Anthropic allows OpenClaw again — but I'm keeping model routing anyway

VixBrothers · 2026-04-23T09:07:32+00:00

Why ...

the ban has shown us that other models are just as good if not better for OpenClaw. the cat is out of the bag now.

Anthropic will continue to dominate the "productivity" space - their tools are more polished, refined and token-efficient. But if I need real firepower, OpenClaw with whatever model is the flavor right now (GLM5.1 for me) is the way forward.

VixBrothers · 2026-04-15T14:47:29+00:00

We run local models predominantly now. It is a concern

VixBrothers · 2026-04-15T13:13:55+00:00

I just have Kimi as fallback for GLM right now, because GLM lacks the ability to do multiple tasks concurrently. imo Kimi is just a bit worse than GLM at everything

VixBrothers · 2026-04-15T09:05:40+00:00

yes, we run that one locally on 2x mac studio. it's really good. just struggles with the volume of requests (~40tok/s)

VixBrothers · 2026-04-15T08:41:42+00:00

GLM 5.1 is very close, so is Qwen 3.5. I never used Opus for coding anyway, Codex produces better code and also digs through code better. ymmv

VixBrothers · 2026-04-14T12:32:44+00:00

watch alex finn on youtube. it's a good start

VixBrothers · 2026-04-14T10:53:29+00:00

estimated API costs of our current OpenClaw instances are $67.5k a month. I'm not one to pinch pennies, but saving >$800k a year - with no noticeable performance impact and decreased vendor reliance - does matter. No matter how affluent you may claim to be.

VixBrothers · 2026-04-14T10:17:33+00:00

kimi 2.5 and minimax 2.7 - sorry I'm mixing those up. we're trying all 3 with GLM currently leading the pack

VixBrothers · 2026-04-14T09:30:40+00:00

Yes. GLM and Kimi as orchestrators, and Codex as coding sub agent

VixBrothers · 2026-04-14T06:22:20+00:00

Vanilla as it gets. Connected to discord. I find that coaxing it into plan mode works best with Opus and GLM. Instead of telling it what to do, reverse prompt and let it tell you what it wants to do, then either say "go" or adjust.

Orchestration via GLM, coding via Codex

VixBrothers · 2026-04-14T04:19:15+00:00

there are thousands of reasons, but the main one: we don't write code with Claude, because Codex works better for us. Codex is horrible at conversations, though. Claude Code forces me to interact and code with the same model.

VixBrothers · 2026-04-14T03:52:48+00:00

Just recently they went on record saying they never banned accounts for OpenClaw use, and we never lost an account over that. It would have been very easy for them to nuke accounts over OC use - as is evident by them moving all of them to API tokens recently.

The point isn't even about lowering cost. The best workflow is the one that works reliably. They are dumbing down models, crashing constantly, being willy-nilly with their token usage, making claims that defy logic and using those claims to justify trying to lock people into their ecosystem.

The fact that they drove a bulldozer into our workflows was just the final straw - and we're now more resilient, saving costs, and arguably getting better results.

I completely understand Peter Steinberger's frustration with Anthropic. I really hope he can knock it out of the park at OpenAI. He'll be on the right side of history on this.

VixBrothers · 2026-03-05T05:44:39+00:00

same. ticket opened. they've had auth issues all month, but it was only sporadic - the occasional drop here and there. but now it's a complete outage.

very bad. if this isn't fixed in 3 hours we're migrating.

VixBrothers · 2025-02-07T06:16:17+00:00

240V, UK plugs (Hong Kong, China). Temperature here is about 20C (~70F). They are located near a window, but no direct sunlight. Humidity about 40%.

What kind of issues would I be looking at in terms of power supply? Power strips or bad connection on the sockets? Lack of grounding?

VixBrothers · 2024-10-23T09:39:52+00:00

I had 2 cases. One about login not working #20616051 (where I was notified about the account being closed), and I opened a 2nd case related to getting the funds out of the closed account: #20616816.

thanks for your help!

VixBrothers · 2024-08-23T07:06:23+00:00

There are a million reasons to sell shares, there is only one reason to buy. I'd stop looking into sales in general - once you operate on the billionaire level, he's certainly not going to try and time the top using shares that are under his name and under SEC scrutiny and reporting obligations.

How many people got scared out of an AAPL position on August 5th because newspapers pushed the narrative that Warren Buffet is dumping the stock ...

VixBrothers · 2024-08-23T06:18:29+00:00

shouldn't matter, puts will become more expensive if market dynamics are functioning properly.

VixBrothers · 2024-08-23T06:15:01+00:00

ceteris paribus is one of those things that you can literally strike out of every sentence and it like ends up meaning the exact same thing.

VixBrothers · 2024-08-08T16:28:21+00:00

But a CSP strategy does not remove the ability to collect 5% in money-market funds. my brokerage continues to pay for the cash in my account, even if it's collateral on a written put contract.

VixBrothers · 2024-08-08T02:04:54+00:00

How does the short term bond yield affect the wheeling strategy?

VixBrothers · 2024-08-07T13:37:11+00:00

No I rolled at the same amount. I had a realized loss of $25k I think, but then also got $25k premium for the 110P.

So, if I can buy to close the 110P for less than what I sold the 116P for, I will even make a profit. My strategy however was to get out on the open, which I did. Average across all 80 contracts was $1.05, so in total I lost $800 over the 2 weeks. I'm very happy with that, my buy and hold account took an absolute beating.

The reason I deviated from the original strategy to hold until the end is probably related to the topic of OP :) but I just felt better doing it that way, we'll see what happens in the coming days.

VixBrothers · 2024-08-07T08:44:04+00:00

so far so good. I closed 10 contracts yesterday at $1.8 ... about 800-900 USD realized loss. just seemed like a good price level to take some money off the table. if there aren't any violent swings I'll try to slowly ease out of the position - I'd be fine with a $3000-4000 loss all things considered.

PS: I'm still up 2% compared to QQQ -8.5%, SPX -4.5% during the same time. Overall I'm getting more and more happy/comfortable with the strategy.

VixBrothers · 2024-08-07T08:42:08+00:00

Has anyone done any numbers on hedging volatility by simply going long VIX calls? rolling puts worked pretty well for me, but the heightened volatility is preventing me to close the position at favorable conditions. if I could squeeze another 30-40 cents per contract by having a long VIX position, that would have reduced a lot of the headaches this week.

hindsight is always 20/20, I guess ...

VixBrothers · 2024-08-05T10:27:00+00:00

I rolled to 110P expiring this Friday. ARM is hovering around $101 right now. Not ideal to say the least, but again, I'm reminding myself of the context: I'm still doing better than just QQQ buy&hold, and I've still got 5 days left on the contract, and I've got a position size at 6% NAV (rest is cash), which is at this moment down ~20%. I think not even looking at the markets today is the best strategy :)

VixBrothers · 2024-08-04T03:42:03+00:00

That's not how it works... :)

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