If you have activity bias, ADHD or anything resembling OCD, OpenClaw is a terrible drug and productivity poison. After 40 days in the trenches with this thing, my life is measurably worse. OpenClaw is a lot like crypto trading, gambling or playing video games. Most ppl are going to lose, and you’re going to feel like shit when you’re done - likely only 1% of ppl will find it additive to their lives. I am in a constant state of stress. I’m skipping workouts, my vision is fucked from 12-15 hrs a day on screens, my forearms are fucked from too much typing. There’s a never-ending maze of rabbit holes to fall down, footguns to step on and moles to whack. Plus when you finally do get it going, you start projects and don’t finish them because half way through something breaks. I’m not hitting the gym as often as I should, not eating right and I’ve completely lost sight of my goals and why I started in the first place. The idea of OpenClaw is so compelling and it’s very exciting when I get glimpses of what the future is going to be like when this is not a patchwork of chaos. This tech is dangerous. I know I said this last week but I need to take a break … I’m burnt out from all the constant debugging and errors across every fucking surface of this thing. It’s like trying to fly a plane without a license … oh and it’s on fire…and you’re on crack.
