Building up holiday anticipation with n8n and AI

By Thomas Martens in n8n on

I recently started working with n8n again, this time as a workflow automation engineer. My role involves automating processes to free up teams such as Customer Support, Sales and Finance from the more menial tasks associated with their day-to-day jobs. This involves tasks such as filling out the same forms,…

viaduct: myFlightradar24, but for trains

By Thomas Martens in Trains on

There are lots of personal flight logbooks out there, and in my opinion, the best one is myFlightradar24. It lets me keep track of all the flights I've taken over the course of my lifetime, showing them on a map and providing statistics such as distance travelled, time…

Gute Nachrichten

By Thomas Martens on

Morgen wird gewählt und jede Stimme kann etwas bewirken. Und auch wenn dieses Blog nur von rund 700 Menschen am Tag besucht wird: Bitte geht hin und wählt keine Faschisten und Antidemokraten. Danke.…

Design vs Function

By Thomas Martens on

First things first: I wish you all a very happy New Year 2025! Obviously I wouldn't write a post just for that, so here goes. As someone who occasionally travels for work and sometimes for pleasure, I rely quite heavily on the real-time information. By far my favourite…

Günstig Zugreisen in den Niederlanden: Flex Dal Voordeel aus Deutschland buchen

By Thomas Martens in Trains on

Bei einem kürzlichen Besuch in den Niederlanden habe ich auch einige Bahnfahrten innerhalb des Landes unternommen. Ähnlich wie in Deutschland die BahnCard gibt es auch in den Niederlanden einige Ermäßigungskarten, die solche Fahrten deutlich günstiger machen, zumindest wenn sie mit der staatlichen Bahngesellschaft Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) durchgeführt werden. Dazu gehören:…

Windmill: SSO via authentik

By Thomas Martens in Windmill on

I really enjoy using Windmill (as described over here), but it took me a bit to understand how to configure SSO based on their documentation. I was wondering how to add generic providers (which aren't supported out of the box, such as authentik). Here's what I…

Windmill: A great addition to every low code stack

By Thomas Martens in Windmill on

Originally I was just going to discuss how to set up SSO in Windmill using authentik, but I thought it made sense to introduce Windmill first, so here you go. The separate Windmill + authentik post is over here. I recently started using Windmill (which is a combined workflow engine and…

n8n: Disable tracking

By Thomas Martens in n8n on

Like most other products out there, n8n uses telemetry to track and analyse user behaviour. Here's how you can prevent this.…