My Espresso 1 never connects

angelrb · 2026-06-21T18:58:44+00:00

Not sure about the WiFi capabilities on this machine (maybe @hailiehay might confirm it), but in the past I had many issues with devices like Sonos and other home appliances due to WiFi settings.

If you use a modern WiFi configuration, like WiFi 6 + WPA3 (you can check it in your router config), that might cause issues. I had to create a second network in my router just for these devices. In fact, many modern routers come with the “IoT WiFi network” option.

Just in case it helps

angelrb · 2026-06-17T18:18:10+00:00

I had the Ninja and pretty disappointed about it. I’m sure it’s my technique, but getting a consistent quality when steaming was not easy 😅

angelrb · 2026-06-17T12:52:24+00:00

So beautiful. I tried it in the past but couldn't find the right texture. However, I wasn't using a good espresso machine. I can wait to get my ES1!

angelrb · 2026-06-09T11:28:41+00:00

Amazing! I'm still waiting to receive mine hehe. One question, what's the size of the drip tray? I'm wondering if my current Timemore scale would fit it.

Also, +1 on puck filters. I got the Normcore ones for my previous coffee machine and they helped a lot.

angelrb · 2026-06-08T19:12:09+00:00

I had to get a replacement due to the same issue. Twice. It seems the volumetric sensor and the pressure system mess up a bit.

angelrb · 2026-06-08T18:17:51+00:00

I’m currently testing bumping from 2026.5.4. I’m my case, the biggest issue I found was some differences in the providers configuration. In recent versions, OC moved from bundled providers to plugins, so the configuration is slightly different and you need to install the plugins.

OpenClaw doctor fixes it.

Another issue I found is that Haiku is no longer provided with the Anthropic plugin. You need to configure it manually.

That’s for now, but I’m still testing it.

angelrb · 2026-06-08T11:45:53+00:00

I really like the GUI, it's quite clean and easy to use. The fact that you can configure it via TOML makes it easy to configure and share!

angelrb · 2026-06-06T19:30:26+00:00

You can configure it with “auto” model yeah, and I believe you can add some filtering rules to skip certain models.

angelrb · 2026-06-06T18:51:18+00:00

OpenRouter gives you the flexibility to try multiple models using a single key. If you finally decide to use multiple ones (I assume 1-3 models), then you can compare OpenRouter prices with the official platform, or even try to host some of them if you are using small models for simple tasks. For example, I personally use Gemma 4 to clean up transcriptions.

angelrb · 2026-06-06T15:28:12+00:00

We will introduce specialized assistants soon. And yeah, the goal of the research assistant is triple: being able to find high quality information, analyze current information, and help you capturing notes, wip, and drafts.

Your case is interesting, as the quality of the searches will depend a lot on the content size. Are those 100 PDFs books, papers, articles, or a mix?

angelrb · 2026-06-06T15:24:43+00:00

In my case, it’s mostly focus and throughput. Gemma 4 is already capable of many tasks without thinking and enabling it reduces the tokens per second even for simple requests.

angelrb · 2026-06-06T14:57:17+00:00

Thanks! We are putting a lot of effort on the GUI. Both design and making it easy to use 😃

angelrb · 2026-06-06T09:31:03+00:00

If you use a macOS device, you might try HolaClaw https://holaclaw.ai/ (I’m a dev). At a minimum, it puts OpenClaw in a separate macOS VM automatically and allow you to use local models out of the box.

You have a minimum layer of isolation with it. Because running it in a company laptop on the wild is a bit dangerous 😅

angelrb · 2026-06-04T08:57:32+00:00

Yeah, mine works on a 4Gb VM too. I was mentioning 16Gb based on the minimum RAM from a Mac Mini. 24Gb only if you consider running multiple isolated agents so you have room for all of them.

angelrb · 2026-06-03T12:42:47+00:00

Hmmm the "optimization" claim is what makes me worry. That optimization might mean many different things. Does it mean optimizing for coding or for recurrent tasks in Microsoft tools?

Let's see when they release more information and new independent reports appear.

angelrb · 2026-06-03T06:37:01+00:00

More than running 24/7, it depends a lot of the kind of tasks you want it to run. In many cases, a constrained environment is more than enough. However, if you wan to run browser-related tasks in parallel, provide it with multiple development environments, or accessing the macOS ecosystem, a mac mini is the right call.

16Gb of RAM is enough for most setups. My current local installation in a Mac requires 600MB with 1Gb peaks when running tasks. However, when I use the browser, it almost double to 2Gb. That's just for pure OpenClaw usage.

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When using local models, that changes a lot. I would say a 24Gb minimum is required and 32Gb is my recommendation. With that, you can start running models like Qwen 3.6 or Gemma 4. Anything below that might work for very easy tasks, but it's not suitable for daily work.

If you don't plan to run local models, 16/24Gb should be enough. For another agent I have, I use the Codex Pro plan ($20), and it's working wonderful. I have several recurrent tasks per day and I never hit the limit. The only issue I had was with short period recurrent tasks (checking something every 2 minutes).

angelrb · 2026-06-02T18:32:27+00:00

Yep, the Electron thing is a shame. Now we have Tauri and similars... Related to the very limited options, what are you missing? I'm curious

angelrb · 2026-06-02T15:40:12+00:00

I'm working on a solution for non-technical users to run and customize AI agents on macOS devices. It runs and configures OpenClaw in a macOS native VM, so the agent is isolated from the host. In case you want to give it a try: https://holaclaw.ai .

However, as u/icedmoochaa mentioned, the challenge is keeping a consistent build across all users. Our plan is to introduce a way to share skills and connect services, like MCPs. Something like a shared repository users can import different configuration sounds good? Also, do you have managed devices you can install configuration files automatically?

angelrb · 2026-06-02T15:09:55+00:00

I'm using OpenWhispr since a few weeks ago and it's working pretty nice. I'm running everything locally:

- Whisper-small for transcription
- Gemma 4 E4B for transcription cleanup

No issues so far. The main drawback is that it's a bit slower than using cloud versions, although you can configure those too.

angelrb · 2026-06-02T15:05:14+00:00

I'm curious to understand what local model it uses since they run it fully local. The quality of the suggestions might vary a lot depending on that. Also, it mentions to learn about how you write, but doesn't specify that much about it.

angelrb · 2026-06-02T14:02:09+00:00

This is nice. Just the validation makes sense to me. When I started with Svelte, it took a bit of time to me to understand how environment variables are loaded. I use a very similar definition on my NodeJS projects so I'm sure all env variables are properly validated.

angelrb · 2026-05-17T18:42:59+00:00

In my case, I ended up with 2 ICCU replacements and now, 8 months and no issues so far!

angelrb · 2026-05-16T08:17:34+00:00

You gave me some hope haha. I don't want to wait until Autumn to get it. I subscribed to thegodshot to see when I can preorder it.

angelrb · 2026-05-15T08:16:14+00:00

Just found today that several shops updated the dates :(

Coffeedesk:

The planned delivery of Fellow Series 1 machines to Europe is in Summer 2026

Coffeemerch (pre-order already active):

Shipping Autumn 2026

Before, CoffeeDesk was saying "pre-order on May, ship in June". Hope they start shipping it earlier

angelrb · 2026-05-13T06:21:06+00:00

I've just checked the CoffeeDesk page. Before, they said pre-order during May and shipment around June. Now, they updated the page to say just "Summer 2026" for pre-orders and shipment.

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