Alex Barlow

Alex Barlow

Co Founder

Alex spent 14 years automating repetitive tasks, before co-founding axiom.ai. He’s hands-on with users and enjoys learning from them. He creates intricate automation the no-code way, and empowered by generative AI, he's extending his skill set to include code. Outside of work, he loves exploring the Scottish Highlands with his daughter and making sandcastles on Firemore Beach.

Posts by Alex Barlow

How to automate Instagram DMs with a bot? (updated 2025-26)

Learn how to automate Instagram DMs with a Google Sheet and a bot. Start from blank and make your own bot or use our one-click setup bot.

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New tool: run code in remote Chrome browsers, right from your IDE

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Can I ( A no-coder) use Puppeteer to submit a form

I can automate data entry and form submission without writing a single line of code. I'm a no-code automation expert. I build workflows without touching JavaScript.

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Master selecting form input fields with CSS for automation

Learn how to create custom selectors to target inputs

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Can ChatGPT help me extract CSS selectors?

Explore how to utilise AI to extract CSS selectors

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Speed up web scraping by blocking unnecessary resources

When scraping a website, you might wonder if blocking resources could speed things up. Running your scraper in headless mode skips rendering visual elements like CSS, images, and animations, making scraping faster. However, there's a catch: headless mode often triggers anti-bot measures like Cloudflare or CAPTCHAs, which can stop your scraper in its tracks.

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Build a web scraper without writing a single line of code

Tools like Python, Selenium, or Puppeteer are the go-to options for developers looking to scrape data from websites. But what if you're not a coder? Building a web scraper is a tad daunting. Thankfully, the no-code scraper market has evolved dramatically, offering powerful tools to create scrapers without writing a single line of code.

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Is UI Automation just about testing or is there more to it?

UI automation can be used to test apps, but it can also be to automate tasks in those apps.

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How to make an auto clicker bot in minutes without code

Learn how to make and use an auto clicker bot using axiom.ai's no-code bot builder

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How to automate actions on a website with a bot

Learn how to automate Instagram in the browser with axiom.ai a no-code bot building tool

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How to fill out forms online with a bot

Learn how to automate form filling tasks in the browser in minutes without code

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The best RPA tools for small and large businesses

What are the best RPA tools for small and large businesses and how to select ther right RPAL tool for yoou.

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How to create Instagram bots in minutes

Learn how to automate Instagram in the browser with axiom.ai a no-code bot building tool

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How to download files from a URL in Chome

Learn how to create bots to automate file downloads from URLs using axiom.ai a no-code bot building tool

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A Dyslexic's Idea: AI Proofreading with axiom.ai and ChatGPT

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Launching soon: Axiom 4.0 Takes AI Browser Automation to the Next Level

Meet Axiom 4.0, our enhanced Chrome browser automation tool. This update introduces significant changes, including a redesigned Axiom builder. We've removed the 'Interact’ step and introduced a new 'Loop' step for up to four levels of nesting. In addition, we've tweaked the Step Finder to make it a Notion-like UI experience and added several new logic steps based on user requests. This post will guide you through these new features and show you how to use them effectively.

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How to automate date pickers without code

A step-by-step guide on how to automate a date picker in the browser without code, including tricky pickers with no input field.

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How to automate date pickers without code

In this guide, we show you how to automate date pickers using axiom.ai, without the need to write any code. Date pickers can be tricky HTML elements to automate, but they are often essential for automating reporting or posting content.

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How to scrape product details from Amazon Books with a bot

If you're looking to improve your product offerings or marketing strategies, it's important to gather data on bestselling books, popular genres, and emerging trends. Additionally, keeping tabs on your competitors' product listings, pricing strategies, and customer reviews can give you a competitive edge.

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How to send an email blast (From Gmail with a bot)

Sending email blasts from Gmail lets you send the right message to the right people at the right time. It can help personalize your marketing campaign, making it less intrusive for the receiver and boosting overall performance.

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How to automate social media posts with a bot

A step-by-step guide that teaches you how to post on social media using a bot.

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How to automate facebook posts

Using Facebook is a crucial day-to-day business activity for many of us, but creating posts across multiple accounts, whether for your own businesses or for clients, can be time consuming. 🤖 Bots are incredibly helpful in freeing up time and saving us from the tedious and repetitive tasks we tend to encounter while using a browser.

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How to automate data entry with a bot

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How to automate downloading a file from a website

If your job or business requires you to spend lots of time downloading files from websites, you might want to consider automating this process with axiom.ai’s no-code bots.

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How to automate reporting

Do you spend a lot of time logging into multiple web apps to generate and download reports? If so, read on. We’ll teach you how to make a bot to automate that process, and distribute your reports, saving you valuable time.

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How to create a bot to automate tasks for you

Learn how to automation the browser

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ChatGPT web scraping (with a bot)

Learn how to create a bot that utilizes AI to scrape websites.

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How to scrape emails from a website (with chatGpt)

✉️ Scraping emails from websites can be challenging since they may not be present or in consistent locations on webpages. If you're looking to gain skills to automate and build bots with powerful 🧠 ➕ 🤖 AI capabilities, you've come to the right place. We'll show you how to create a bot that utilizes AI to scrape emails from websites.

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Top tips for web automation in the chrome browser

There's nothing quite like the magic of seeing a bot automate Chrome and do your boring, repetitive tasks for you. Happily, anyone can automate the browser with axiom.ai's no-code tool – you really don't need to know how to code. Sure, sometimes you'll need to have the patience to learn a new skill, but these top tips will help you take your web automation skills from novice to pro status quickly.

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How to translate titles and descriptions in YouTube Studio

Learn how to use browser automation to translate titles and descriptions in YouTube Studio with a bot.

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How to automate Amazon Posts

A guide showing you how to make a bot without code to automate Amazon Posts.

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How can CSS attribute selectors be used for web scraping?

A practical guide to using CSS selectors, including the attribute selector, for browser automation.

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Automate posts to Instagram

Do you spend much of your working day on Instagram, posting across multiple accounts? If so, this guide is perfect for you. In a few simple steps, we’ll teach you how to build a bot that will post to Instagram for you - without a single line of code. What's more, you will pick up a skill that empowers you to automate just about anything on the web. How awesome is that? ✋

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5 killer problems with web scrapers, and how to solve them

Web scraping is great when you have it all working, and can save you a ton of mind-numbing copy and pasting. Unfortunately, getting to that sweet spot can be filled with frustration. At first, things look easy - but as you start scraping more data, the problems begin to mount.

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