Writing in English
Last month, I found ZeroClaw, which is another OpenClaw but written in Rust.
Last month, I came across ZeroClaw - an open-source project similar to OpenClaw, but rewritten in Rust.
I joined the WeChat group run by one of the contributor of zeroclaw, who is a chinese.
I joined a WeChat group run by one of its contributors, a Chinese developer.
Unfortunately, the community of ZeroClaw just split up on that day.
Unfortunately, on the very day I joined, the ZeroClaw community split apart.
Finnaly, the chinese contributor want to build his own claw which is under MIT license.
The Chinese contributor decided to fork the project under an MIT license and start fresh.
He started a discord meeting and invited some Americans. On that meeting, he wanted to convince the Americans to join him.
He organized a Discord meeting and invited several American developers, hoping to convince them to join his new direction.
There’s a lot more background to it, but i won’t go into all the details. All in all, I found that there’s a major difference in the way people thinking in China versus the US, and this means ther are plenty of opportunities.
There’s a lot more context I’m leaving out, but the key takeaway for me was this: the way people think about open source in Chian versus the US is fundamentally different - and where there’s a gap in thinking, there’s usually an opportunity.
But I cannot expression myslef with English. About that chines, I noticed his English is great and he communitates smoothly. Even though his technical skills is just average, his ability to talk to American fluently helps him get a lot of resources that are not available in China. So, from now I want to force myself to write articel with English.
That experience made me reflect on my own limitations - I struggle to express myself in English. What struck me most was the Chines contributor himeself. His English was fluent and natural, and he communicated with the American developers effortlessly. His technical skills were nothing exceptional, but his ability to speak their language - literally - opened dorrs that simply aren’t available to people in China. That’s what motivated me to start writing in English. One article at a time.