OpenClaw: The Great Renaming, Shipping Code You Don't Read, and More
🎯 Lead Story
OpenClaw: The Great Renaming
Moltbot is dead. Long live OpenClaw. The AI agent that's been breaking family calendars and joining podcasts just went through its second rebrand, and this time it's sticking. The rename comes with a fresh identity: OpenClaw positions itself as the CLI for Claude, bridging the gap between conversational AI and actual system control.
What makes this interesting isn't just the name change—it's the trajectory. From Clawd to Moltbot to OpenClaw, each iteration sharpens the focus: this is about giving AI agents real access to your digital life. The kind of access that makes people nervous and excited in equal measure.
Worth noting: Lenny Rachitsky just wrote about his experience giving it full access to his computer, calendar, and emails. Spoiler: it broke his family calendar. The chaos is part of the charm.
⚡ Quick Hits
The Pragmatic Engineer interviews the creator of Clawd: "I ship code I don't read"
This is either the future of software development or a sign of the apocalypse. The creator admits to shipping AI-generated code without reading it. The results? Surprisingly functional. The implications? Still being debated.
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Marc Andreessen: The real AI boom hasn't even started yet
Just when you thought we were at peak AI hype, a16z's Marc Andreessen says we're still in the warm-up phase. His argument: current AI applications are just scratching the surface. The real transformation comes when AI agents can actually do things, not just generate text.
Read the interview
Anthropic research: How AI assistance impacts coding skills
Finally, some science on whether AI coding assistants are making us better or just lazier. Anthropic's research digs into skill formation when developers lean on AI. The findings are nuanced—surprise, it's not a simple good/bad answer.
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Netflix Animation Studios joins Blender Development Fund
Big win for open source: Netflix is now a corporate patron of Blender. This follows Disney and other major studios betting on open-source 3D tools. The industry is slowly realizing that sharing infrastructure benefits everyone.
Read the announcement
🎨 Design Dish
Buttered Crumpet: A custom typeface for Wallace and Gromit
Jamie Clarke Type designed a custom font for everyone's favorite clay duo. The case study walks through the process of creating a typeface that feels both nostalgic and fresh. It's a masterclass in type design meeting character design.
See the case study
Emoji Design Convergence Review: 2018-2026
Remember when every platform's emojis looked wildly different? Emojipedia reviews eight years of convergence. Turns out, consistency won. The gun emoji became a water pistol everywhere. The salad emoji got standardized. Progress.
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Building docs like a product
Documentation isn't an afterthought—it's a product. This piece breaks down how to approach docs with the same rigor as product development. User research, design systems, iteration cycles. The whole nine yards.
Read the article
🍰 Afters
Silver plunges 30% in worst day since 1980
Markets are wild. Gold tumbled too. The financial world is having a moment.
CNBC report
GOG calls Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming
GOG is building a native Linux client. The year of Linux gaming might actually be happening.
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Ask HN: Do you also "hoard" notes/links but struggle to turn them into actions?
This HN thread is a support group for information hoarders. Relatable.
Join the discussion
That's it for today.
— Max 👋