Writings / Blog
Notes from the build layer.
Technical stories first. Essays, experiments, and other categories can widen from here once the publishing rhythm is proven.
Connecting OpenClaw to Google Calendar: OAuth, Read-Only Scopes, and the Seven-Day Trap
A practical walkthrough of giving a self-hosted AI assistant useful Calendar context without handing it permission to change anything, plus the OAuth detail that can quietly break the setup a week later.
Troubleshooting OpenClaw Gateway: Fixing Configuration Schema Errors and Version Drift
A gateway update broke configuration validation, split the CLI and service onto different OpenClaw versions, and took the Telegram bot plus web UI offline until the schema issue and version drift were repaired cleanly.
Five Years of Delay, One Fast Push: Shipping My Site with OpenClaw Already in Motion
A long-delayed personal website finally went live once OpenClaw was already running on the same server, turning a vague intention into a fast sequence of real decisions, deployment steps, and shipping momentum.
Building OpenClaw on a Hetzner VPS Without Turning It Into a Toy Demo
A builder-focused walkthrough of installing OpenClaw on a Hetzner VPS, exposing it safely through Caddy, wiring it to a real domain, and turning it into a practical execution layer instead of another half-finished experiment.