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Question: Why do people want to do this with their mac mini? Can you not do all of this with a hosted VM instance? A mic mini makes it easier for people to set up? Everything still has to talk to data on the cloud right?

Mac Mini is a gateway to iMessage. That’s really it.

Re: Show HN: DenchClaw – Local CRM on Top of OpenClaw

#122
The claw cesspool boldly thinks they are smart for just making all these things and probably thinks they came up with novel ideas, when everyone who has the slightest clue what is going on is petrified. Its clear these concepts are going to happen at one point, but we don't even have an answer how to do half of this safely. The worst part is that clawcels will use these for “outreach” and “content”

Re: Show HN: DenchClaw – Local CRM on Top of OpenClaw

#123

Question: Why do people want to do this with their mac mini? Can you not do all of this with a hosted VM instance? A mic mini makes it easier for people to set up? Everything still has to talk to data on the cloud right?

Mac Mini is a gateway to iMessage. That’s really it.

Ah, that makes a lot of sense!

(Do not use imessage, a Whatsapp user, and we can access that through the browser, which means you can plug it into an extension)

Re: Show HN: DenchClaw – Local CRM on Top of OpenClaw

#124
Love the local-first approach. The "just ask it to import my Notion" thing via browser automation is really nice.

One thing I keep coming back to though - what if the tool could actually watch how you use your CRM and then suggest automations based on what it sees you doing repeatedly?

I've been building something called MemoryLane (https://github.com/deusXmachina-dev/memorylane) that does exactly this - it captures screen activity, spots repeated workflows, and suggests automations. Works as an MCP server so you can plug it into Claude or Cursor. Instead of you having to describe what you want automated, it just watches and proposes stuff.

Have you thought about adding something like pattern detection to denchclaw? Feels like it'd fit really well with the "everything app" direction. For us the most useful engine for executing skills and automations is surprisingly cowork thus far, haha

Re: Show HN: DenchClaw – Local CRM on Top of OpenClaw

#125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mac Mini is a gateway to iMessage. That’s really it.

Ah, that makes a lot of sense! (Do not use imessage, a Whatsapp user, and we can access that through the browser, which means you can plug it into an extension)

The vast majority of americans have never used whatsapp, if they’ve even heard of it.

Re: Show HN: DenchClaw – Local CRM on Top of OpenClaw

#126

Question: Why do people want to do this with their mac mini? Can you not do all of this with a hosted VM instance? A mic mini makes it easier for people to set up? Everything still has to talk to data on the cloud right?

You can do it serverless, github and api keys is all you need - https://github.com/stephengpope/thepopebot

The openclaw-like system built using 'free compute' from github

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