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utkarsh_apoorvatoday at 1:57 AM3 repliesview on HN

I disagree with practically every take here, and likely will get hate for this message.

Personally it has been a huge unlock and here are some specific use cases.

1.Context engineering for “any task”: my claw agents debate with me, and write me files to be picked up by Claude code or Claude cowork to write code/build presentations.

2. Discovering this page: my personal newsfeed that took me 10 mins to setup. Never had any newsfeed before this which could be personalised like this.

3. Strategy: similar to point 1 above. I set up a “tough-coach” skill. Now all my 1am ideas go through the wringer of why they suck, and what, if anything could be differentiated about them.

4. Many other small-ish things that are important enough for me to spend on them, but not important enough to invest my time.

I run a conversational AI startup in India working mostly in Financial inclusion space - so most of time is spent in meetings (:-/).

With openclaw, the 2-3 hours before I sleep (low energy, high on ideas), convert into pretty productive sessions. No more “this is a great idea, I will do it tomorrow”. Instead “oh this sounded great but my agent just called it shit - what if I modify it a bit, and then let’s see”.


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PinkaDunkatoday at 3:23 AM

Seems like all of this can be done directly with chatgpt and claude? Why add complexity of running claw?

otabdeveloper4today at 6:41 AM

> my claw agents debate with me

I don't really want an imaginary friend. (Or intrusive thoughts either.)

soundworldstoday at 7:18 AM

Honestly, the best use of AI I've found so far is also getting them to call me out on bullshit assumptions and logical fallacies. Helpful for the kind of thought exploration + planning that another human won't want to discuss at 6am.