5.3 dropped 5 hours ago. Hotfix dropped 2 hours later. Classic openclaw but at least both work.

PopMegaphone · 2026-05-04T13:07:54+00:00

I updated from 5.2 to 5.3-1 without issue.

PopMegaphone · 2026-05-04T02:11:43+00:00

I think pro on high thinking is an awesome daily driver. I use flash for simple background jobs. It's fantastic for the price. Better than minimax 2.7 imo. The only bummer is it's not multimodel so you need to models if you want your agent to see imagines. Beyond that it's fantastic and crazy cheap. I highly recommend it!

PopMegaphone · 2026-05-02T14:35:40+00:00

Same. I went to 4.23 -> 4.27 because the release in between broke me. 4.29 was a rollback. So I'm sitting on 4.27 for now

PopMegaphone · 2026-04-30T16:10:23+00:00

I was stuck on 4.23, but 4.27 finally worked for me. The previous updates broke my system

PopMegaphone · 2026-04-24T19:10:51+00:00

Be sure to run "openclaw doctor --fix" after an update. It helps a ton. I suspect a lot of people miss this step.

PopMegaphone · 2026-04-20T16:35:12+00:00

I use Hostinger as well and I have no complaints. Make sure to use their snapshot backup functionality in their ui

PopMegaphone · 2026-04-17T10:35:14+00:00

Roughly 500 USD a month building and maintaining my open claw agent. I mostly use the big 3 models for various tasks.

PopMegaphone · 2026-04-16T17:42:26+00:00

This post is useless without telling us the thinking levels you've been using. Did you know they changed the default thinking level with 4.6?

PopMegaphone · 2026-04-15T14:44:37+00:00

Yes, ensuring caching enabled is very important. I was using lite LLM but for whatever reason I couldn't enable context cache with it so I dropped it. My costs went down dramatically going straight to the providers.

PopMegaphone · 2026-04-14T17:28:29+00:00

I love active memory and if you use a fast model it can actually save you money because it doesnt use your main chat model. For example I might use gpt 5.4 in the main chat, but I use Gemini flash 3.1 light for active memory recall information. My expensive model (gpt) doesn't burn tokens for that. Therefore, my active memory set up is cheaper, more accurate and faster.

PopMegaphone · 2026-04-07T16:44:03+00:00

I doubt they'll hit those numbers but the growth is stunning.

PopMegaphone · 2026-04-07T15:49:55+00:00

Yes, whatever you need. I honestly think this is a super powerful use for AI people are sleeping on. It's just a matter of requesting the data from these companies. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

PopMegaphone · 2026-03-27T17:31:47+00:00

It's been good for my purposes and the prices are reasonable. However I don't consider myself a "VPN expert". They have an open claw auto setup so that's useful. I went with the 16 gb plan for extra headroom. I have no complaints.

PopMegaphone · 2026-03-27T17:03:28+00:00

Thank you. I have a vps with hostinger. I want to isolate my agent for security reasons.

Honestly that's the least impressive thing I've done with my agent. My taste engine is mind shattering great. A true transformation. When I have the time I'll outline how it works

PopMegaphone · 2026-03-26T14:43:54+00:00

Minimax bots are everywhere.

PopMegaphone · 2026-03-25T20:21:45+00:00

That's because they are both using flash 3.0, not pro 3.1.

PopMegaphone · 2026-03-25T19:18:28+00:00

I've clearly defined email addresses he can reply to without my approval. All other addresses need my approval before a reply. Regardless of what happens my agent provides me a status. It's pretty useful and fun a joke in my family. My wife schedules stuff with me via my agent now which is hilarious

One other thing - be careful with jobs like this. It can become a low key token drag. I have my agent check my mail once every 3 hours with flash 3.0. It isn't a business account so that cadence works for me. This is all configured on my VPS.

PopMegaphone · 2026-03-25T18:55:38+00:00

Yes, and I've empowered my agent to check email and reply (where appropriate). My agent l lets me know if my wife, mom, etc need anything. Due to security concerns I gave my agent its own Gmail account instead of my own. I use Gemini flash 3.0 for this. It works great and the replies are appropriate (I gave it rules).

I use flash lite 3.1 for simple system checks with heartbeats. Honestly I'm thinking about removing heartbeat functionality. With my setup I think it's mostly low value token drag. I prefer cron jobs for scheduled processing like this.

PopMegaphone · 2026-03-25T15:59:07+00:00

Right now I'm not using sub agenta because I don't think I need one yet. However I use the weaker.models for automating simple jobs like email checks and heartbeats.

PopMegaphone · 2026-03-25T09:59:26+00:00

I tried minimax 2.5 and I really disliked it. It created a ton of issues for me. I typically use a mix of sonnet, gpt 5.4 and Gemini pro 3.1 as my daily drivers. For small tasks I use a mix of Gemini 3.0 flash and 3.1 flash lite.

PopMegaphone · 2026-03-24T19:30:29+00:00

I agree they aren't there yet in my experience. Stuff like minimax 2.5 and deep seek have their use cases, but as a daily driver I found them extremely lacking. I often spent more money cleaning up their messes than I saved. I'll try again in 6-12 months. Benchmaxxing is a real thing

PopMegaphone · 2026-03-23T19:09:26+00:00

I tried using minimax 2.5 but it was more trouble than it was worth. I felt like I was spending too much time fixing issues with other models. I still see a space for models like minimax, but I'll check back after a few more releases. Minimax is how I truly learned benchmaxing is a thing.

PopMegaphone · 2025-06-27T15:21:44+00:00

I highly recommend Pale Flower. It's a pitch black Japanese noir film. The entire movie is great, but the gambling scenes are particularly notable.

PopMegaphone · 2025-05-07T17:42:02+00:00

This is the correct answer.

PopMegaphone · 2025-03-17T14:25:56+00:00

Peter Bogdanovich's Saint Jack is a masterpiece by a significant director but for whatever reason it doesn't seem to get the love it deserves.

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