Windsurf + GPT-5.1
VS Code + Copilot
Zed + GPT-5.1

So many options

Tech bros celebrating their $1B investment into an idea they came up with during lunch

Explaining the bug to my duck squad before pushing to production

It's good, but there are more rate limits due to it being new 😄

VS Code be like: Another one

Taking Google's new IDE Antigravity for a spin

Gemini 3 Pro, Claude Sonnet 4.5 and GPT-5 what a great time for builders, thinkers and creatives.

I just launched my new Substack Newsletter: The Level Up Mindset 🎉

A fresh start plus a new home for insights on AI, tech, productivity, and personal growth.

First post is live 👇

open.substack.com/pub/thelevel...

Looks like there is a Cloudflare outage, and multiple websites are down.

Starting is the easy part 😂

So many ways to level up and gain XP when coding:

- Complete a project, gain XP
- Complete a course, gain XP
- Build an app, gain XP
- Read documentation, gain XP
- Experiment with AI, gain XP

Every commit gets you closer to mastery