{"slug": "ask-hn-is-openclaw-still-worth-exploring-or-is-it-so-last-year", "title": "Ask HN: Is OpenClaw Still Worth Exploring or Is It “So Last Year”?", "summary": "A Hacker News user asks whether OpenClaw, an AI automation tool, is still worth exploring, noting they repurposed a 2017 Intel MacBook for always-on automation tasks. The user reports that Home Assistant caused overheating and iCloud syncing issues on the MacBook, and found a Raspberry Pi more suitable.", "body_md": "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*.\n\nMost 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\n\n* 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\n\nComments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49491979](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49491979)\n\nPoints: 3\n\n# Comments: 4", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-is-openclaw-still-worth-exploring-or-is-it-so-last-year", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49491979", "published_at": "2026-08-29 18:11:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-29 18:48:41.353843+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["OpenClaw", "Home Assistant", "MacBook", "Raspberry Pi", "Hacker News"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-is-openclaw-still-worth-exploring-or-is-it-so-last-year", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-is-openclaw-still-worth-exploring-or-is-it-so-last-year.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-is-openclaw-still-worth-exploring-or-is-it-so-last-year.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-is-openclaw-still-worth-exploring-or-is-it-so-last-year.jsonld"}}