I don't miss the days of scraping through logs or dashboards myself to troubleshoot some latency or malformed data issue that I missed conditionals for.

AI is incredible at finding patterns in otherwise benign stdouts, let alone as it cross-references data streams.

In theory, I don't need most of these automations. But for $200/mo? I will happily reduce my cognitive burden on stuff that doesn't impact the core business and make it easier to keep things gliding smoothly.

When the subsidized plans disappear, I will keep these automations going with the best small models that fit on my laptop.