Hey everyone, Kai Nakamura here from clawdev.net, diving into the nitty-gritty of AI development. Today, I want to talk about something that often gets overlooked in the rush to build the next big thing: the art of contributing to open-source AI projects without being a core maintainer. We all want to make a difference, to
A practical guide to contributing to open source AI projects — from finding the right repo to landing your first pull request.
There’s More to Performance than Meets the Eye
Alright, let me set the stage for you. It was late. I was hunched over my laptop. You know the feeling, right? My shoulders were practically touching my ears, and I was squinting at the screen. OpenClaw was being sluggish, more sluggish than my grandma’s dial-up internet
Hey everyone, Kai Nakamura here from clawdev.net, and today we’re diving into a topic that’s been buzzing in my own dev circles lately: contributing to open source, not just as a bug fixer or a documentation updater, but as someone who genuinely pushes the needle on AI projects. It’s 2026, and the open-source AI scene
About two years ago, I found myself tearing my hair out over a choice we made in OpenClaw’s early architecture. When I say we, I mean a bunch of us contributors who lived and breathed OpenClaw. There was this one decision about our database structure that kept breaking on us… It
Last month I almost gave up on writing tests for OpenClaw. I was knee-deep in debugging, my eyes were crossing, and writing those tests felt like trying to nail Jell-O to a wall. But here’s the thing: getting those tests right is totally worth the hassle. When you’re crafting plugins or chipping in on the
Prompt Engineering Best Practices 2025: Your Actionable Guide
The field of large language models (LLMs) is moving fast. What worked yesterday might be less effective tomorrow. As an open-source contributor focused on practical applications, I’ve seen firsthand the evolution of prompt engineering. This guide outlines the “prompt engineering best practices 2025” that will help you
Hey everyone, Kai Nakamura here from clawdev.net. Hope you’re all having a productive week. Today, I want to talk about something that’s been on my mind a lot lately, especially as I’ve been diving deeper into some of the more niche AI development libraries: the art of contributing to open source, even when you feel
Understanding the Quality Control Job Description: A Practical Guide
The backbone of any successful manufacturing or service operation is quality. Ensuring products meet specifications, services adhere to standards, and customer expectations are consistently met falls squarely on the shoulders of quality control professionals. But what exactly does a quality control job description entail? This practical