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Courses, books and recommendations by Amjid Ali · n8n Ambassador and verified Creator · Melbourne, Australia

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62Tools listed
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Courses

Learn to build it, not just buy it.

Thirteen hands-on courses on agentic AI, n8n, infrastructure, security and business systems. Every one on Udemy, with lifetime access and a 30-day refund window.

Security

Untangle Firewall Network Security (NGFW)

Next-generation firewalling with Untangle, now Arista. Application awareness, filtering, and reporting for networks that outgrew a consumer router.

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Books

Five books, on Amazon.

Print and digital on Amazon. Written the same way the courses are taught: from work that shipped, with the labs and the failure modes included.

Virtualisation

Mastering Proxmox VE

For sysadmins building resilient virtualisation on Proxmox VE and Proxmox Backup Server. Real-world case studies, step-by-step labs, and the backup design people skip until it matters.

  • Clustering and live migration
  • Storage design
  • Backup and restore
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Network Security

pfSense: The Complete NGFW Guide

Every layer of pfSense from beginner to expert. Written for IT engineers who need enterprise features, not a home router walkthrough.

  • Firewall architecture and rules
  • IDS/IPS and IP reputation filtering
  • Captive portal, VPN, traffic analysis
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IT Foundations

Mastering Information Technology

A beginner-to-advanced IT guide that simplifies the complicated parts. Hardware, networking, security, cloud, and emerging tech in one place.

  • End-to-end IT concepts
  • Real examples, not abstractions
  • Built for students and decision-makers
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Automation

n8n Workflow Automation

A practical book on mastering n8n. Self-host it, scale the workflows, and secure the data pipelines, with real use cases throughout.

  • Custom nodes
  • Self-hosted automation
  • Integration best practice
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Strategy

Digital Transformation 101

A roadmap for businesses actually going through it. Automation adoption, change-ready culture, and the frameworks that hold up past the pilot.

  • AI integration
  • Process automation
  • Change leadership
Buy on Amazon
Tools

The stack behind the builds.

62 tools running in production, deployed for clients, or taught in the courses. Grouped by what they're for, so you can find the one you came for.

AI & agents

n8n Workflow automation and AI agents, self-hostable. The tool most of the builds here run on. VAPI Voice AI agents over real phone numbers. What the voice agent builds sit on. ElevenLabs Speech synthesis and voice cloning. The quality bar for agent voices. Lindy AI assistants for business workflows, with no infrastructure to run. Pinecone Managed vector database for RAG that has to stay fast at scale. Blotato Social publishing built for automated content pipelines. Bright Data Proxy and web data infrastructure for agents that need to read the live web. HeyGen AI video avatars and localisation. Gamma Decks and docs generated properly, not as a wall of bullets. Fathom AI notetaker for calls. The free tier is genuinely usable. Sembly AI Meeting transcription and action items across Teams, Zoom, Meet.

Hosting & infrastructure

Cloudways Managed cloud hosting if you want the servers without the sysadmin. A2 Hosting Shared and VPS hosting, fast enough for real sites. SiteGround WordPress hosting worth recommending to non-technical clients. Plesk Server control panel for people who do not want to live in a terminal. IDrive Offsite backup. The part of the plan everyone skips. MongoDB Document database, managed or self-hosted. Bluehost Cheap entry-level hosting for a first site. InMotion Hosting Business hosting and VPS with support that answers. HostGator Budget shared hosting. Claw Cloud Cloud compute for container and agent workloads.

Security & IT ops

CrowdStrike Endpoint detection and response at enterprise grade. Fortinet Next-gen firewalls and the wider security fabric. 1Password Password and secrets management for a team. Non-negotiable. NinjaOne RMM and endpoint management for MSPs and internal IT. SentryPC Monitoring, filtering, and access control on managed devices.

Business & finance

Xero Accounting. Most of the Australian automation work plugs into it. QuickBooks The alternative if you are not on Xero. Dext Receipt and invoice capture that feeds the ledger. BILL Accounts payable and receivable automation for finance teams. HubSpot CRM and marketing platform, with a genuinely generous free tier. Close Sales CRM built for teams that actually call people. monday.com Work management. Good API, which is what matters for automation. ClickUp Projects, docs, and tasks in one place. Deel Global payroll and contractor compliance. Zendesk Customer support desk that scales past a shared inbox. Apollo.io B2B prospecting data and outbound sequences. Toggl Time tracking that people will actually use. SurveyMonkey Surveys and feedback, when the form needs to look official.

Build & no-code

Zapier The integration layer when n8n is more than you need. Airtable Structured data behind small internal tools. Softr Front ends on top of Airtable without writing them. Webflow Design-led sites with a real CMS behind them. Typeform Forms people actually finish. Tidio Live chat and chatbots on the site. Manychat Conversational marketing on Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger. Rank Math The WordPress SEO plugin running on every site in the network. Thinkific Course hosting if you are selling your own.

Creator & marketing

Canva Thumbnails, slides, and everything visual that is not code. Descript Edit video by editing the transcript. Cuts editing time hard. invideo AI video generation for short-form. Envato Market Templates, stock, and assets. Kit Email for creators, formerly ConvertKit. Brevo Email, SMS, and automation on one bill. Sender.net Email marketing with a real free tier. SocialBee Social scheduling with content categories. Brand24 Mention and brand monitoring. AdCreative.ai Ad creative generation and scoring. Originality.ai AI and plagiarism detection for published content. QuillBot Paraphrasing and grammar. Fiverr Freelancers for the work you should not be doing yourself. Airalo eSIM data abroad. Cheaper than roaming, every time.

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