Open Claw = Pasta Maker

Everyone’s talking about OpenClaw right now. I haven’t actually played with it yet because the security implications are fucking wild. I ordered a dedicated Mac Mini just to keep this thing quarantined.

Here’s how I’ve been thinking about it.

Back in the day, we used to joke about “spaghetti code.” You’d open an application inside was a pile of noodles. Logic going everywhere, no clear structure. Pull on one strand and something totally unrelated would change. You know, messy!

With AI, the quality of code matters less or not at all. Spaghetti code isn’t going anywhere. In fact we are about the witness the Cambrian Explosion of spaghetti code.

(OpenClaw pulls up a chair)

If spaghetti code is the mess, OpenClaw is the pasta maker. It’s not noodles. It’s the machine that extrudes the noodles.

I’m calling OpenClaw the “Pasta Maker” because it’s going to make lots of messy stuff.

OpenClaw = Pasta Maker

• Incredible? → Yes.
• Useful? → It appears so.
• Maintainable? → Uh, I guess so?…
• Secure? → LOL

This thing feels powerful in the same way a wild animal is powerful. To another metaphor!

Think about a lion tamer. Circus vibes. (This reference feels dated now) A person with a chair and a whip convincing a lion to jump on a stool, spin around, and go back into a cage. That only works because that person has the exact mix of experience, intuition, skill, and respect for the danger involved.

OpenClaw = Pasta Maker = Lion

In the right hands, it’s astonishing. But if most of us jump into that cage? We’re getting eaten alive…and our money taken…

So yeah — I’m excited. The potential is obvious. But this isn’t a tool you casually toss into your workflow. If I had poorer judgement I’d go steal… I mean…exploit a market opportunity.

I’ll report back once I’ve spent more time with it.

Epilogue

Apparently OpenClaw rebranded, like, three times in a week.

Here’s the thing about product-led growth: if the product is actually good, it doesn’t fucking matter what it’s called. That’s how you know the product is speaking for itself.

Epilogue 2

The flying spaghetti monster is smiling upon us all.