The "Enthusiasm Gap" in its natural habitat: Trying to build the future with instructions that feel like a pirated Lego kit. TL;DR: Being at the forefront of the agentic programming revolution is exhausting. Between struggling with poorly documented tools like OpenClaw , fighting opaque Bitbucket YAML pipelines, and navigating a significant "enthusiasm gap" with peers, the tax for being an early adopter has never been higher. There is a specific kind of exhaustion that comes with being the "designated pioneer" in a dev shop. Lately, I’ve been diving deep into agentic programming , trying to move beyond simple chat prompts to autonomous loops. While the potential is massive, the "Early Adopter Tax" is currently at an all-time high. 1. The OpenClaw Struggle My most recent weekend was swallowed by OpenClaw . On paper, the idea of an open-source, MCP-compatible agent framework is the dream. In practice, I’m hitting a wall between two very different...
Because a waste is a terrible thing to mind.