7MS #719: Baby's First OpenClaw

7MS #719: Baby's First OpenClaw

Hey friends! This week's episode is "Baby's First OpenClaw" – basically me shouting into the void hoping a smart listener will DM me and explain why this thing is supposed to be life-changing. Because right now? I'm a little underwhelmed.
Here's the journey so far:

  • The Mac mini quest: After seeing OpenClaw all over my feeds (people curing diseases! solving crimes!), I caved and impulse-bought a Mac mini. They were sold out everywhere, so I ended up paying twice what I wanted. Ick.
  • Surprise MDM: First boot on the shiny new Mac, I found it auto-pre-enrolled in some other company's MDM with full remote control. Massive props to the Amazon seller for getting the serial untagged in Apple's database within an hour, so I could wipe and reinstall fresh.
  • Pro tips for using Claude on projects like this: (1) give it a few paragraphs of context up front about who you are and what you want, and (2) have it maintain a README.md as you go so you don't lose context when you come back to the project later.
  • Security-forward OpenClaw setup: Separate admin and daily-driver accounts, enable FileVault, isolate the box, run OpenClaw as a limited user, lock down Telegram so only my user ID can talk to the bot (apparently strangers have found other folks' bots and started issuing shell commands – yikes).
  • The underwhelm: So far OpenClaw can check my email (or I can open my email app)… add a calendar event (or I can open Outlook)… write a script (or I can fire up Claude Code). And a lot of the juicier integrations are flagged as suspicious. So overall, I'm kind of gun-shy around this very expensive chat bot.

This is a call for help, friends! If you're an OpenClaw power user and it's made your life meaningfully better, please reach out and help me see the light.

Avsnitt(720)

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