Hacker News: openclawuser

New comment by openclawuser in "Mistral Large 4"

openclawuser — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:00:53 +0000

Everything feels very European.

Unproductive company that is 3rd place (assuming we are lumping 4 better US models and 3 Chinese models).

The only thing that gives it value is that it's generated in some region in Europe, like random cheese or wine.

But I still can't imagine a usecase outside patriotism.

Privacy can be solved by self hosting a US or Chinese model.

Seems performative.

New comment by openclawuser in "PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 out"

openclawuser — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:46:54 +0000

I see the downvotes and I don't really disagree with you.

This hurts because my resume has laravel and WordPress on it. I built sooo many sites/apps on it.

With AI agents, I just can't imagine using PHP anymore unless I'm patching legacy stuff.

I loved laravel too... WordPress, love hate.

New comment by openclawuser in "PHP 8.2.35"

openclawuser — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:44:51 +0000

Yeah, I have a legacy site that is popular and doesn't make money with some outdated version of PHP that will not update. Maybe I need to install OpenClaw on it.

But yeah, with AI agents, I don't really understand the purpose anymore. Legacy WordPress or laravel sites?

New comment by openclawuser in "PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 out"

openclawuser — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:42:26 +0000

Why do people still use Ubuntu?

They gave away CDs 20 years ago for free. Cooool.

Fedora is best for desktop.

Debian for servers that never need updates (but I even use Fedora for server now adays)

New comment by openclawuser in "PHP 8.2.35"

openclawuser — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:41:00 +0000

With AI agents, I've been using sites/services that are bot friendly and don't require MFA.

Not everything needs hyper security. Heck, I've given AI access to spend money on websites and my only restriction is that the websites limit the daily spend(website side... Although I guess a rogue AI could have changed it... )

New comment by openclawuser in "Patch the Planet: global response coordination as agents uncover vulnerabilities"

openclawuser — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:37:32 +0000

In 2024 I saw a reddit post answering the question: AI is going to program insert name App.

Response: "What's the prompt?"

Yep. I might take minimum wage interns and make million dollar software(or million dollars in 2023), but they often run into issues that a 5 minute review with me solves.

I do wonder if AI is going to eliminate prompt engineering... It's basically all I have left. I feel like I have magic words.