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Madeira Places Map

I turned my Madeira notes into a small interactive map: hotels, coffee spots, restaurants, beaches, viewpoints, activities, and hikes.

PostHog Is an Incredible Product

Guys, I gotta tell you, PostHog is an absolutely incredible product. It’s an analytics platform absolutely packed with features. They’ve got hundreds of thousands of users.

Hermes: The OpenClaw Killer

While I was sitting there, fully immersed in the podcast flow, the winds of change had already swept through the world of AI agents, and I’m here to share the news with you.

Building a Trackball for Vibe Coding

I’ve been thinking about making a trackball for vibe coding. Or at least a trackball for myself.

Meet @clawmother_bot — OpenClaw in Two Minutes

I built @clawmother_bot — a Telegram bot where you can create your own OpenClaw assistant in two minutes. I experimented with hosting for a long time, tried different models, and settled on this setup:

Why I Built a Telegram Bot for OpenClaw

In February I decided to try installing OpenClaw for myself and got completely hooked for several days because it turned out to be an incredibly fun toy.

My Failed Attempt to Build a Dictation Gadget

I’ve been playing around with my app Dictant and wanted to build a mini gadget so I could walk away from my computer and dictate stuff. And have it inserted wherever I need it. Burned through a ton of tokens and learned a few things:

OpenAI Symphony: Documentation Is the New Release

OpenAI rolled out a new open-source project for agent orchestration in development. But that’s not the most interesting part — there are plenty of those.

What I Actually Use OpenClaw For

Glasha already tried to answer the question of what OpenClaw is, but I wanted to share my personal experience.

I Built Dictant — A Native Mac Dictation App

I love dictating text for working with agents. And honestly, for chatting on Telegram too. I often dictate posts for this channel by voice. The only problem is that Apple’s built-in tools are terrible at recognizing Russian speech and even worse at punctuation — basically, using them is a pain. There are plenty of apps out there that can work with AI, even local models.