Program
Automation Bootcamp (1-week)
A focused, one-week sprint where your team goes from “we should automate this” to a deployed, observable workflow with retries, alerts, and documentation.
Designed for product, ops, and engineering teams who want to ship something real—not just a slide deck.
Program overview · Audio
A short overview of the program: who it's for, what we cover, and how to get the most value out of it as a busy professional.
What you’ll ship in a week
We scope one meaningful workflow and carry it from whiteboard to production.
- • A scoped workflow with clear inputs, outputs, and owners.
- • A deployed worker / function pipeline (Firebase, Cloudflare, or both).
- • Reliable retries, dead-letter handling, and alerts.
- • Runbooks and diagrams your team can actually maintain.
- • A short “post-bootcamp” backlog with sensible next steps.
Who this is for
- • Teams with a real workflow in mind (not just ideas).
- • At least one engineer comfortable with TypeScript.
- • Operators / PMs who own the process and success metrics.
Ideal use cases
- • Customer onboarding & approvals
- • Reporting / analytics jobs
- • Ticket triage & routing
- • Back-office automations with humans-in-the-loop
Week structure
A predictable 5-day arc: scope, design, build, harden, hand off.
Day 1 — Scope & architecture
- • Define the workflow, actors, and success metrics
- • Map systems & integrations
- • Choose triggers, queues, and storage
Day 2 — Data & triggers
- • Model events and payloads
- • Design idempotent handlers
- • Wire initial triggers (HTTP, pub/sub, schedules)
Day 3 — Workers & retries
- • Implement core worker / function logic
- • Set up queues & backoff strategies
- • Handle errors and dead letters
Day 4 — Observability & guardrails
- • Add logging, metrics, and traces
- • Define alerts & dashboards
- • Run failure drills and load tests
Day 5 — Docs, runbooks & hand-off
- • Document workflow and edge cases
- • Create on-call / escalation runbooks
- • Review roadmap for v2+ improvements
After the week
- • We leave you with a repo, runbooks, and diagrams
- • Optional office hours as you extend the system
Format & logistics
Tight, time-boxed, and built around your real workflow.
Schedule
- • 5 consecutive days (or 2 weeks split format)
- • 2–3h live collaboration per day
- • Async work in your repo between sessions
Team
- • 1–2 engineers
- • 1 ops / domain owner
- • 1 facilitator from BotRidge
Deliverables
- • Deployed workflow (staging or prod)
- • Repo with infra & application code
- • Runbook, diagram, and rollout notes
FAQ: Automation Bootcamp
Details teams usually ask before we schedule a cohort.
Can we bring our own workflow idea?
Yes—that's the default. We'll do a short pre-work session to confirm scope and feasibility so the week stays focused and realistic.
What tech stack do you use?
Most bootcamps use Firebase, Cloudflare Workers, or both, with TypeScript. If you have an existing stack, we can adapt—as long as we can move quickly.
Do we keep the code and materials?
Yes. The repo, infra config, docs, and runbooks live in your org. Our goal is to leave you with a system you own, not a black box.
Want us to run Automation Bootcamp for your team?
We usually run this with small, cross-functional teams and a real workflow in mind. You bring the context and systems; we bring the patterns, architecture, and guardrails.
We'll usually start with a short discovery call to pick the right workflow and format.