sooo I set up OpenClaw this weekend and made the rookie mistake of running everything through Claude Opus. $75+ a day just chatting with the thing. Then I realized most of what I was asking it didn't actually need the smartest model. So I set up model routing instead: Gemini Flash for everyday stuff, Sonnet for writing, Opus only for complex builds. If you're using one model for everything, try splitting by task complexity. My daily cost dropped to about $5 overnight. Literally just tell OpenClaw to set this up for you.

After talking with hundreds of AI and automation founders, I’ve noticed the same pattern over and over. They’re smart. They have real experience. They know the tools and can build. But they’re not clear on who they help and what problem they solve. If you’re getting started, ask yourself these four questions: 1. What industries have I actually worked in? 2. What problems was I paid to solve in those roles and what were the outcomes? 3. What was slow, manual, risky, or frustrating about that work? 4. Who feels that pain the most if it’s done poorly? If you can answer those, you should be able to complete this sentence: I help [specific people] achieve [specific result] without [time, cost, or risk bottleneck]. Now you have your offer and can align everything to that.

The best niche isn't sexy. It's: → Boring → Specific → Profitable "AI automation for dentists" beats "AI automation for everyone." Go narrow. Plus, you can always expand later. What niche are you targeting rn?

I’ve been using agents + Anti-Gravity a lot more than n8n of late — not a 1:1 replacement… but it’s getting there. I was recording a quick walkthrough video on that, and figured I’d share what I’m actually using because it’s stupid practical: I don’t love cold outreach by volume. I’d rather anchor messages to intent. So I built a little pipeline that mines Google Reviews for signals like:“they ghosted me” / “no one called back” / “they were late” If someone’s telling the internet that… that’s a signal. Might as well use it! Workflow (Anti-Gravity + Claude Opus 4.5): - pick niche + location (demo: moving companies in Texas) - scrape Google Reviews - filter for fixable pain points (ghosted / no response / late / etc.) - enrich contacts → output CSV - Opus writes personalized outreach anchored to the exact review This is 100% possible in N8N, but I was able to wire that all up with natural language in like an afternoon... WAY less fiddling! What other “intent signals” would you mine like this? 👇

Biggest contract of my career thusfar. Over the next 24 months - BUNCHA legwork up front but I can largely automate the process in the next 6 weeks - then it's just maintenance. Can't talk too much about it but I GOT the contract doing the boring grindy stuff. Showing up for folks, doing a good job when called upon, not being afraid to learn. This project was a referral, from ANOTHER referral that didn't pay much at all haha. The message I'm trying to share here isn't: FUCKIN' PAT ME ON THE BACK. It's that the way you do one thing, is the way you do everything - small gig, huge gig, you should be treating every project like it's your shot at the majors... because it could be. That doesn't mean walk in there like you're the wizard of Oz, it's okay not to know stuff, what will set you apart is how you are to work with. A year ago I would see posts like this and get pretty like, frustrated - how the actual fuck do I get there, there's gotta be something wrong with ME. That's not true at all - the only thing differentiating you from your mentors is time, is consistency. SO - what're y'all going to commit to doing every day?