Your AI builds it. Lodol runs it.

• stripe_to_sheets.py

  import os, stripe, gspreadfrom slack_sdk import WebClient stripe.api_key = os.environ["STRIPE_KEY"]sheet = gspread.service_account().open("Revenue")for payment in new_payments(since=last_seen()):    sheet.sheet1.append_row(to_row(payment))# … 207 more lines

  214 lines that only your AI and one engineer can follow.

• crontab

  # m  h  dom mon dow  command*/5 * * * * cd /srv/stripe-sync \  && python stripe_to_sheets.py \  >> sync.log 2>&1

  Checks Stripe every five minutes, from one machine.

• state.json

  {  "last_seen": "pi_3Qx8Lm2eZvKY",  "updated": "2026-09-24T03:10Z"}

  Lose it and old payments are logged all over again.

• Dockerfile

  FROM python:3.12-slimWORKDIR /srv/stripe-syncCOPY . .RUN pip install -r requirements.txtCMD ["python", "stripe_to_sheets.py"]

  Rebuilt and redeployed for every change.

• deploy@old-box

  $ uptime 03:12  up 412 days,  load: 0.02$ lsb_release -ds Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS$ systemctl status cron

  Up 412 days on an Ubuntu release past the end of its support.

• .env

  STRIPE_KEY=sk_live_51Hq8Lm…SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=xoxb-2291…SLACK_WEBHOOK=https://hooks.sla…GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS=./sa.json

  Live keys in a plain file, copied to every machine that runs it.

• requirements.txt

  stripe==12.4.0gspread==6.2.1slack_sdk==3.36.0google-auth==2.40.3

  Pinned the day it was written, and out of date soon after.

• sync.log

  03:05 INFO  synced 3 payments03:10 INFO  synced 0 payments03:15 ERROR Traceback (most recent…KeyError: 'amount_received'

  Failed at 3:15 AM. Nobody noticed until Thursday.

• alert.sh

  python stripe_to_sheets.py || \  curl -s "$SLACK_WEBHOOK" \  -d '{"text":"sync failed"}'

  Runs on the same box, so when the box goes, so does the alert.

• acme/stripe-sync main
  • hotfix: skip payments missing amountdeploy failed · 3 days ago
  • bump stripe to 12.4.02 weeks ago
  • move cron to the new box5 months ago

  1 open pull request · waiting on @sam

  History lives in git, and shipping a change is still Sam's job.

All of it, replaced by one workflow