From Zero to Daily Content: My AI Automation Journey The Problem I Was Facing I’ve been trying to keep a steady flow of videos on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram for the past year, but the reality was pretty brutal: I’d spend three to four hours brainstorming ideas, another two editing, and then the dreaded “what’s next?” panic set in. My side hustle felt more like a part‑time job, and the numbers weren’t growing fast enough to justify the hustle. I started Googling AI video automation and stumbled across a few buzzwords— AI Shorts , automated video production , content automation —but every solution seemed either too pricey or required a dev team I didn’t have. That’s when I thought: what if I could stitch together a few free tools and an n8n workflow to do most of the heavy lifting? I was skeptical, but the promise of “passive income AI” was too tempting to ignore. First Steps with n8n Week 1 was all about research.…