Developer Tries OpenAI Dots After Grok Bot and Muse: Undercooked and Disappointing
cedric_chee · x · 2026-09-30
Developer Cedric Chee, who tried Grok Bot three weeks ago and installed Muse last week, shares first impressions of OpenAI's Dots in a Gist: disappointing. He sees Dots as part of the rapidly expanding "Clawlike" category — pairing a capable model with your personal data as an assistant and second opinion — which he finds genuinely useful, with obvious potential for a team version. But Dots itself feels unfinished: high latency, too few spark-joy moments, and rough UX that fails his "mum test" for non-technical usability. He notes this is a brief first impression, not a detailed review.
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