# Is the way you you are using NR changing in the age of AI

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**Created:** [17 September 2025 10:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-the-way-you-you-are-using-nr-changing-in-the-age-of-ai/99078 "2025-09-17T10:31:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![alex88](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/alex88/32/55523_2.png) [@alex88](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/alex88)\
**Post date:** [25 September 2025 09:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-the-way-you-you-are-using-nr-changing-in-the-age-of-ai/99078/7 "2025-09-25T09:37:28Z")

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I want to start by saying I am a huge fan of node red.

I have a mainly autonomous house build entirely on node red for the backend with uibuilder connecting to VueJS for the front end.

It runs across multiple PIs with a Debian server as the hub controller. A staggering number of connected devices (~350) and it works like clockwork!

I wrote some articles about it here: [How I built an autonomous home using open-source tools | Aleks Milanov posted on the topic | LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aleks-milanov-9218661a_the-birth-of-an-idea-activity-7238525436291428352-6fq_?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAAQK06kBOcu0eYPHi9M4P7o_9IOX83oflFs)

I also built a suite of Chatbots last year which still have more capability than modern LLM offerings: [How I built a Chatbot using OpenAI's API | Aleks Milanov posted on the topic | LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aleks-milanov-9218661a_building-my-first-chatbotpart-1-activity-7208566253651644416-URkr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAAQK06kBOcu0eYPHi9M4P7o_9IOX83oflFs)

That said, I now do all my dev in Cursor and n8n (most recently).

I would love to go back to nodered in place of n8n, but I don't see that happening given the support n8n has for AI first.

This isn't an n8n sales pitch btw, I get there are other options like CrewAI or just good old python.

I wonder whether nodered will evolve to become AI first or whether it will remain the heart of my building management system and not much more.

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