The teardown

How a GTM machine is actually wired.

Reference workflows, connector roles, and scaling decisions. For the implemented system and public code, start with Referral Desk. Vendor examples below are labelled by implementation status.

GTM workflow node diagram
01 · The automation

GTM Workflows

Signals come in, records get enriched and scored, the right action goes to the right person, and the outcome flows back in. Click any node.

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Connector map diagram
02 · The stack

Reference Architecture

A design for a modern GTM stack: every tool either feeds data in, holds the record, or acts on the outside world. Marked throughout: what I have built and what I know but have not.

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Warehouse loop reference design: Airflow orchestrating Fivetran into Snowflake and Hightouch back out to Salesforce and campaigns
03 · The scale path

The warehouse loop

Airflow, Fivetran, Snowflake, Hightouch: what this needs once it serves several teams, and why I run Postgres instead today. A design, because I have not run it.

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I wrote all three of these. They are the clearest answer I can give to "do you actually understand this system, or do you just know the tool names?"