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OpenClaw:
Real or Hype?

A Lightning Talk · Marian Boda

The Sceptic

I didn't buy it.

"It's just a thin wrapper on Claude Code"
"I can already do everything this thing advertises"
Meanwhile — fastest growing project on GitHub
People buying Mac Minis just to run it

So I bought a Mac Mini.

( pause for effect )

⚠ Safety First

It's powerful —
and dangerous.

No personal stuff on the machine. No personal accounts.
Created a VM inside — that's where it lives
Ephemeral and isolated. Think pet tiger in a cage.

The Setup

Meet Cedric 🦊

Connected to Telegram first, then moved to Slack
One dedicated Slack channel per project
Sub-agents serve each channel

Infrastructure

Own domain. Own VPS. Dokku.

One prompt → fully deployed project on a subdomain

Prompt

→

Cedric

→

GitHub

→

Dokku

→

*.sandscape.cc

Workflow

From prompt to production

Dedicated code review agent scans every PR
Sub-agents handle the full pipeline: code → test → deploy
Important projects: stops at PR, human has final word

    # what it looks like in practice

    marian: "build a receipt scanner for Slovak shops"

    # ... 20 minutes later ...

    cedric: "deployed → receipts.sandscape.cc ✓"

The Output

~25

projects in a few weeks

🎸

QuadraFuzz

Decompiled & reimplemented an old VST guitar distortion plugin

🎨

Darkwood

Node-based procedural texture editor with WebGL2

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Stronghold

Reimplementation of a classic bomber-style game

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Receipt Validator

Slovak receipt scanner with eKasa API integration

The Verdict

Real. But handle with care.

It IS powerful — the output speaks for itself
It IS dangerous — isolate it properly, no exceptions
You don't need a Mac Mini — one Hetzner VPS is enough

Questions?

Marian Boda

OpenClaw:Real or Hype?