Day with AI: CRM Automation from Scratch, PRD in One Hour, and 15 Commits in a Single Day.

What I worked on

Friday. The day when a simple "set up my CRM" turns into 15 commits and a complete workflow overhaul.

What I did

CRM automation — n8n workflows from scratch

Full day building automations for the internal CRM system. Workflows for automatic meeting logging, client research pipeline, and integration with all required services. Sounds simple, but reality: I rewrote credentials management three times, fixed n8n node types, and debugged why workflows refused to run. End result — complete client folder structure, automated client research, and production deployment.

Tracked time from log: 100h of work → 3 days. That moment when you realize without AI you'd be building this system for two months.

PRD for client project

Prepared a complete Product Requirements Document for a client project in property management. Requirements analysis, technical specification, MVP definition. A four-hour task became a one-hour session.

CV redesign

Bonus session: redesigning my own CV. HTML version with bilingual content, updated tech stack, and a description of how I actually work with AI tools. Not "I know ChatGPT" — specific pipelines and outputs.

Cold email pipeline + LinkedIn content

Morning session on the automated cold email pipeline and LinkedIn content prep. Routine that runs in the background and generates leads.

Time: AI vs without AI

Task	Without AI	With AI

CRM automation — n8n workflows	2 months	~3 days
PRD for client project	4h	~1h
CV redesign	1 day	~2h
Cold email + LinkedIn	3-4h	~30min
Total	~2.5 months	~4 days

What I learned

• Credentials in n8n are their own world — env variables aren't enough, you need credential objects with exact IDs
• Writing a PRD with AI is completely different — instead of "what could I want," you start with "what does the client need" and AI forces you to follow through
• 15 commits in a day sounds like chaos, but when each commit is atomic and descriptive, it's actually the cleanest way to work
• A CRM system can't be "just set up" — it's an endless spiral of automations, but each iteration saves time exponentially