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Autoresearch Runs While I'm Away

Autoresearch Runs While I'm Away

A version of Autoresearch is now in every project on my desktop. When I know I'll walk away for the next hour or so, I just type "AR" and that project improves…

OpenClaw now supports ChatGPT and Gemini subscriptions

OpenClaw now supports ChatGPT and Gemini subscriptions

I was just reading the new OpenClaw README and it clearly says: "OpenClaw supports subscription auth via OAuth for providers that offer it (notably OpenAI…

OpenClaws Are Expensive Without a Subscription

OpenClaws Are Expensive Without a Subscription

I gave a couple of OpenClaws out to folks. I think we've all absolutely loved them. But they're extremely expensive without a subscription. How expensive is…

Agent Orchestration Tool Notes

Agent Orchestration Tool Notes

Some updates on OpenClaw and agent orchestration. I've tried all of this extensively, so these are notes from use rather than from the brochure. Lossless Claw:…

Claude Code in the Middle, Gemini and Codex on Either Side

Claude Code in the Middle, Gemini and Codex on Either Side

On a current project I've got Claude Code in the middle, two screens, with Gemini on the left and Codex on the right for their adversarial challenge. The…

Toggling Between Claude, GPT and Gemini

Toggling Between Claude, GPT and Gemini

A friend has taken the code and simply swapped Claude for GPT, X and Gemini. Now it toggles through all four in VS Code. One little tweak, and it gets the best…

Fast Enough to Replace Claude

Fast Enough to Replace Claude

I'm thinking in all directions now. Start with the question: how many tokens per second could you get from the fast model with commercial inference? For an…

Tokens Per Employee

Tokens Per Employee

Two companies doing the exact same business. One spends $10K a day on LLM tokens. The other spends $200 a month. Which one does Polymarket favor? The answer…

Watch your token-to-ebitda ratio

Watch your token-to-ebitda ratio

My hunch is that savvy investors will make sure those tokens aren't being spent on short-sighted window dressing, and are instead actually laying track for…

Managing multiple Claude Code instances

Managing multiple Claude Code instances

Well, that's exciting. As far as I can tell, the opening is yesterday's Claude Code release. It added a flag called --channels, described as a research preview…

Offering Ragu as a Plugin

Offering Ragu as a Plugin

It feels to me that I need to get my team looking at perhaps offering up Ragu as a plugin. Two questions come with that. Are plugins limited to Claude? And is…

A Big Week for Google Releases

A Big Week for Google Releases

I think it's been a big week for Google releases. Start with AI Studio. It's finally a full-stack development environment, not merely a place to build mockups.…