Why I Built My Own AI System Instead of Deploying OpenClaw
OpenClaw is impressive — 100+ skills, multi-channel messaging, built-in memory. But after building the infrastructure, I realized I'd already gone deeper than what it provides. Here's the architectural inflection point.
AT Protocol as the Bedrock for Personal AI
Every record — messages, memory, logs, events — lives on a Personal Data Server. AT Protocol isn't a feature of joelclaw. It's the substrate everything else grows on.