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Short writes from real client builds — what was wired, what got cut, and what the team had to own after handoff.

2026-05-07 Systems 6 min read

Why I Rebuilt the TechJoint Contact Form on a Raspberry Pi Instead of Paying HubSpot.

A FastAPI service, a SQLite file, and an n8n webhook. Total monthly cost: zero. Total time to ship: one Saturday. Here's the wiring diagram and the trade-offs I made on purpose.

FastAPI n8n Self-hosted CRM

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Coming soon Visibility

Google Ads for Service Businesses: What to Spend, What to Track.

The five reports I check every Monday morning, the four conversion actions worth tracking, and the negative keyword list that paid for itself.

Google Ads GA4

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Coming soon AI Ethics

Shadow AI: The Audit Every Small Business Should Run This Quarter.

A 30-minute prompt-by-prompt sweep that surfaces which tools your team is pasting client data into — and which need a policy before the next compliance review.

Compliance Policy

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Jordan Jones. Operator, not pundit.

Every post is from a real build, not a take

Cost, stack, and trade-offs named explicitly

Written for owner-operators, not procurement

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