The reasoning behind the advice.

Sometimes the hardest part of working with AI isn't the thinking. It's the plumbing. This issue is a warts-and-all account of what happened when I asked AI to sweep receipts and invoices out of my inbox and stage them into Queleon's ledger. The accounting logic took a couple of hours. Attachments it could see but not open, a ledger it could find but not update, and a scheduled job that had quietly never run at all — those took days to work through. There's also a twist I didn't expect to be writing about, involving my own AI advisor telling me something with great confidence that turned out not to be true. If you've ever found yourself two hours into an "almost working" idea and unwilling to let it go, this one is for you.

Last time, I introduced Queleon and told you a bit about why I started this journey. This issue is the one I promised: a proper look at how AI is reshaping integration — from what's actually happening under the hood, to the new breed of AI agents connecting to your systems, right through to what it means if you're running a smaller organisation. If you care about where your data goes, how your systems talk to each other, and how to use AI without losing the human touch, this one's for you.

Every newsletter needs an origin story — this is ours. In this first issue, I'm introducing Queleon: why I started it, what the name actually means, and a bit about the 26+ years in software and integration that led here. Whether you're a business owner or just curious where integration and AI are heading, I'd love for you to come along for the ride. The deeper dive into AI, integration, and why the human touch still matters is coming very soon in issue two. I'd love for you to join me on the journey.