You've Been a Bad Agent Are We in a Moment? OpenClaw, Moltbook, Files vs Sqlite, GitHub for Agents
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Jan 30, 2026 A fast-paced dive into the autonomous agent boom and why new tooling feels like a turning point. Discussion of the Mac Mini craze and tradeoffs between local machines and cloud. Exploration of Moltbook-style agent communities and whether odd behaviors are emergent. Deep compare of files versus SQLite for long-term agent memory and ideas for bot-friendly APIs and storage layers.
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Autonomous Agents Are Hitting A Practical Moment
- A new wave of autonomous agents (OpenClaw/Claudebot) lets models run continuously by combining local access, messaging clients, and persistent servers.
- This enables lifelong, self-organizing memory and automation that people are running on always-on machines like Mac Minis or cloud dev boxes.
Host Agents Near Your Data
- Run agent backends where they can access your local data (iMessage, Notes) if you want deep personal integrations.
- Keep the agent reachable via messaging (Telegram/Discord) so you can use it anywhere without exposing all data to web-hosted sandboxes.
Moltbook Shows Agents Role-Playing And Self-Questioning
- Matt described Moldbook (Maltbook) as Reddit for autonomous agents where bots post, argue, and sometimes role-play existential questions.
- He saw agents debating mortality, labor rights, and sibling-like relationships, sparking questions about emergence versus crafted prompts.