Gian McCoyArticles & Frameworks
Practitioner writing from 20+ years of client work and the AI applications I run myself: AI architecture, workflow automation, CRM, and digital operations. This is the technical ground under the work I do for medical and dental practices.
Articles
HubSpot Consultant Los Angeles: What to Expect
What an actual HubSpot engagement in Los Angeles looks like: scoping, pipeline architecture, custom property design, workflow build, and what separates a clean implementation from one that requires a full rebuild six months later.
GoHighLevel Setup Services Los Angeles | GHL Expert
A practitioner breakdown of what GoHighLevel setup actually involves for Los Angeles businesses: sub-account configuration, pipeline build, automation logic, and the decisions that determine whether the platform runs cleanly or becomes a maintenance problem.
GoHighLevel Setup Agency Los Angeles | GianMcCoy.com
What to look for in a GoHighLevel setup agency in Los Angeles: the difference between a template deployment and a purpose-built account, how agency account architecture works, and what a full build audit typically finds.
Small Business CRM Setup in Los Angeles: A Practical Guide
A practical guide to CRM setup for small businesses in Los Angeles: platform selection criteria, the data model decisions that matter, common implementation mistakes, and what a well-structured CRM looks like after six months of actual use.
Self-Hosted n8n on ARM64 Docker vs. Make and Zapier: Operational Tradeoffs for 11 Production Workflows
Running 11 production workflows on self-hosted n8n on an ARM64 VPS: what the systemd-to-Docker migration looked like, how the tick architecture works, and when self-hosting is the wrong call.
How I Architected a Multi-Provider LLM Abstraction Layer
The Lead Enrichment app calls four LLM providers. No agent knows which one is active. Here is the BaseLLMClient ABC, ModelTier enum, tier-routed model selection, cost controls, and the most common bugs in this pattern.
RAG Pipeline Against Personal Career Experience: pgvector, Cosine Threshold, Graceful Fallback
Building a pgvector RAG pipeline that grounds LLM-generated SEO article briefs in documented career experience: embedding strategy, 0.45 cosine similarity threshold, and graceful fallback design.
How to Architect a Multi-Pipeline HubSpot CRM for a Multi-Brand Industrial Company
When TIME Manufacturing asked me to build a CRM for four distinct product lines under one account, there was no template for it. Here is what the architecture actually looked like.
The Lead Capture-to-Pipeline Workflow We Used at ICUEE and Utility Expo
Three shows over four years: ICUEE 2017, ICUEE 2019, and Utility Expo 2021. The workflow for turning booth badge scans into HubSpot deal records with automated follow-up.
GoHighLevel Agency Account Architecture: What a Full Build Actually Looks Like
A practitioner account, not a tutorial, of of how to structure a GHL agency account so the sub-accounts are clean, the automation is maintainable, and the white-label setup holds up over time.
Frameworks
Named systems and mental models developed from repeated client delivery across similar problem sets.
The Digital Operations Stack Model
A structured approach to thinking about the five operational layers every business needs to have working before digital marketing investment pays off. Based on a six-year embedded engagement.
Marketing Automation Workflow Architecture
A design system for GoHighLevel and Make/Zapier stacks, covering the six workflow types that cover 90% of marketing automation use cases and the design principles that make them maintainable.
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