OpenClaw Isn’t Turnkey Yet — Here’s What It’s Like to Actually Use It
After two weeks using OpenClaw day to day, it feels powerful but not turnkey. Here is what worked, what broke, and why I would still treat it as a development project.
After two weeks using OpenClaw day to day, it feels powerful but not turnkey. Here is what worked, what broke, and why I would still treat it as a development project.
After one week with OpenClaw and my AI assistant Kelex, the biggest lesson is simple: local AI assistants are powerful, useful, and still need serious guardrails.
Atlas removed GPT and shortcut access from the sidebar, but you can recreate much of that workflow by saving reusable prompts as markdown files and attaching them directly inside Atlas.
I tested Claude across the web app, desktop app, CLI, and Chrome extension to see where the hype is actually coming from. My short answer: Claude still feels strongest for coding, especially when you use Claude Code in the terminal with planning mode.
Meta buying Limitless matters because AI memory devices are moving from niche gadgets into mainstream tech. The real question is whether they can be useful all day without turning privacy into an afterthought.
Atlas removed slash commands from the Ask sidebar, which means quick access to GPT-based shortcuts is gone for now. If your workflows depended on them, Comet currently handles this better.
I tested Comet and Atlas on a real browser automation task: filling missing product descriptions in a Kit.co everyday carry page. Comet got through the workflow Atlas could not chain together.
OpenAI Atlas has real potential as an AI browser, but it is not ready to replace Comet yet. The biggest issues are agent mode limits, missing profiles, weak extension integration, and no DOM browsing.
Apple’s iPhone 17 event had new hardware, but the bigger story was what Apple did not say: almost nothing about AI, glasses, Vision Pro, or where Siri goes next.
Meta has an early lead in AI glasses, but Apple or Google could change the race quickly if they connect glasses to their existing ecosystems in a useful, privacy-aware way.
After two months with Oakley Meta frames, AI glasses still feel more like smart camera glasses than true AI companions. The future depends on better AI, better battery life, and less ecosystem lock-in.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image can repair and colorize old family photos quickly, but the best results came from damaged black-and-white images. Newer photos mostly saw cleanup, and some faces may change slightly.