https://hourbench.tech/blog.html Short, checkable notes on AI and no-code automation for small businesses. en Sun, 08 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://hourbench.tech/blog-kunden-onboarding-als-kette-statt-checkliste.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-kunden-onboarding-als-kette-statt-checkliste.html Sun, 08 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Workflow 02.05 sends four onboarding emails without anyone having to remember them. Reading the file shows where it waits for a client's answer: nowhere. Here is where that wait belongs. https://hourbench.tech/blog-n8n-sicherheitsupdate-oktober-2026.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-n8n-sicherheitsupdate-oktober-2026.html Sun, 01 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 n8n has disclosed two high-severity vulnerabilities. Self-hosters should update and check two node types now. https://hourbench.tech/blog-nachfassen-ohne-zu-nerven-abbruchbedingung.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-nachfassen-ohne-zu-nerven-abbruchbedingung.html Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Workflow 02.04 sends a sequence of follow-up emails. Its useful lesson sits before the writing step: who is excluded, who merely waits, and why a reply does not yet stop the file as shipped. https://hourbench.tech/blog-website-formular-ins-crm-ohne-doppeleintraege.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-website-formular-ins-crm-ohne-doppeleintraege.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Workflow 02.03 validates a form, enriches the enquiry and writes it to a lead sheet. But a repeated submission reveals a missing decision before the append step. https://hourbench.tech/blog-openai-kuendigt-gpt-4o-mini-ab.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-openai-kuendigt-gpt-4o-mini-ab.html Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 OpenAI will remove GPT-4o mini from the API on 14 January 2027. The Automation Vault uses that model, so its workflows need a controlled migration. https://hourbench.tech/blog-make-preise-oktober-2026.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-make-preise-oktober-2026.html Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Make's monthly prices for 10,000 credits have risen. Existing users should check their billing cycle before the next renewal. https://hourbench.tech/blog-make-preise-core-pro-teams-zurueck.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-make-preise-core-pro-teams-zurueck.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Make's public price table changed overnight. The named tiers are back, and the entry volume shown for Core has doubled. https://hourbench.tech/blog-make-ersetzt-core-durch-make-plan.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-make-ersetzt-core-durch-make-plan.html Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Make now lists one paid plan at $9 per month for 5,000 credits. Core, Pro and Teams have disappeared from the public pricing table. https://hourbench.tech/blog-make-core-preis-steigt.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-make-core-preis-steigt.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Make now lists Core at $12 per month for 10,000 credits on monthly billing, up from $9. Check the amount before renewing or switching plans. https://hourbench.tech/blog-n8n-sicherheitsupdate-september-2026.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-n8n-sicherheitsupdate-september-2026.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 n8n published a batch of new security advisories. Self-hosters should move to a patched release now, especially when instances have several users or public triggers. https://hourbench.tech/blog-zapier-professional-preis-sinkt.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-zapier-professional-preis-sinkt.html Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Zapier now lists Professional at $19 per month on annual billing instead of $19.99. Existing plans should be checked before the next renewal. https://hourbench.tech/blog-lead-bewertung-welche-punkte-zaehlen.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-lead-bewertung-welche-punkte-zaehlen.html Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Workflow 02.02 scores an enquiry from four signals. The arithmetic is clear. The difficult part is knowing when a neat score describes the email rather than the opportunity. https://hourbench.tech/blog-n8n-zugangsdaten-sicherheitsupdate.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-n8n-zugangsdaten-sicherheitsupdate.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 A high-severity flaw could let an ordinary member extract credentials from the instance. Patched releases are available. https://hourbench.tech/blog-ai-act-artikel-50.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-ai-act-artikel-50.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Article 50 became applicable on 2 August 2026. Most of it lands on the model vendors, not on you. But three things do land on you, and two of them are one line of text. https://hourbench.tech/blog-wen-wir-bedienen.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-wen-wir-bedienen.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Most people who buy an automation product don't have an automation problem. They have a Tuesday problem. Here is the person these workflows were chosen for, the work they take off the pile, and four honest reasons to walk away. https://hourbench.tech/blog-n8n-2-umstieg.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-n8n-2-umstieg.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Version 2 was a hardening release, not a feature release. Which is exactly why it breaks things quietly: your workflow still opens, it just stops doing what it did. https://hourbench.tech/blog-mcp-standard.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-mcp-standard.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Two years ago it was an Anthropic protocol. Now it sits under the Linux Foundation, OpenAI and Google ship it, and your n8n instance can be both ends of it. https://hourbench.tech/blog-entwurf-statt-senden.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-entwurf-statt-senden.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 A wrong draft costs you five seconds. A wrong email costs you a client. Almost every automation people abandon was abandoned because it sent something. https://hourbench.tech/blog-automatisierungs-szene-2026.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-automatisierungs-szene-2026.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Four layers, three billing units, and one bottleneck that none of the vendors is selling a fix for. What the landscape actually looks like from a one-person business, with the numbers taken off the vendors' own pricing pages. https://hourbench.tech/blog-posteingang-sichten-ohne-anfrageverlust.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-posteingang-sichten-ohne-anfrageverlust.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 An inbox classifier is useful only when its mistakes remain recoverable. Here is how workflow 02.01 labels mail, decides when to interrupt you, and leaves a trail when the model gets it wrong. https://hourbench.tech/blog-warum-n8n-und-nicht-zapier.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-warum-n8n-und-nicht-zapier.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Two reasons, one of which is money and the more important one isn't. Plus the four cases where Zapier is the better answer and we will say so. https://hourbench.tech/blog-fuenf-denkfehler.html https://hourbench.tech/blog-fuenf-denkfehler.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 None of them is a technical failure. Four are decisions made in the first hour, and the fifth is a decision nobody makes at all.