What is OpenClaw?

OpenClaw wants to be your JARVIS.

You run it on your own machine, plug it into your chats, email, browser and password manager, then ask it to do things a human assistant would normally do: check your inbox, book things, remember details, prod you about tasks.

Under the hood it’s just an orchestration layer for LLM “agents” – one that plans, others that execute. The idea is not new. What’s new is how much OpenClaw tries to bundle into one opinionated package, and how much work it expects you to do to fit your life into its shape.

Some context to get you started.

If you’ve read my recent posts, you know I’ve been down a rabbit hole trying to apply more engineering-focused skills to my daily work. Over time I’ve been spending quite a bit of time going all-in on understanding how the current LLM models are generating code and how effective they can be at building things I might want to use day-to-day.

My current work environment doesn't naturally reward pushing AI workloads into daily workflows. The ecosystem isn't there yet, and as I’m not a 'real' engineer, it's not my general realm to dabble in. 

So what have I started? Well, I used an LLM to generate a Terraform migration script and some test policies to migrate part of our existing Jamf Pro environment, using the available provider, turns out they’re already pretty good at this.

tl;dr: use AI every day and figure out how to make it work for you. Become a 10x individual at home so when business finally…

AI isn’t fun.. it’s pure excitement, an addiction machine. Honestly, it’s no different from any drug in the way it hooks you. And let’s be real: nobody likes having their own addictions shoved in their face. Maybe that sounds dramatic, but comparing AI users to hard drug addicts isn’t as far-fetched as it seems. I’m not into drugs, but if this is what a good high feels like, then yeah.. I’m hooked.

Why am I doing this to myself 🤔

EDITORS NOTE: I will preface that my intent is to return to the OPSM I purchased these from for remediation of some issues which don't necessarily relate to the frames themselves, which I may bring up in this week-long impressions of the glasses. There may be a follow-up review of OPSM's customer service at a later time.

Honestly? The primary reasoning is that I have longed for a device that can put a camera, microphone and speakers onto my head in the same way that Google Glass once did—just in this case without a display (we're not there yet..)

The biggest issue going into this was the cost which I've got below from a snippet of the invoice from OPSM for my pair, which are intended for me to wear throughout the day as a replacement for regular glasses and sunglasses, more on that bit later, so for me the investment seemed kinda worth it.