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

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

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Post by Alifatisk »

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…

What’s cool with Openclaw is that you only have tell it what you want, it figures out how to do it using the tools it have access to.

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

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Post by eclipxe »

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…

Long running (multi hour) automated tasks with a simple prompt. It’s really simple and addictive.

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

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Post by kandros »

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…

Patterns i keep seeing:

Once you get the dopamine hit of having an ai assistant do something in the real world it becomes an hammer you want to use on everything

Instead of being a problem solver you start to become a problem hunter, and you invent them in order to solve them

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

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bwb wrote: post #60

I'm blown away by the comments. This is a cool project someone created with clear warnings about its current state (beta), and the community is being utterly disrespectful. They are building something that many people find useful/fascinating/intriguing/fun. Come on HN.

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

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Post by Alifatisk »

mccoyb wrote: post #58

GitHub has a bot problem: https://github.com/trending

”ruvnet / wifi-densepose” is currently at the top in the moment. Apparently, its a non functional AI slop. Someone tried installing it ago only to find out the full thing was vibe coded and the entire repo is probably just a front to look good on the their resume.

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

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Post by muddi900 »

yoyohello13 wrote: post #68
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…

These people with 58 mac mini's have made several competitive products in production right... right?

There might be a list somewhere.

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

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pluc wrote: post #67
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…

It's the novelty of the technology. You can easily be amazed at the apparent magic of AI. I think this is what most people are using AI for so far. There's lots of "they were so eager to do that they never asked if they should" energy out there. It's also most of what AI can do, so hopefully the amazement wears off soon.

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

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Post by foolfoolz »

sigmoid10 wrote: post #45
root_axis wrote: post #28

I don't believe the activity on this repo is legitimate by any means.

Geniune online user sentiment has died out a long time ago. If you're still basing any opinion or decision on what other "people" voted or commented online, you're easy prey for the algorithmic manipulation machine.

in a way, the death of genuine reviews online may be a great way to bring it back to real life at a more realistic scale

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

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Post by bwb »

brakup wrote: post #66
bwb wrote: post #60

I'm blown away by the comments. This is a cool project someone created with clear warnings about its current state (beta), and the community is being utterly disrespectful. They are building something that many people find useful/fascinating/intriguing/fun. Come on HN.

Why should people find an automated, buggy, risky slopworm for script kiddies that relies on an external slop provider who also gets all your data interesting? This is the lowest, most boring form of programming.

I think if you dig into it and play with it, you will find that it is doing some really cool stuff. I started playing with it a few weeks ago, and I am having a blast messing around with it. Hoping to hook it up to a robot kit next month to try some fun stuff.

Are some people using it in absolutely shitty ways? Yes, but that isn't the majority of the people playing with it.

The negativity I am seeing here is off the charts and undserved.

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