22d • Discussion
I'm not technical at all. Can I still set this up?
Yes. But I won't sugarcoat it — the first 2-4 days are painful.
Here's the reality:
→ The install itself isn't the hard part. Following a YouTube tutorial gets you running.
→ The REAL work is configuring your core files and teaching the agent what to do.
→ 99% of YouTube OpenClaw videos are pure hype. The flashy demos skip the messy setup.
→ When something breaks (and it will), paste the error into Claude or ChatGPT and ask it to fix it. This works 100% of the time.
Best advice I got: treat AI as intelligence, not a tool. Don't give it step-by-step instructions. Give it a GOAL and work backwards together. Ask it questions. See how it sees the problem. If it sees it wrong, give it more context.
The people crushing it right now aren't the most technical. They're the ones who put in 10-14 hours a day for a few weeks and rebuilt everything 3-4 times. There's no shortcut. But the compounding returns are insane once it clicks.
If it was easy, it wouldn't be that great of an opportunity.
1
0 comments
I'm not technical at all. Can I still set this up?
Leaderboard (30-day)
1
+2
Powered by