Dispatches from The Lab

Systems thinking. Build logs. Tools that ship.

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The Redstone Curriculum: System Design Principles from High-Scale Minecraft

Minecraft redstone is a visual logic environment that mirrors high-scale automation. Learn to map redstone constraints to real-world operations and throughput.

automation, systems design, minecraft, throughput, architecture, operations
May 2, 2026
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Make vs n8n: A Production-Grade Comparison for 2026

Stop reading documentation and start looking at production telemetry. Here is the honest trade-off between Make.com and n8n for modern automation stacks.

make.com, n8n, workflow automation, self-hosting, ipaas, systems architecture
May 2, 2026
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