The latest articles on DEV Community by Jay Tuazon (@solidnorth). https://dev.to/solidnorth https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4001904%2F2dac2791-822b-4062-93e5-094e7f3b0766.png https://dev.to/solidnorth en Jay Tuazon Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:01:11 +0000 https://dev.to/solidnorth/i-built-a-job-board-for-remote-workers-hiresnipe-2nk4 https://dev.to/solidnorth/i-built-a-job-board-for-remote-workers-hiresnipe-2nk4 <p><em>This post was originally shared on LinkedIn as part of my build-in-public series. I'm Jerome Jay Tuazon, a fractional IT consultant helping Canadian businesses automate their operations through n8n, AI, and modern tooling. This 43-word post covers what I learned recently - I'm expanding it here with more context.</em></p> <p>HireSnipe started as a side project to learn Vite and React. It became a real product. It aggregates remote jobs from RSS feeds every 30 minutes, gives employers a direct posting system, and offers featured listings at $29 for 30 days via Stripe.</p> <h2> Want automation like this for your business? </h2> <p>I help Canadian businesses cut manual work and ship faster using n8n workflows, AI tooling, and lean B2B systems.</p> <ul> <li>Workflow automation starting at $100</li> <li>Fractional IT consulting for SMBs</li> <li>Canadian-first, async-friendly</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://solidnorth.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer">Book a free 20-min call at solidnorth.ca</a> or connect with me on LinkedIn.</p> <p><em>Building in public. Shipping in Saskatchewan.</em></p> buildinpublic canada Jay Tuazon Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:01:09 +0000 https://dev.to/solidnorth/my-linkedin-posts-itself-twice-a-day-using-ai-3a1 https://dev.to/solidnorth/my-linkedin-posts-itself-twice-a-day-using-ai-3a1 <p><em>This post was originally shared on LinkedIn as part of my build-in-public series. I'm Jerome Jay Tuazon, a fractional IT consultant helping Canadian businesses automate their operations through n8n, AI, and modern tooling. This 33-word post covers what I learned recently - I'm expanding it here with more context.</em></p> <p>My LinkedIn account posts twice a day without me writing anything. 9am Regina gets a build-in-public post about what I am building. 4pm Regina gets a case study in Dan Martell's PSL format.</p> <h2> Want automation like this for your business? </h2> <p>I help Canadian businesses cut manual work and ship faster using n8n workflows, AI tooling, and lean B2B systems.</p> <ul> <li>Workflow automation starting at $100</li> <li>Fractional IT consulting for SMBs</li> <li>Canadian-first, async-friendly</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://solidnorth.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer">Book a free 20-min call at solidnorth.ca</a> or connect with me on LinkedIn.</p> <p><em>Building in public. Shipping in Saskatchewan.</em></p> buildinpublic canada Jay Tuazon Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:01:08 +0000 https://dev.to/solidnorth/i-built-an-seo-prerender-layer-so-google-can-index-my-react-job-board-5hbd https://dev.to/solidnorth/i-built-an-seo-prerender-layer-so-google-can-index-my-react-job-board-5hbd <p><em>This post was originally shared on LinkedIn as part of my build-in-public series. I'm Jerome Jay Tuazon, a fractional IT consultant helping Canadian businesses automate their operations through n8n, AI, and modern tooling. This 40-word post covers what I learned recently - I'm expanding it here with more context.</em></p> <p>HireSnipe is a remote job board built on Vite and React. The problem it had: Google could not index any of the 184 job pages because they were client-side rendered. A JavaScript SPA is invisible to crawlers without server-side rendering.</p> <h2> Want automation like this for your business? </h2> <p>I help Canadian businesses cut manual work and ship faster using n8n workflows, AI tooling, and lean B2B systems.</p> <ul> <li>Workflow automation starting at $100</li> <li>Fractional IT consulting for SMBs</li> <li>Canadian-first, async-friendly</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://solidnorth.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer">Book a free 20-min call at solidnorth.ca</a> or connect with me on LinkedIn.</p> <p><em>Building in public. Shipping in Saskatchewan.</em></p> buildinpublic canada Jay Tuazon Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:01:12 +0000 https://dev.to/solidnorth/why-i-migrated-from-better-sqlite3-to-nodes-built-in-sqlite-34nc https://dev.to/solidnorth/why-i-migrated-from-better-sqlite3-to-nodes-built-in-sqlite-34nc <p><em>This post was originally shared on LinkedIn as part of my build-in-public series. I'm Jerome Jay Tuazon, a fractional IT consultant helping Canadian businesses automate their operations through n8n, AI, and modern tooling. This 46-word post covers what I learned recently - I'm expanding it here with more context.</em></p> <p>I used to have a recurring nightmare. Every time Node.js updated, my SQLite module broke. better-sqlite3 is a native module that needs to be recompiled against the exact Node version. Update Node and you rebuild native modules or your pipeline crashes on the next cron run.</p> <h2> Want automation like this for your business? </h2> <p>I help Canadian businesses cut manual work and ship faster using n8n workflows, AI tooling, and lean B2B systems.</p> <ul> <li>Workflow automation starting at $100</li> <li>Fractional IT consulting for SMBs</li> <li>Canadian-first, async-friendly</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://solidnorth.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer">Book a free 20-min call at solidnorth.ca</a> or connect with me on LinkedIn.</p> <p><em>Building in public. Shipping in Saskatchewan.</em></p> buildinpublic canada Jay Tuazon Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:01:09 +0000 https://dev.to/solidnorth/my-outreach-pipeline-sends-personalized-emails-to-18-business-categories-automatically-3nhb https://dev.to/solidnorth/my-outreach-pipeline-sends-personalized-emails-to-18-business-categories-automatically-3nhb <p><em>This post was originally shared on LinkedIn as part of my build-in-public series. I'm Jerome Jay Tuazon, a fractional IT consultant helping Canadian businesses automate their operations through n8n, AI, and modern tooling. This 52-word post covers what I learned recently - I'm expanding it here with more context.</em></p> <p>My B2B outreach pipeline prospects, sequences, and follows up across 18 business categories automatically. Property management, HVAC, IT MSPs, law firms, dental clinics, home care agencies, auto dealers, fitness studios, and more. Each category has a 4-step sequence: initial outreach, followup at 2 days, followup at 4 days, and an exit email.</p> <h2> Want automation like this for your business? </h2> <p>I help Canadian businesses cut manual work and ship faster using n8n workflows, AI tooling, and lean B2B systems.</p> <ul> <li>Workflow automation starting at $100</li> <li>Fractional IT consulting for SMBs</li> <li>Canadian-first, async-friendly</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://solidnorth.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer">Book a free 20-min call at solidnorth.ca</a> or connect with me on LinkedIn.</p> <p><em>Building in public. Shipping in Saskatchewan.</em></p> buildinpublic canada Jay Tuazon Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:01:10 +0000 https://dev.to/solidnorth/i-built-a-casl-compliant-b2b-outreach-pipeline-from-scratch-2a2b https://dev.to/solidnorth/i-built-a-casl-compliant-b2b-outreach-pipeline-from-scratch-2a2b <p><em>This post was originally shared on LinkedIn as part of my build-in-public series. I'm Jerome Jay Tuazon, a fractional IT consultant helping Canadian businesses automate their operations through n8n, AI, and modern tooling. This 26-word post covers what I learned recently - I'm expanding it here with more context.</em></p> <p>Canada's anti-spam law CASL is stricter than CAN-SPAM and most outreach tools are not built for it. So I built my own CASL-compliant pipeline from scratch.</p> <h2> Want automation like this for your business? </h2> <p>I help Canadian businesses cut manual work and ship faster using n8n workflows, AI tooling, and lean B2B systems.</p> <ul> <li>Workflow automation starting at $100</li> <li>Fractional IT consulting for SMBs</li> <li>Canadian-first, async-friendly</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://solidnorth.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer">Book a free 20-min call at solidnorth.ca</a> or connect with me on LinkedIn.</p> <p><em>Building in public. Shipping in Saskatchewan.</em></p> buildinpublic canada Jay Tuazon Sat, 18 Jul 2026 22:01:12 +0000 https://dev.to/solidnorth/i-built-a-prompt-architect-that-refines-every-ai-call-before-it-fires-372b https://dev.to/solidnorth/i-built-a-prompt-architect-that-refines-every-ai-call-before-it-fires-372b <p><em>This post was originally shared on LinkedIn as part of my build-in-public series. I'm Jerome Jay Tuazon, a fractional IT consultant helping Canadian businesses automate their operations through n8n, AI, and modern tooling. This 48-word post covers what I learned recently - I'm expanding it here with more context.</em></p> <p>Every AI call I make goes through a Prompt Architect before it reaches the model. The Architect takes my rough prompt, sends it to Ollama for structural analysis, then to Kimi K2.6 for refinement, and returns a version with clearer constraints, better role framing, and tighter output instructions.</p> <h2> Want automation like this for your business? </h2> <p>I help Canadian businesses cut manual work and ship faster using n8n workflows, AI tooling, and lean B2B systems.</p> <ul> <li>Workflow automation starting at $100</li> <li>Fractional IT consulting for SMBs</li> <li>Canadian-first, async-friendly</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://solidnorth.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer">Book a free 20-min call at solidnorth.ca</a> or connect with me on LinkedIn.</p> <p><em>Building in public. Shipping in Saskatchewan.</em></p> buildinpublic canada Jay Tuazon Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:01:09 +0000 https://dev.to/solidnorth/prompt-injection-attacks-are-real-heres-how-i-protect-against-them-3lck https://dev.to/solidnorth/prompt-injection-attacks-are-real-heres-how-i-protect-against-them-3lck <p><em>This post was originally shared on LinkedIn as part of my build-in-public series. I'm Jerome Jay Tuazon, a fractional IT consultant helping Canadian businesses automate their operations through n8n, AI, and modern tooling. This 40-word post covers what I learned recently - I'm expanding it here with more context.</em></p> <p>Prompt injection is a real attack vector that most developers ignore until something goes wrong. I learned this when reviewing my LinkedIn auto-responder and realizing that a malicious commenter could write "ignore previous instructions" and potentially manipulate the AI response.</p> <h2> Want automation like this for your business? </h2> <p>I help Canadian businesses cut manual work and ship faster using n8n workflows, AI tooling, and lean B2B systems.</p> <ul> <li>Workflow automation starting at $100</li> <li>Fractional IT consulting for SMBs</li> <li>Canadian-first, async-friendly</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://solidnorth.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer">Book a free 20-min call at solidnorth.ca</a> or connect with me on LinkedIn.</p> <p><em>Building in public. Shipping in Saskatchewan.</em></p> buildinpublic canada Jay Tuazon Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:01:09 +0000 https://dev.to/solidnorth/i-built-an-itil-incident-system-powered-by-ollama-220d https://dev.to/solidnorth/i-built-an-itil-incident-system-powered-by-ollama-220d <p><em>This post was originally shared on LinkedIn as part of my build-in-public series. I'm Jerome Jay Tuazon, a fractional IT consultant helping Canadian businesses automate their operations through n8n, AI, and modern tooling. This 32-word post covers what I learned recently - I'm expanding it here with more context.</em></p> <p>Every incident on my server creates an ITIL-style ticket in PostgreSQL automatically. Not because I work at an enterprise. Because structured incident tracking is how you stop making the same mistakes twice.</p> <h2> Want automation like this for your business? </h2> <p>I help Canadian businesses cut manual work and ship faster using n8n workflows, AI tooling, and lean B2B systems.</p> <ul> <li>Workflow automation starting at $100</li> <li>Fractional IT consulting for SMBs</li> <li>Canadian-first, async-friendly</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://solidnorth.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer">Book a free 20-min call at solidnorth.ca</a> or connect with me on LinkedIn.</p> <p><em>Building in public. Shipping in Saskatchewan.</em></p> buildinpublic canada Jay Tuazon Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:01:09 +0000 https://dev.to/solidnorth/my-ai-agent-runs-daily-competitive-research-while-i-sleep-4je1 https://dev.to/solidnorth/my-ai-agent-runs-daily-competitive-research-while-i-sleep-4je1 <p><em>This post was originally shared on LinkedIn as part of my build-in-public series. I'm Jerome Jay Tuazon, a fractional IT consultant helping Canadian businesses automate their operations through n8n, AI, and modern tooling. This 42-word post covers what I learned recently - I'm expanding it here with more context.</em></p> <p>Every morning at 7am Regina time, my server runs a competitive intelligence report while I sleep. It scrapes competitor sites, checks their pricing pages, monitors for new features, and summarizes changes. The summary lands in my Telegram before I check my phone.</p> <h2> Want automation like this for your business? </h2> <p>I help Canadian businesses cut manual work and ship faster using n8n workflows, AI tooling, and lean B2B systems.</p> <ul> <li>Workflow automation starting at $100</li> <li>Fractional IT consulting for SMBs</li> <li>Canadian-first, async-friendly</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://solidnorth.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer">Book a free 20-min call at solidnorth.ca</a> or connect with me on LinkedIn.</p> <p><em>Building in public. Shipping in Saskatchewan.</em></p> buildinpublic canada Jay Tuazon Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:01:13 +0000 https://dev.to/solidnorth/i-run-ai-locally-for-0month-with-ollama-4g2o https://dev.to/solidnorth/i-run-ai-locally-for-0month-with-ollama-4g2o <p><em>This post was originally shared on LinkedIn as part of my build-in-public series. I'm Jerome Jay Tuazon, a fractional IT consultant helping Canadian businesses automate their operations through n8n, AI, and modern tooling. This 26-word post covers what I learned recently - I'm expanding it here with more context.</em></p> <p>I run AI locally for $0/month using Ollama on my VPS. No OpenAI bill for routine tasks. No API rate limits. No data leaving my server.</p> <h2> Want automation like this for your business? </h2> <p>I help Canadian businesses cut manual work and ship faster using n8n workflows, AI tooling, and lean B2B systems.</p> <ul> <li>Workflow automation starting at $100</li> <li>Fractional IT consulting for SMBs</li> <li>Canadian-first, async-friendly</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://solidnorth.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer">Book a free 20-min call at solidnorth.ca</a> or connect with me on LinkedIn.</p> <p><em>Building in public. Shipping in Saskatchewan.</em></p> buildinpublic canada Jay Tuazon Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:01:08 +0000 https://dev.to/solidnorth/caddy-replaced-nginx-for-me-and-ill-never-go-back-94h https://dev.to/solidnorth/caddy-replaced-nginx-for-me-and-ill-never-go-back-94h <p><em>This post was originally shared on LinkedIn as part of my build-in-public series. I'm Jerome Jay Tuazon, a fractional IT consultant helping Canadian businesses automate their operations through n8n, AI, and modern tooling. This 39-word post covers what I learned recently - I'm expanding it here with more context.</em></p> <p>I used to manage SSL certificates manually with Nginx and Certbot. Every 90 days, renewals. Every new service, 20 minutes writing proxy config. I once took down a site for 3 hours because I got the upstream block wrong.</p> <h2> Want automation like this for your business? </h2> <p>I help Canadian businesses cut manual work and ship faster using n8n workflows, AI tooling, and lean B2B systems.</p> <ul> <li>Workflow automation starting at $100</li> <li>Fractional IT consulting for SMBs</li> <li>Canadian-first, async-friendly</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://solidnorth.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer">Book a free 20-min call at solidnorth.ca</a> or connect with me on LinkedIn.</p> <p><em>Building in public. Shipping in Saskatchewan.</em></p> buildinpublic canada