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If you use OpenClaw now can you tell us how it's going?

InterviewFrog 17d ago
I used it initially. It was great and useful but the api costs were pretty high.. Now, I use claude code directly on my machine with the remote control flag.. so its like open claw exactly. I can be outside and give commands to it via mobile app
- jonchurch_ 17d ago
  caffeinate -is -t 7200 claude --remote-control then Control + Command + Q ftw (keep system from sleeping if plugged in, keep system from going idle even if not plugged in, for 2 hours, start claude code w/ remote control enabled, lock my mac w/ the keyboard shutcut)
  - manmal 17d ago
    The Amphetamine app from the App Store keeps a MacBook awake even with the lid closed.
    - ustad 16d ago
      You need an app for that?
      - manmal 15d ago
        I guess `caffeinate` doesn't go that far because it can easily lead to overheating.
      - aquariusDue 16d ago
        I know right? On Linux for example GNOME needs an extension and only KDE seems to have a handy toggle available from the get go. It seems the normal is to NOT make a feature like this easily available.
hx8 17d ago
I've been using it since about February, still using it. It's running on my old M1 MBP. I have a lot of automations on OpenClaw, things like "Every week summarize this data and send me a message about it" or "check when a new version of an NPM package comes out and submit a PR to update it." It's quite expensive from a value per token perspective. It's quite cheap from a "send one message from my phone and it does something probably productive" perspective. No major security breaches yet.
- Gigachad 17d ago
  All of the use cases I see seem like stuff that’s better performed by normal software. Dependabot will watch for new versions and submit a PR for free. AI for developing software that runs predictably seems more useful than AI performing actions like a program would.
  - metchio 16d ago
    yeah i think the deterministic part (sending email, submit PR) is usually done by a normale script/software, agents are useful for summarizing text in a smart way, expecially if you need to aggregate text from multiple sources and it's natural language (not structured data)
    - Gigachad 16d ago
      This still feels like made up work. We are using AI to inflate a prompt in to a full email to send, and then the receiver is using AI to summarize it back down.
      - simonh 16d ago
        That definitely happens, but also many people are also using this stuff to get some amazing work done. I think AI is an incredible competence magnifier. If someone knows what they are doing that competence can get magnified massively. If they do not know what they are doing, that gets magnified just as much. The tricky part is getting people with a low level but real degree of competence, which is all of us when we're starting out, to learn how to reliably magnify that.
EagnaIonat 16d ago
I used it to try it out. Security wise I don't trust it at all so I had it running in a VM and local models. It was able to create an application that Claude created, using the same instructions file. Considerably slower but I was surprised it could do it.

I used it initially. It was great and useful but the api costs were pretty high.. Now, I use claude code directly on my machine with the remote control flag.. so its like open claw exactly. I can be outside and give commands to it via mobile app

jonchurch_ 17d ago
caffeinate -is -t 7200 claude --remote-control then Control + Command + Q ftw (keep system from sleeping if plugged in, keep system from going idle even if not plugged in, for 2 hours, start claude code w/ remote control enabled, lock my mac w/ the keyboard shutcut)
- manmal 17d ago
  The Amphetamine app from the App Store keeps a MacBook awake even with the lid closed.
  - ustad 16d ago
    You need an app for that?
    - manmal 15d ago
      I guess `caffeinate` doesn't go that far because it can easily lead to overheating.
    - aquariusDue 16d ago
      I know right? On Linux for example GNOME needs an extension and only KDE seems to have a handy toggle available from the get go. It seems the normal is to NOT make a feature like this easily available.

hx8 17d ago

I've been using it since about February, still using it. It's running on my old M1 MBP. I have a lot of automations on OpenClaw, things like "Every week summarize this data and send me a message about it" or "check when a new version of an NPM package comes out and submit a PR to update it." It's quite expensive from a value per token perspective. It's quite cheap from a "send one message from my phone and it does something probably productive" perspective. No major security breaches yet.

Gigachad 17d ago
All of the use cases I see seem like stuff that’s better performed by normal software. Dependabot will watch for new versions and submit a PR for free. AI for developing software that runs predictably seems more useful than AI performing actions like a program would.
- metchio 16d ago
  yeah i think the deterministic part (sending email, submit PR) is usually done by a normale script/software, agents are useful for summarizing text in a smart way, expecially if you need to aggregate text from multiple sources and it's natural language (not structured data)
  - Gigachad 16d ago
    This still feels like made up work. We are using AI to inflate a prompt in to a full email to send, and then the receiver is using AI to summarize it back down.
    - simonh 16d ago
      That definitely happens, but also many people are also using this stuff to get some amazing work done. I think AI is an incredible competence magnifier. If someone knows what they are doing that competence can get magnified massively. If they do not know what they are doing, that gets magnified just as much. The tricky part is getting people with a low level but real degree of competence, which is all of us when we're starting out, to learn how to reliably magnify that.

EagnaIonat 16d ago

I used it to try it out. Security wise I don't trust it at all so I had it running in a VM and local models. It was able to create an application that Claude created, using the same instructions file. Considerably slower but I was surprised it could do it.