Ask HN: Is OpenClaw Still Worth Exploring or Is It “So Last Year”?

4•AbstractH24•1h ago

Leaning into automation for tasks in my own life. Repurposed an old 2017 Intel MacBook to be an always on computer and for the moment it’s just fine*.

Most of what I’ve done so far is deterministic and has no need for AI after it’s built. But wondering if I should explore OpenClaw next. I never leaned in when it was all the headlines last Home Assistant

* interestingly, the one area I’ve had trouble was Home Assistant. The virtual computer I had to install to run it on cause the MacBook to overheat and iCloud syncing to stop. That in turn broke automation that wrote to Obsidian. Was better off running Home Assistant on a Raspberry PI than a 2017 MacBook

Comments

stefangordon•49m ago

It wasn't really worth exploring last year either.

For your use case n8n may be a good fit, and Claude or Codex will be happy to set it up for you.

If you want this "messenger interface with computers for the agents" feature set Grok Bot is quite good and effortless to use. With Tailscale configured on its personal VM it can connect to machines on your network easily.

AbstractH24•48m ago

Those are all the things I have now. But thank you for offering your service

rvz•46m ago

I have asked multiple times on who is making money on OpenClaw directly other than the service providers.

It is clear that almost no-one is and it appears to be a hyped-up fad.

AbstractH24•45m ago

That’s how it seemed last year, but I never even took the type to look into it past hearing others discuss it on message boards or podcasts. I’ll be honest.

Just saw an ad for someone selling headless servers preloaded with OpenClaw that’ll sort your emails. A tool I really would like, particularly if it uses open models. Made me wonder if it’s time to investigate it and implementing what they’re selling.

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