Lately, as I’ve been tinkering with OpenClaw in various ways, I’ve been going through quite a lot of trial and error. It makes me think that learning something new and getting comfortable with it ultimately comes down to exactly this kind of tedious, repetitive process.
Learning a new technology is harder than it looks, and in practice, each individual setting seems to take far more hands-on effort and time than I expected.
Worried about security issues, I started out cautiously testing on an old, unused laptop I had lying around. The moment I became convinced “oh, this could actually work,” I ordered a Mac Mini, and it finally arrived after about a month. Setting things up on the Mac Mini is definitely much smoother than on a Windows laptop, but there are still plenty of hurdles left to clear, and the trial and error hasn’t been trivial either.
Working with several different foundation models, I keep running into various difficulties, and I’m learning along the way. Above all, token consumption is bigger than I expected — I’ve got a stubborn urge to “see how far this can go,” so I keep experimenting, but I’m also a bit cautious, since one wrong move could land me with a shocking bill.
If anyone here has already been down this road, I’d really appreciate it if you could point me to any “proven tips” or reference material you’ve accumulated along the way.
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