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fabienpenso

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I like to build stuff. https://pen.so
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fabienpenso··on Show HN: Moltis – AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills
Yes. The UI allows you to add repositories (OpenClaw is one listed), and you can enable/disable any of them.
fabienpenso··on Show HN: Moltis – AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills
It can modify everything, because while it's a single binary and that makes it easy for installation, there are things stored outside that binary. The memories, the skills, the config etc. But you can do everything from the UI and you don't need to bother, it will be all automatic.
fabienpenso··on Show HN: Moltis – AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills
It is already MIT license.
fabienpenso··on Show HN: Moltis – AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills
To be honest, I was looking at a short name, something than "Rustacean" would get, had a domain name available, easy to pronounce. I didn't like rustclaw, I think having similar name doesn't mean much unless it's very related, like tinyclaw being a typescript simili I get it.

For the logo, I do think everyone went for the lobster meme for a connection to clawdbot. But in my case it's because I wanted to use a derivative of the Rust logo, a crab.

fabienpenso··on Show HN: Moltis – AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills
Moltis can do all that yes, unless I missed something. And it's way easier to setup.
fabienpenso··on Show HN: Moltis – AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills
Heartbeat: is run on a regular interval (you choose) and can do something you define in the heartbeat prompt section of that settings.

Crons: is run when you want, you can ask to Moltis things like "do <whatever> every day at X" and it will automatically create a cron entry, you can disable later.

fabienpenso··on Show HN: Moltis – AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills
There is actually a reason, the Rust logo is a crab named Ferris: https://rustacean.net
fabienpenso··on Show HN: Moltis – AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills
Let me confirm, I just tried on digitalocean and I have a similar issue, the last version I published might have issue. Fixing as of now.
fabienpenso··on Show HN: Moltis – AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills
oh so those are issues from the provider itself, you get to choose between model the provider advertise for you, meaning:

- you can have models you can not actually use (that gpt-5.3 response) - you can have model non-listed.

Those are all coming from the provider with your API_KEY.

fabienpenso··on Show HN: Moltis – AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills
You should not be limited, which provider do you use?
fabienpenso··on Show HN: Moltis – AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills
author here.

It's a different take and heavily inspired at first by OpenClaw, which is a great product and Peter the founder is an amazing human being. I'm adding features than I want, since I do Moltis for my own use but also try to add features than others will enjoy.

I think Rust makes a lot of sense security wise, it does add benefits like being a single binary and very easy to install. I also tried to make it easy to try with a 1-click deploy on the cloud.

I'm not sure this is convincing enough but I think you can only judge by yourself trying it out, and I'd love feedback.

fabienpenso··on Show HN: Moltis – AI assistant with memory, tools, and self-extending skills
author here, it works for a few friends. Would love to fix it for you, but you can also just use the github project: https://github.com/moltis-org/moltis
fabienpenso··on Memory Usage: Ruby vs Rust
These is one of the option but I felt like it was a bit early to use.
fabienpenso··on Memory Usage: Ruby vs Rust
Not really, there are been numerous tries but nothing these days. You can use less memory hungry libraries like hanami instead of Rails, for example.
fabienpenso··on Improve Docker performance on macOS by 20x
I've tried it all and the only real solution is a Linux VM without shared folders, which I'm fine with. The project I booted is used by other colleagues so I tried to make it "generic" and then yes, vagrant copies the file.

As you said (and others in comments) bidirectional syncing with docker-rsync, or using NFS, is one way to have files synchronising but it always ends up being a pain.

I did use cached and delegated but it's nowhere near close to the ideal solution: removing macOS of the equation. At least until Docker find a real fix for those performance issues, if anytime.

fabienpenso··on Improve Docker performance on macOS by 20x
I just tried on the repo links in the post, had hopes when I read your comment. But it makes no difference...
fabienpenso··on Improve Docker performance on macOS by 20x
I use ssh and vim so it works for me, but agreed it doesn't work for everyone.
fabienpenso··on Improve Docker performance on macOS by 20x
author here. M1 was running arm images, but as far as I know Docker Desktop on M1 use Qemu which is super slow anyway.
fabienpenso··on Using Apple Silicon (M1) as a cloud engineer, two months in
My solution for such is parallels beta (m1 supported), and arm Debian Linux.
fabienpenso··on Ten years without Elixir
Bigger font, straight to the point and no fuss. Contrary to you, I love its (non) design.
fabienpenso··on Own Your Email
Same here, but still I used gmail too long.
fabienpenso··on Show HN: Please-unsubscribe.com – fwd emails to unsubscribe from marketing
Just filter all those mail into a unsubscribe folder instead of marking them as read.

Also filter all emails with unsubscribe in their body to that folder. Works like a charm.

fabienpenso··on Karrimor asking me to add a nofollow to a link to their website
https://twitter.com/_julietelliott/status/535858744962596865 looks like I'm not alone.
fabienpenso··on Karrimor asking me to add a nofollow to a link to their website
Would love to get your feedback on that one.
fabienpenso··on Getting a job in San Francisco
> I'd say that in Paris, a referral is necessary and often sufficient. Le "piston".

+1.

I think it's a core deep cultural issue about France. The whole system is completely corrupted, people are used to get "passe-droit" (not sure about the translation) for anything, and even the top Political leaders are acting this way. Politician asking cops not to be fined for something illegal they just did, a friend of a friend asking the School President to let their kid attend their school, etc.

The whole French society is based on this. Many say it's a Monarchy, and not a Republic.

fabienpenso··on Getting a job in San Francisco
The difference is, Europe see developers as commodities. They don't care, they don't need them as much as they do in San Francisco.

San Francisco see developers as the only way to achieve their project they just raised 10 millions for. You're gold to them, they accept to pay a higher price.

In Europe most young developers want to be Product Manager (or any Manager positions), most developers in SF don't care about this, they want to have fun. The reason could be you get paid super well in SF, and not in Europe :)

fabienpenso··on Getting a job in San Francisco
> I'm slightly disappointed he didn't strike it rich because he's been active in the field for quite some time

I appreciate your comment but I'm not disappointed. If being rich means working 20 hours a day for 5 years will little luck of success in the end (like any startups), I'm not willing to pay the price.

I've traveled months per year the recent years, spent a year in Asia, rided 22,000 kilometers in India on Enfield (and about to go again for 4 months) and so more much I can't list here. I feel very lucky of my current position.

However I have to say the feeling I had when living in San Francisco is as following. If I had spent as much time and dedication on my projects while living in San Francisco instead of Paris, I would have had 100 times more in return than what I've had in France. On a money level, as well as on a professional level. Might be too late now.

fabienpenso··on Getting a job in San Francisco
>>I believe the US way to be better

> I don't.

I was speaking about the technical interview instead of a more relaxing one we have in France.

I think rejecting candidate with a single formal sentence isn't what it should be, of course. Companies should be able to say what went wrong, but noone will for the legal issues raised in the comments below. Why should they take risks?

fabienpenso··on Getting a job in San Francisco
I do love the lifestyle we have in Paris, I think anyone being able to spend a year there should feel very fortunate. Of course French might not agree, but traveling months per year the recents years, I'm always happy to come back.
fabienpenso··on Getting a job in San Francisco
Well there is a huge difference. As a Software Engineer you want to work in San Francisco because it's where your job happens.

In Paris, nothing happens on that level. If you do want to come to Paris it's because of the amazing food, lifestyle, public transportation system, and certainly not because of the amazing startups we should have.

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