Productivity

It feels like AI enthusiasts have been on an emotional roller coaster these past few days: First, they heard about something called Clawdbot—looks like a lobster?—and thought: What is this? Why is everyone sharing it? Why don’t I have it yet? So they frantically read articles and ordered a Mac mini. Then came the analysis posts saying this thing is extremely dangerous, has way too many permissions, absolutely terrifying—uninstall it now! So everyone nervously uninstalled, shut down, wiped their systems, and listed their machines on secondhand markets (maybe the 🦞 got sold too, haha). ...

Clawdbot suddenly blew up recently, which I find both surprising and inevitable. I’ve been using Clawdbot for three weeks now, and I’ve been incredibly excited every single day because it genuinely feels like science fiction has become reality. Friends who follow me probably noticed I was pretty hyped those first few days—and those who chatted with me definitely felt it, haha. OK, I’m writing this to give a simple recommendation, share some of my daily use cases, and most importantly, offer some setup tips and lessons from the potholes I’ve stepped in. ...

If you use voice-to-text often, you already know the problem: Whisper transcripts are usually not ready to ship. You get filler words, no punctuation, and sentences that run forever. You can either fix it manually, or you accept something that looks like a raw dump. While testing Apple’s on-device Foundation Model, I found it’s surprisingly good at one specific job: acting like a tiny local editor. It turns a “spoken” transcript into something you can actually paste into notes, chat, or a doc. ...

If you’re someone actively exploring the AI era, you should have your own Discord Server. I call my Discord Server the “Doomsday Cabin.” The name might sound a bit dramatic, but it’s genuinely my most relied-upon work environment right now. “Doomsday” is a mental anchor I set for myself—the imagery helps me imagine being in the quiet of a wilderness, having one place I know still works, storing everything important to me. No matter how noisy or fast-changing things get outside, I still have a quiet place to continue working, thinking, and iterating. ...