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Nanobot: Ultra-Lightweight Alternative to OpenClaw

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Re: Nanobot: Ultra-Lightweight Alternative to OpenClaw

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Post by cyanydeez »

tomlis wrote: post #109
orsorna wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I expect the opposite, where if you are not exploiting your newly freed time with more work, you will be left behind. This is the premise of the comic Power Nap . https://www.powernapcomic.com/powernap/

Well, at some point it's up to us to say 'no.' Weekends have not always been a widely accepted ritual[1]. They only became one because of collective action. Dedicating any and all of your free time to work only becomes a norm if we let it. [1]: https://www.goodwinrecruiting.com/eight-hour-workdays-and-40...

You meanitzup to unions.

Re: Nanobot: Ultra-Lightweight Alternative to OpenClaw

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Post by yberreby »

Jommi wrote: post #93
yberreby wrote: post #49

Watching the OpenClaw/Molbot craze has been entertaining. I wouldn't use it - too much code, changing too quickly, with too little regard for security - but it has inspired me. I often have ideas while cleaning around, cooking, etc. Claude Code (with Opus 4.5) is very capable. I've long wanted to get Claude Code working hands-free. So I took an afternoon and rolled my own STT-TTS voice stack for Claude Code. The voic…

repo?

I'm in the process of migrating from my first POC's disgusting mess of vibe-coded Python to a cleaner (and shareable) Rust architecture. It's going well but I will wait for it to stabilize a bit before sharing.

The main non-trivial parts are proper state machine / concurrency management, and AirPods interaction; in particular, detecting a stem click while the microphone is active. I worked around this by having the mic-off-to-mic-on transition use a media player Play event, and mic-on-to-mic-off do silence detection. It's super hacky but actually works surprisingly well.

Currently looking into using `AVAudioApplication.setInputMuteStateChangeHandler(_:)`, like AirMute [1] does, so that I don't have to rely on silence detection and can manually terminate the voice command with a second click.

If you want to roll your own version of what I described today, it should be pretty easy to do so based on what I wrote if you have a Max x5-x20 plan and feed it to Opus. Bonus points, you get to customize it to your exact needs.

[1]: https://github.com/Solarphlare/AirMute

Re: Nanobot: Ultra-Lightweight Alternative to OpenClaw

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Post by yberreby »

mrbeep wrote: post #119
yberreby wrote: post #49

Watching the OpenClaw/Molbot craze has been entertaining. I wouldn't use it - too much code, changing too quickly, with too little regard for security - but it has inspired me. I often have ideas while cleaning around, cooking, etc. Claude Code (with Opus 4.5) is very capable. I've long wanted to get Claude Code working hands-free. So I took an afternoon and rolled my own STT-TTS voice stack for Claude Code. The voic…

Nice setup! If you ever want to add Telegram alongside WhatsApp, check out tgcli - it's a pure Rust Telegram CLI (no TDLib, no C/C++ deps). https://github.com/dgrr/tgcli It does sync, messages, send, search (FTS5), stickers, forum topics, and has socket IPC for automation. Install via cargo or homebrew. Seems like it'd fit nicely into what you're building.

Looks like a nice library, thanks for sharing! I know Telegram bots are very popular and that the API story is quite nice, but I have tended to avoid Telegram. My preference would be to go through Signal. I just started looking into my options on this yesterday. Any particular reason why you chose Telegram?

Re: Nanobot: Ultra-Lightweight Alternative to OpenClaw

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Post by yberreby »

gdhkgdhkvff wrote: post #83
yberreby wrote: post #49

Watching the OpenClaw/Molbot craze has been entertaining. I wouldn't use it - too much code, changing too quickly, with too little regard for security - but it has inspired me. I often have ideas while cleaning around, cooking, etc. Claude Code (with Opus 4.5) is very capable. I've long wanted to get Claude Code working hands-free. So I took an afternoon and rolled my own STT-TTS voice stack for Claude Code. The voic…

On one hand, I think this project is super cool and something I would use and/or would have loved to build myself for my own use. On the other hand, it makes me wonder if we’re just heading for a future where everyone is just always working, at all times, even while doing other things. “Wow look at our daughter taking her first steps! She’s doing so… wait hold on… No, Claude. I said to name the class “potatoes”, not…

That's a fair point, and I had the exact same thought while building this. I had previously resisted the urge of integrating Claude Code with e.g. ntfy.sh for this reason. But in practice, this works for me. I end up being less likely to spend time on the computer and more likely to be doing something on my feet.

For context, I'm a PhD student. Work-life balance is already... elusive.

Re: Nanobot: Ultra-Lightweight Alternative to OpenClaw

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Post by fathermarz »

I have been inspired by all the use cases that are popping up from a proactive assistant, but lightweight is the last thing I would want when it comes to locking it down.

I started building my own version and before I even think about letting it loose, every facet needs to be designed and thought out. I have more tests than these lightweight libraries have code.

To me I don’t care about the size, I care about not getting wrecked.

Re: Nanobot: Ultra-Lightweight Alternative to OpenClaw

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Post by zophi »

RGamma wrote: post #103
zophi wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Specifically when the document number reaches around 10k+ Where are you getting this? just read the paper and not seeing it -- interested to learn more

The RAG GP used suffered from semantic collapse.

where does it say that + what does GP mean here?

Re: Nanobot: Ultra-Lightweight Alternative to OpenClaw

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Post by azisk1 »

yberreby wrote: post #49

Watching the OpenClaw/Molbot craze has been entertaining. I wouldn't use it - too much code, changing too quickly, with too little regard for security - but it has inspired me. I often have ideas while cleaning around, cooking, etc. Claude Code (with Opus 4.5) is very capable. I've long wanted to get Claude Code working hands-free. So I took an afternoon and rolled my own STT-TTS voice stack for Claude Code. The voic…

I would be happy to create such a system myself though I don't have Airpods. I have Beats Flex and perhaps I could somehow control the input with double volume up and down clicks. Or just use my phone somehow. Would you be willing to write more about your setup, perhaps a blog post?

Re: Nanobot: Ultra-Lightweight Alternative to OpenClaw

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Post by sejje »

somebehemoth wrote: post #95
threethirtytwo wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>There's people saying AI isn't living up its hype / valuation, I don't see many saying "utterly useless". There's more people saying AI doesn't live up to the hype. The people who are saying it's utterly useless is still quite large on HN. It's just that most of them are midway through changing their story because reality is smashing them in the face. >And there's plenty who worship at the altar of Claude. I mean wh…

> There's more people saying AI doesn't live up to the hype. It is possible they are correct and nothing you have written suggests otherwise. > The people who are saying it's utterly useless is still quite large on HN. Are these people's opinions less valid than your own? Are you angry your opinion might be a minority on this one website? > It's just that most of them are midway through changing their story because r…

The problem with those opinions is they add next to nothing, and they often have the least experience with the things they're critiquing.

Those of us who want to explore what people are doing have to wade through piles of comments saying the same thing, with very little difference from comment to comment.

That said, the opinion is quite valid. I think many people will continue to have no use for agents.

Re: Nanobot: Ultra-Lightweight Alternative to OpenClaw

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Post by yberreby »

azisk1 wrote: post #128
yberreby wrote: post #49

Watching the OpenClaw/Molbot craze has been entertaining. I wouldn't use it - too much code, changing too quickly, with too little regard for security - but it has inspired me. I often have ideas while cleaning around, cooking, etc. Claude Code (with Opus 4.5) is very capable. I've long wanted to get Claude Code working hands-free. So I took an afternoon and rolled my own STT-TTS voice stack for Claude Code. The voic…

I would be happy to create such a system myself though I don't have Airpods. I have Beats Flex and perhaps I could somehow control the input with double volume up and down clicks. Or just use my phone somehow. Would you be willing to write more about your setup, perhaps a blog post?

Since this has garnered some interest, I definitely will sit down and write a blog post when I have a little bit of time. I have upgraded the setup since that post a few days ago, and keep doing so continuously; it's always running in the background while I work. There are some rough edges, but the workflow feels like what Siri should have been.
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