This week, I discovered something quite new and fascinating - and no, it isn't Romanian vampires (though I am in Brasov, not far from the infamous Dracula's Castle).
X recently came out with Grok Bot - essentially, an AI coworker that's connected to a bunch of tools. I wrote about this style of work in my OpenClaw edition a long time ago, but the wherewithal required to actually set up your own OpenClaw is nontrivial, and 99% of people don't have it.
This, on the other hand, removes the need for that setup knowledge. What's even more impressive is that someone went and made a completely open-source version of Grok Bot called OpenBot, meaning you can operate, customize, and deploy your own exactly how you want.
What I'm seeing, even during my travels, is the drastic compression and simplification of skills required to break into orchestration technology. With GPT 5.6 Sol, I was able to create a few custom applications for clients async while out and about during the day with my laptop chilling at home in the AC (I don't know how Europe manages without it). I even put Codex in goal mode and had it run for nearly sixteen hours straight.
The cool thing is, I'm getting to a point where I can manage all this from my phone. Frameworks are getting simpler to implement and more powerful to use, while AI models improve at sweltering speeds. At the end of the day, we all ideally get to touch more grass.
Let me know what you'd like to hear more of.
Be well,
Michael Kirsanov