# Kyoto Tech Meetup links for March 5, 2026

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Published: 2026-03-05

Time management, OpenClaw, cherry blossoms, and more

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We had a lot asks this week, which is rare and fun.

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## Asks

Ordered by question, with links where possible.

### Q: What’s the whole OpenAI vs Anthropic vs DoD thing?

There’s no way for me to recap it here and it’s going to continually change anyways. For now, a couple of articles:

- The Verge: [“How OpenAI caved to the Pentagon on AI surveillance”](https://apple.news/AmBuV_60ST--GLRENcIM4Ig?ref=ashryan.io) (Apple News link)
- Vox: [“The AI industry’s civil war”](https://apple.news/A1gbdtwIOS6iFx4_ZtZfbFQ?ref=ashryan.io) (Apple News link)

### Q: How to implement AI in development so that it speeds up development.

I had to table this one just because we can all talk it about it forever.

But since I have the bully pulpit as the author of this post, I’ll just say that speed may not be what you gain from using AI in development. Instead, seek depth.

### Q: Any good time management tips?

A bunch, as it turns out. We had a good discussion about the value of time and the role of money as a store for time.

But here are some links to concepts and/or apps that were recommended:

- [MITs (Most Important Tasks)](https://zenhabits.net/purpose-your-day-most-important-task/?ref=ashryan.io): pick the tasks you most want or need to get done today
- [CheckYourList](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/daily-checklist-checkyourlist/id1571623264?ref=ashryan.io): a super simple, no-pressure app to track routines so you don’t need to re-remember them each day (this one is a life-saver for me)
- [Pomodoro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique?ref=ashryan.io): break work into timed intervals ([Hacker News loves pomodoros](https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all\&page=0\&prefix=false\&query=pomodoro\&sort=byPopularity\&type=story\&ref=ashryan.io))
- [Foqos](https://www.foqos.app/?ref=ashryan.io): physically block phone distractions with NFCs.
- [Quitter](https://marco.org/apps?ref=ashryan.io): automatically hide or quit apps after periods of inactivity (I use it for Slack and Discord)

### Q: Cherry blossom viewing spots?

We sort of surprisingly didn’t have a lot of answers. Maybe that’s just because there are so many places.

These did come up:

- Osaka Castle park
- Keage incline tracks

The park near Heian shrine is a good one as well.

## Picks/Gives

- [Hunyuan3D-2 on GitHub](https://github.com/Tencent-Hunyuan/Hunyuan3D-2?ref=ashryan.io): a large-scale 3D synthesis system for generating high-resolution textured 3D assets
- [OpenClaw](https://openclaw.ai/?ref=ashryan.io): installable AI bot/agent - [“Putting OpenClaw on a Raspberry Pi”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDEhlZGbza0\&ref=ashryan.io) on Mere Mortal Dev (it meeee)