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Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by notelocomas »

SunshineTheCat wrote: post #61

I keep reading folks saying OpenClaw has completely changed their life while posting a picture of 58 mac minis on their desk. But every single use case I've read so far could be done with a pretty affordable SaaS product, Zapier, Automator (app on a mac that's existed for over a decade), or something simple you could make yourself. It also feels like people are automating things that don't really need to be automated…

I'll give you my very personal take on the OpenClaw surge and how I find it extremely useful.

I'm currently in founder mode and building two projects in Mexico. Finding the right real estate is in the critical path for success of the project. It's really hard to find quality real estate agents or brokers here and not because they don't exist. We have thousands they just never follow up with you or give you any updates. So, I'm using OpenClaw as my real estate agent that uses WhatsApp as a communications channel and manages the entire pipeline of first contact to scheduling a visit.

Right now, I feed it images of postings that I see on the street and OpenClaw handles everything else.

It really depends on where your personal or professional bottlenecks are and if you're running a business this project is absolutely amazing.

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by Bridged7756 »

BeetleB wrote: post #284
hungryhobbit wrote: post #274

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Use this software, it's amazing, it will change your life!" "Oh but don't use it for A, or B, or C (even though it says to use it for A, B, and C): it will ruin your life"

Yes and yes! A spouse can be amazing, or can destroy your life. Would you use that as an argument against marriage?

"Marrying? But what about cheating?" "Easy! Just murder your spouse before that ever happens!"

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by permo-w »

recursive wrote: post #266
AbraKdabra wrote: post #113

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> I picked Whatsapp but it ended up using my own account! So it's absolutely too dangerous. We are supposed to create a separate account but with which phone number? I only have one. You're joking right?

What would the joke be? I haven't touched OpenClaw and probably won't. I use WhatsApp lightly, but it seems like it requires a distinct phone number, used as an account identifier. So for the benefit of those of us not immersed in this scene, could you elaborate?

Presumably they're referring to the general ease of obtaining a second phone number. I think the bigger issue could be making a second Whatsapp account though. WhatsApp does not want you having multiple accounts. Last I checked there's no in-app option to log out on Android other than to delete your account

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by Bridged7756 »

neals wrote: post #81

Gives me mongodb vibes. This whole Ai coding thing too. On one side, religious loud following, on the other side the nay sayers. We'll probably end up in the middle.

I agree. I for one, welcome LLMs for sensible uses, like trivia, code boilerplate, as a content synthesizer. I wouldn't trust it with anything else, and have found that any gains obtained by speedups in code writing are offset by the extra cognitive load from digesting code I didn't write.

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by Volundr »

BeetleB wrote: post #237
Volundr wrote: post #225

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ignoring that you've just cut off a whole vector of usefulness, how do I keep it from exfilling my inbox to the Internet in response to a malicious email? Or using its access to take control of my online accounts? Honest question, this kind of stuff is what keeps me from using it.

Don't give it access to your email then. I haven't. Plenty of other uses for it!

Like what?

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by hamelcubsfan »

simonw wrote: post #115
SunshineTheCat wrote: post #61

I keep reading folks saying OpenClaw has completely changed their life while posting a picture of 58 mac minis on their desk. But every single use case I've read so far could be done with a pretty affordable SaaS product, Zapier, Automator (app on a mac that's existed for over a decade), or something simple you could make yourself. It also feels like people are automating things that don't really need to be automated…

How much do you automate things in your life using Zapier and Automator? I know about those tools, and I'm always in the mood for automating thing... and yet I don't use them. I'm not yet running a Claw because of the prompt injection / lethal trifecta risks, but I absolutely understand the appeal. Reducing friction to automating stuff from "figure out Automator again" to "message your bot" is a material difference.

Quick terminology question… when you deploy one of these in OpenClaw, is the official term “agent”?

I’ve seen the project name, but I’ve never been quite sure what the canonical noun is for a running instance. Are they actually called “claws”, or is that just me over-literalizing the branding?

Very curious

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by nunez »

jasonkester wrote: post #255
mjr00 wrote: post #121

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> It also feels like people are automating things that don't really need to be automated at all (do you really need to be reminded to make coffee?) I've posted about this before, I call it the Jarvis effect. > For years we had people trying to make voice agents, like Iron Man's Jarvis, a thing. You had people super bought into the idea that if you could talk to your computer and say "Jarvis, book me a flight from New…

Interestingly, your example is an actual thing we used to have. In 1996, I picked up the phone on my desk, dialed a 3 digit code, said “I need to fly to Los Angeles on Tuesday morning, returning Wednesday evening”. A couple hours later, an envelope appeared in my inbox with plane tickets, rental car reservation and hotel reservation. Then every company in the world fired all the secretaries over the course of the nex…

It's still like that if you're high enough on the corporate ladder

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by lovich »

Sharlin wrote: post #215
skeledrew wrote: post #208

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Or you're just missing the generally wide appeal of the project.

There just aren't enough hobbyists in the world running local AI models, never mind technically savvy enough to hack something like OpenClaw and be really excited about it. For a comparison, the local image gen interfaces ComfyUI and A1111 WebUI have a huge amount of stars (~100k and 160k respectively, accrued since 2022 or so), but they allow you to create porn customized to whatever kinks you have , not just automa…

> There just aren't enough hobbyists in the world running local AI models, never mind technically savvy enough to hack something like OpenClaw and be really excited about it.

No you dont understand, just because there are X people capable of doing this and my project got (X + YX) stars in 3 months, that only means that my project is very popular and there are no shenanigans occurring _at all_

If you suggest otherwise you are a luddite who doesnt understand and probably hates progress.

Re: OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub

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Post by fatata123 »

BeetleB wrote: post #237
Volundr wrote: post #225

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ignoring that you've just cut off a whole vector of usefulness, how do I keep it from exfilling my inbox to the Internet in response to a malicious email? Or using its access to take control of my online accounts? Honest question, this kind of stuff is what keeps me from using it.

Don't give it access to your email then. I haven't. Plenty of other uses for it!

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