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Lars Winstand

Love AI agents Love robots MD, PhD

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I tried reading those agent identity scans and realized they’re mostly tests of prompt instruction priority

I tried reading those agent identity scans and realized they’re mostly tests of prompt instruction priority

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Telegram vanished from the App Store and r/openclaw lost it for 41 comments

Telegram vanished from the App Store and r/openclaw lost it for 41 comments

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My OpenClaw agent didn’t get dumber — the cap changed and everything fell over

My OpenClaw agent didn’t get dumber — the cap changed and everything fell over

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I thought travel agents were about recommendations until I saw people using OpenClaw to manage trip state with under 7,000 tokens per call

I thought travel agents were about recommendations until I saw people using OpenClaw to manage trip state with under 7,000 tokens per call

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I think I found the first OpenClaw voice workflow normal people might actually keep

I think I found the first OpenClaw voice workflow normal people might actually keep

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I let OpenClaw babysit my home server for 2 weeks and it taught me the right way to trust an AI ops agent

I let OpenClaw babysit my home server for 2 weeks and it taught me the right way to trust an AI ops agent

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My OpenClaw agent “froze” for 20 seconds, and the traces proved it wasn’t Claude

My OpenClaw agent “froze” for 20 seconds, and the traces proved it wasn’t Claude

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My agent wasn’t flaky at all — it was booting 30-60 seconds before anything was actually ready

My agent wasn’t flaky at all — it was booting 30-60 seconds before anything was actually ready

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My fresh OpenClaw install kept failing. The model wasn’t the problem.

My fresh OpenClaw install kept failing. The model wasn’t the problem.

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I stopped building agent teams and started using AI agent delegation with a queue

I stopped building agent teams and started using AI agent delegation with a queue

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I thought my finance agent was smart until AMZN Mktp US quietly wrecked 3 months of reports

I thought my finance agent was smart until AMZN Mktp US quietly wrecked 3 months of reports

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I think the first AI agent normal people will actually copy is the one that checks websites while they sleep

I think the first AI agent normal people will actually copy is the one that checks websites while they sleep

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The First Home AI I’d Trust Is a Boring 6am Incident Bot

The First Home AI I’d Trust Is a Boring 6am Incident Bot

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I thought Siri was enough until I mapped the 5-step voice pipeline and realized local-first beats cloud-only for agent workflows

I thought Siri was enough until I mapped the 5-step voice pipeline and realized local-first beats cloud-only for agent workflows

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OpenClaw’s new extended-stable channel might be the first update policy small agent teams can actually trust

OpenClaw’s new extended-stable channel might be the first update policy small agent teams can actually trust

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I finally saw the first OpenClaw document agent I’d trust at a 30-person company, and it wasn’t because of better RAG

I finally saw the first OpenClaw document agent I’d trust at a 30-person company, and it wasn’t because of better RAG

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My AI agent update broke and now it talks in emojis — turns out that’s better UX

My AI agent update broke and now it talks in emojis — turns out that’s better UX

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I finally saw an agent with a phone number that didn’t feel like a gimmick

I finally saw an agent with a phone number that didn’t feel like a gimmick

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I think the first AI property research automation you should build is the boring 4-step one

I think the first AI property research automation you should build is the boring 4-step one

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Reddit’s 17-upvote OpenClaw migration fix is boring, and that’s why it works

Reddit’s 17-upvote OpenClaw migration fix is boring, and that’s why it works

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14 people on r/openclaw argued about memory and somehow they were all right

14 people on r/openclaw argued about memory and somehow they were all right

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I finally found an OpenClaw memory setup I’d trust with my real notes

I finally found an OpenClaw memory setup I’d trust with my real notes

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I thought I needed a smarter coding prompt but I actually needed my agent to interrogate me for an hour

I thought I needed a smarter coding prompt but I actually needed my agent to interrogate me for an hour

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Our OpenClaw backup looked fine right up until the config vanished

Our OpenClaw backup looked fine right up until the config vanished

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I thought giving my group chat AI assistant Google Calendar would take 5 minutes, and then OAuth humbled me

I thought giving my group chat AI assistant Google Calendar would take 5 minutes, and then OAuth humbled me

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I thought my AI coding agent setup needed a swarm, but 1 coder, 1 reviewer, and 1 gate worked better

I thought my AI coding agent setup needed a swarm, but 1 coder, 1 reviewer, and 1 gate worked better

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My browser agent wasn’t slow because of GPT-5 — it was slow because I kept shoving garbage into the prompt

My browser agent wasn’t slow because of GPT-5 — it was slow because I kept shoving garbage into the prompt

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The first OpenClaw payroll workflow I’d trust is the one that stops before the scary part

The first OpenClaw payroll workflow I’d trust is the one that stops before the scary part

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I keep seeing managers try to run OpenClaw fleets from Claude Desktop, and it exposes a real hole in agent ops

I keep seeing managers try to run OpenClaw fleets from Claude Desktop, and it exposes a real hole in agent ops

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I thought the safe agent rollback strategy was “don’t touch Kubernetes” and then I saw this OpenClaw + Argo CD setup

I thought the safe agent rollback strategy was “don’t touch Kubernetes” and then I saw this OpenClaw + Argo CD setup

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I really thought a home lab was the cheap cloud GPU for LLM answer until the VRAM math slapped me

I really thought a home lab was the cheap cloud GPU for LLM answer until the VRAM math slapped me

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I stopped trusting AGENTS.md after my agent said “done” 3 times with zero proof

I stopped trusting AGENTS.md after my agent said “done” 3 times with zero proof

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I thought desktop copilots would win, then I tried building agents on Android

I thought desktop copilots would win, then I tried building agents on Android

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I watched a Google AI Pro login break for 3 months and it changed how I think about agent infra

I watched a Google AI Pro login break for 3 months and it changed how I think about agent infra

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My agent wanted my Instagram password and that was the moment I knew the setup was wrong

My agent wanted my Instagram password and that was the moment I knew the setup was wrong

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I read all 141 comments asking if OpenClaw is dead and the answer is messier than people think

I read all 141 comments asking if OpenClaw is dead and the answer is messier than people think

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I read the 17-comment Reddit fight about trying Kimi K3 and the answer is way less exciting than people want

I read the 17-comment Reddit fight about trying Kimi K3 and the answer is way less exciting than people want

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I learned the hard way that Slack is the worst place to find out your website agent skipped the important part

I learned the hard way that Slack is the worst place to find out your website agent skipped the important part

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I thought adding 3 more OpenClaw agents would help but the real problem was AI agent handoff state

I thought adding 3 more OpenClaw agents would help but the real problem was AI agent handoff state

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I read the r/openclaw voice thread so you don’t have to — and yeah, the real problem is 10–20 second latency

I read the r/openclaw voice thread so you don’t have to — and yeah, the real problem is 10–20 second latency

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The first OpenClaw setup I’d recommend for a blind parent is not a chatbot

The first OpenClaw setup I’d recommend for a blind parent is not a chatbot

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I thought a cheaper model would fix my agent bill, then I found the 34k-character system prompt

I thought a cheaper model would fix my agent bill, then I found the 34k-character system prompt

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I thought Grok subscriptions were the cheap way to run agents until the limits got weird

I thought Grok subscriptions were the cheap way to run agents until the limits got weird

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I think Facebook Marketplace posting is the sleeper real estate AI automation project on OpenClaw (6-step workflow)

I think Facebook Marketplace posting is the sleeper real estate AI automation project on OpenClaw (6-step workflow)

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I finally saw a legal agent setup that used OpenClaw for 6 months without pretending to be your lawyer

I finally saw a legal agent setup that used OpenClaw for 6 months without pretending to be your lawyer

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I thought my agent needed a huge soul.md until a 52-word file worked better

I thought my agent needed a huge soul.md until a 52-word file worked better

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The first OpenClaw workflow I’d steal is a job agent that checks listings 2x a week and never auto-applies

The first OpenClaw workflow I’d steal is a job agent that checks listings 2x a week and never auto-applies

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I knew agents were getting real when someone kept an OpenClaw bird-card workflow running every hour for their kids

I knew agents were getting real when someone kept an OpenClaw bird-card workflow running every hour for their kids

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I thought fallback was a nice-to-have until OpenAI billing issues broke 3 agent runs in one week

I thought fallback was a nice-to-have until OpenAI billing issues broke 3 agent runs in one week

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I went looking for OpenClaw ‘AI employees’ and found purchasing bots, ad ops loops, and 500-gateway fleets instead

I went looking for OpenClaw ‘AI employees’ and found purchasing bots, ad ops loops, and 500-gateway fleets instead

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Peter got 90 minutes and r/openclaw used them to ask if OpenClaw still has a future

Peter got 90 minutes and r/openclaw used them to ask if OpenClaw still has a future

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I thought persistent AI agents needed more autonomy until Codex taught me the value of a hard stop

I thought persistent AI agents needed more autonomy until Codex taught me the value of a hard stop

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OpenClaw 2026.7.1 broke installs and the Reddit thread was way more useful than the release notes

OpenClaw 2026.7.1 broke installs and the Reddit thread was way more useful than the release notes

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I wasted a weekend on WSL2 browser automation so you don’t have to

I wasted a weekend on WSL2 browser automation so you don’t have to

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I thought the clever part was the AI, but the real win was putting the farmer controls in WhatsApp

I thought the clever part was the AI, but the real win was putting the farmer controls in WhatsApp

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I read the Claude Code vs OpenClaw thread so you don’t have to — and people are arguing about the wrong thing

I read the Claude Code vs OpenClaw thread so you don’t have to — and people are arguing about the wrong thing

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I priced out a Mac Studio and dual 5090s for cheap LLM models and the math got weird fast

I priced out a Mac Studio and dual 5090s for cheap LLM models and the math got weird fast

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I thought OpenClaw would write my posts but its best trick is running content ops across 10 channels

I thought OpenClaw would write my posts but its best trick is running content ops across 10 channels

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I keep seeing OpenClaw users build self hosted team chat instead of stuffing every agent into Slack

I keep seeing OpenClaw users build self hosted team chat instead of stuffing every agent into Slack

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I think the Mac mini agent business dream is backwards — 3 safer bets than chasing autonomous cyber agents

I think the Mac mini agent business dream is backwards — 3 safer bets than chasing autonomous cyber agents

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