I gave in and reinstalled OpenClaw, but this time isolated it on its own server, with no access to anything real except its own email address. Going to experiment very slowly with it.
@manton I have it running on my Raspberry Pi which is locked down behind my router and firewall. It has access to the pi and can sent POST requests and of course connect to an LLM. But I’m very careful what it can access on the outside.
@manton but it is also a huge time sink. At least when you are trying to get the most out of it. Either that or I’m just too stupid to set it up right. So far no proactive „hey I developed this working dashboard or web app for you“ magic over here.
@manton I tried to get it working on a M1 Mac Mini I keep around for such things, but failed hard. I'm not sure why it didn't work, either.
@AlexKucera Yeah, it appears to need a lot of hand-holding at the beginning. I’m trying not to lose too much to it, will just tinker a little here and there.
@manton I installed it on Tuesday and the rest of my week just vanished.
But then again, I generally have a huge problem prying myself away from playing with LLMs since I’ve returned from my surgery rehab four weeks ago. 
@manton And watch out. I might try to scamper out the window to go to that big-ass party down the street. Here 1.4M of its pals are having a banger of a time while the parents are away.
@manton I deleted OpenClaw yesterday. It took too much time away from my work and wasn’t nearly done setting up right. I’ll try again in a few weeks when it has matured a bit. But I still think it has promise.
@AlexKucera I’ve been worried about the distraction with it too. So far I’ve only taken baby steps… Giving it a couple little things to review and send me an update once a day.