My Mind Has Been Blown By Tech, And Now It IS About AI
#ai #toolsA month ago I tweeted that my mind was blown by tech and it wasn't AI. Well... here I am writing about AI. OpenClaw changed everything.
A month ago, I tweeted that my mind had been blown by tech — and it wasn't about AI. I was making a little joke because everything is about AI these days. That tweet was about a 3D printer I bought, and I was genuinely amazed by how well it works.
Well. One month later, here I am writing about AI. And yeah — this really feels like the future.
I Was Already Using AI (A Lot)
Like everyone, I was using ChatGPT. Then Raycast with Claude. Then Claude Code came along, and that was a huge step — especially as a developer. Working with such a great tool amazed me, and I was using it almost daily.
But a week ago, I tried OpenClaw (which was called Clawdbot, then Moltbot, and yesterday became OpenClaw — let's hope the name sticks this time 😅).
I saw friends tweeting about it and had no idea what it really was or why I'd need it. But I gave it a try.
I fell in love immediately.
Honestly, this is one of those tools you have to try to fully understand. I watched the tweets, read the hype, and still didn't get it until I set it up myself. Then it clicked.
What Makes It Different
The setup was smooth. I connected it to a Telegram bot, and that combination is just... wild. Talking to my bot in Telegram, having it do things — at first on my machine, controlling everything just by chatting. It felt surreal. It felt like the future.
Similar to Claude Code, it can do a lot. But now it's not limited to one project. It can create new skills, figure out what it needs, install dependencies, and just do it. Absolutely crazy.
I think there are two main reasons why OpenClaw has become so successful (it already has over 130,000 GitHub stars — all of Twitter is talking about it):
1. One Centralized Assistant
Before, I was jumping between tools: Claude Code for coding, Raycast for quick queries, other apps for other things. Now I have just one assistant that does almost all of it.
I can work on my job. I can create Remotion videos. I can do so many different things — all through one interface. It's crazy.
2. The Personal Touch
Having the bot inside Telegram — where I usually only talk to friends and family — makes it feel like I'm talking to a friend. It's such a familiar UI.
And you can give it personality. You can tell the bot how to behave: funny, sarcastic, helpful, whatever fits you. It's so much fun, and it works really well.
Nothing New, But Everything Different
In the end, there are no really new tools here. Under the hood, it's still using the Claude API and Claude Code. But everything glued together feels like something special.
What makes it click? A few key files:
- SOUL.md — defines your assistant's personality. Funny? Professional? Sarcastic? You decide.
- USER.md — context about you. Your timezone, preferences, how you like responses.
- MEMORY.md — long-term memory. It remembers past conversations, decisions, and context.
- Daily memory files — raw logs that get distilled into long-term memory over time.
This is what most AI tools are missing: continuity. Every conversation doesn't start from zero. Your assistant knows you. It remembers what you talked about yesterday. It learns your preferences.
Very similar to what Apple has done many times: not inventing new technology, but bringing it together in a way that just clicks. This is how people want to use AI assistants.
My Setup
My assistant is called Jarvy. I first had it running on my machine, but that's too risky — you shouldn't do this. There have been cases where things went wrong, so you have to be very careful.
Now mine runs on a Laravel Forge VPS. Here's Jarvy's toolbox:
- 🧠 Brain → Claude (Anthropic)
- 💬 Chat → Telegram
- 🎤 Voice → Text → Deepgram
- 🗣 Text → Voice → ElevenLabs
- 🖼 Images → Replicate (FLUX)
- 🔍 Web Search → Brave
- 🎬 Videos → Remotion
- 📅 Calendar → Apple iCloud
- 🏠 Home → Laravel Forge VPS
What really makes it powerful are heartbeats and cron jobs. Jarvy can check in periodically — giving me morning updates about my calendar, tracking Laravel releases for my work, or running scheduled tasks without me having to ask. It's like having an assistant who's always one step ahead.
And that video generation workflow? When there's a new Laravel release, I can create an AI-generated summary video directly from Telegram. I specify the features, and in a few minutes I have a ready video with my cloned voice. Mind-blowing.
It also helps with tweets, video preparation, and work tasks. All the tools I used before — I mainly use my bot now.
What's Next
This is just the beginning. Jarvy and I are still figuring things out — and that's part of the fun.
I'll keep exploring:
- New ways to work together — What tasks make sense to delegate? Where does AI help vs. get in the way?
- Finding the right balance — How much access should I give? Calendar, files, email? Each step needs trust.
- What's actually useful — Not everything that's possible is worth doing. I want tools that save time, not create busywork.
And through all of this: security stays a priority. I'm careful about what runs where, what has access to what, and I always ask before Jarvy does anything new or sensitive. That's our rule.
We're a team now. And like any good team, we'll get better the more we work together.
Give It A Try
If you haven't checked it out yet, give OpenClaw a look. Don't run it on your own machine — be careful with that.
This is so exciting. This really feels like the future.