The problemDeFi lending rates move constantly. The spread between Aave and Fluid Lending, or Aave and Compound, can swing by 2–3 percentage points overnight. On a $10,000 position that’s real money — hundreds of dollars a year left sitting on the table just because you weren’t paying attention at the right moment. The obvious fix is automation. Build a bot that checks rates and moves funds when a better opportunity appears. Problem solved, right? Not quite. Here’s what actually happens when y...

The problemDeFi lending rates move constantly. The spread between Aave and Fluid Lending, or Aave and Compound, can swing by 2–3 percentage points overnight. On a $10,000 position that’s real money — hundreds of dollars a year left sitting on the table just because you weren’t paying attention at the right moment. The obvious fix is automation. Build a bot that checks rates and moves funds when a better opportunity appears. Problem solved, right? Not quite. Here’s what actually happens when y...

It was 4am. ETH was sliding. My health factor on Aave had quietly dropped to 1.15 — deep in danger territory. I was asleep. By morning, ETH bounced back. I got lucky. Most people don’t. The usual tools sent alerts. An email. All ignored. And even if I’d seen them — then what? Wake up, open MetaMask, figure out how much to repay, calculate decimals, hope gas isn’t spiking. By then the window’s gone. That’s the real problem. Not that alerts don’t arrive. It’s that alerts don’t tell you what to ...

It was 4am. ETH was sliding. My health factor on Aave had quietly dropped to 1.15 — deep in danger territory. I was asleep. By morning, ETH bounced back. I got lucky. Most people don’t. The usual tools sent alerts. An email. All ignored. And even if I’d seen them — then what? Wake up, open MetaMask, figure out how much to repay, calculate decimals, hope gas isn’t spiking. By then the window’s gone. That’s the real problem. Not that alerts don’t arrive. It’s that alerts don’t tell you what to ...