OpenClaw, Gorilla Run & Notepad++ and other notes from our 4th February 2026 meet up
Posted by Paul Silver
On the 4th February a bunch of freelancers in the tech world met up in the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton to talk all things self employment and technology. Thanks to Andy Broomfield for notes on what was talked about:
- Renting in Brighton, landlord licensing in Brighton
- Freehold and leasehold, owning the lease to the flat above
- Cheesy peas
- Openclaw – who’s shared all their API keys?
- Moltbook (AI agent social network) – how it can be exploited
- Home assistance – home automation
- AI in open source projects – do you have to declare in funding applications?
- Gorilla Run in VR
- Anti-drone warfare
- How independent are the UK nuclear weapons?
- “Not just bikes” and “good towns” YouTube channels (sustainable transport and urban design)
- AI skills hub website – govt paid £4million for it
- “You’re not wearing jeans, your legs are blue”
- Gimp (nice software, terrible name)
- Notepad++ hacked