Client's "AI expert" built a 312-node monster that crashed daily. I rebuilt it with 23 nodes. It's been running flawlessly for 4 months. THE DISASTER HANDOVER Client calls me, frustrated: "Our workflow is completely broken" Me: "What happened?" Client: "We hired an AI automation expert. Paid $25k. Now everything's worse than before" I open their n8n workspace. My screen freezes for 30 seconds just loading it. 312 nodes. Connections everywhere. Comments like "TODO: Fix this later" Error logs: 847 failures this week THE "EXPERT'S" APPROACH Their consultant's philosophy: "More nodes = more sophisticated" What I found: - 47 nodes doing the same data transformation - 23 different ways to format dates - 8 separate email validation processes - Loops inside loops inside loops - Zero error handling Client was paying $2k/month for "maintenance" Translation: Daily firefighting THE SIMPLIFICATION STRATEGY I asked one question: "What does this workflow actually need to accomplish?" Client: "Customer onboarding automation" Me: "That's it?" Client: "Well, yes" I opened my tool. Prompt: "Customer onboarding workflow: collect info, validate data, create CRM record, send welcome sequence, assign account manager, generate project folder" 9 minutes later: Clean, logical workflow. 23 nodes total. Zero redundancy. THE REBUILD DEMO Old workflow visualization: Looked like a plate of spaghetti New workflow visualization: Clean, linear, readable Client: "It's so... simple" Me: "Simple is reliable" Client: "But the other guy said complex meant powerful" Me: "Complex means fragile" THE PERFORMANCE COMPARISON Old Monster Workflow: - Processing time: 4-7 minutes - Success rate: 73% - Daily crashes: 3-5 - Maintenance hours: 15/week - Client satisfaction: Terrible New Streamlined Workflow: - Processing time: 12 seconds - Success rate: 99.8% - Crashes in 4 months: 0 - Maintenance hours: 0 - Client satisfaction: Ecstatic THE COST REVELATION Old consultant's final bill:

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