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something feels off to me about the clawdbot hype About the maintainer's github: 688 commits on Nov 25, 2025... out of which 296 commits were in clawdbot, IN

something feels off to me about the clawdbot hype About the maintainer's github: 688 commits on Nov 25, 2025... out of which 296 commits were in clawdbot, IN ONE DAY, he prolly let lose an agent on the project for a few hours... he has more than 200 commits on an average per day, but mostly 400-500 commits per day, and people are still using this project without thinking of the repercussions) Now, something else i researched: Someone launched some crypto on this, has $6M mktcap https://www.coincarp.com/currencies/clawdbot/ https://www.coincarp.com/currencies/clawdbot/ Crypto people hyping clawed: https://x.com/0xifreqs/status/2015524871137120459 https://x.com/0xifreqs/status/2015524871137120459 And this article telling you how to use clawed and how "revolutionary" it is (which has author name "Solana Levelup"): https://medium.com/@gemQueenx/clawdbot-ai-the-revolutionary-open-source-personal-assistant-transforming-productivity-in-2026-6ec5fdb3084f https://medium.com/@gemQueenx/clawdbot-ai-the-revolutionary-... Make of that what you will

thehamkercat 9mo ago
his github: https://github.com/steipete https://github.com/steipete look at his contribution graph, it's absolutely wild
dangoodmanUT 9mo ago
the developer is very well known https://github.com/steipete https://github.com/steipete the crypto is obviously not official and just another scam, trying to ride the popularity Make of that what you will
kristopolous 9mo ago
It seems wildly trivial. Chat completion loop with toolcalling over a universal chat gateway. What's the innovation here? Local model? That was always possible. Toolcalling? Been around a couple years now... It's like 5 minutes of vibe coding at most. There's likely 1,000s of similar projects already on GitHub
- thehamkercat 9mo ago
  And when you can use claude-code from basically any device (termux on phone via ssh), Why even bother? I had 3 friends ping me yesterday to tell me how this is going to eat their job.... but i don't see how this is different from claude-code + some chat interface + mcp servers
  - cherioo 9mo ago
    The whole world is about bundling (and unbundling). Not saying it really is useful, but there are values bundling an easier interface to CC with battery included.
    - thehamkercat 9mo ago
      When someone is pushing 500 commits a day, i don't think they have time to review any code, and it was likely written in full YOLO mode. So it's not just batteries-included, it's probably 100-vulnerabilities-included as well
      - cherioo 9mo ago
        I agree. It is basically claude code running dangerously all the time. That is actually how I use CC most of the time, but I do trust Anthropic more than random github repo. (I have the same sentiment about manifest v3 and adblocker, but somehow HN groupthink is very different there than here) Edit: imagine cowork was released like this. HN would go NUTS.
      - aixpert 9mo ago
        this is the whole message of this hype that you can churn out 500 commits a day relatively confidently the way you have clang churn out 500 assemblies without reading them. We might not be 100% there but the hype is looking slightly into the future and even though I don't see the difference to Claude code, I tend to agree that this is the new way to do things even if something breaks on average it's safe enough
username223 9mo ago
So it's just the Yegge pump-n-dump again? We live in a nation with an "AI and Crypto Czar," so it's not exactly surprising to see multiple versions of this grift.
maximilianroos 9mo ago
He explicitly disavowed any crypto / coin endorsement (I don't _love_ his vibes on Twitter, but he seems like a very reasonable guy generally, and the project seems awesome)
- thehamkercat 9mo ago
  The project is okay but i don't understand the crazy hype
  - browningstreet 9mo ago
    The crazy hype was launched by the “get a Mac Mini” viral MLM content pyramid.
  - eclipxe 9mo ago
    It took me a few tries but once I got a good setup going I started finding all sorts of little things throughout my day I could throw over to it and it would just do it and figure it out. I was then hooked.
ex3ndr 9mo ago
i have tried this workflow and it is solid. It is a codex that commits once it finishes something. You can pipeline changes, so it works like in 5-10min intervals and it gets mostly right, much better (and much slower) than opus. He has two computers and one for longer running tasks and another for short one. I suppose you just pipeline a bunch of small issues to the long term one and ask it to work and work on the repo. Another one is probably where he is more engaged with specific tasks. Impressive that it works quite good.
gempir 9mo ago
The Crypto scam is just a recent trend of scammers. They are using big open source projects/developers as figure heads, the maintainers have nothing to do with this, but there is nothing really stopping the scammers.
akmarinov 9mo ago
Peter Steinberger is a well respected developer that started out in the mobile dev community. He founded a company, then made an exit and is set for money, so he just does things for fun. Yes, he AI generated all of it, go through his articles at https://steipete.me/ https://steipete.me/ to see how he does it, it’s definitely not “vibe coding”, he does make sure that what’s being output is solid. He was one of the people in the top charts of using Claude Code a year back, which brought around the limits we know today. He also hosts Claude Code anonymous meetups all over the world. He’s overall a passionate developer that cares about the thing he’s building.
- kristopolous 9mo ago
  Projects should be judged on their intrinsic merits and not merely be based on the social media follow count of the authors
  - akmarinov 9mo ago
    GP is directly discussing the maintainer your comment has nothing to do with the topic discussed...
    - kristopolous 9mo ago
      What on earth are you talking about? The question is "why do people need fainting couches for this project and why are they pretending like 3 year old features of apis that already exist in thousands of projects are brand new innovations exclusive to this?" The answer is: "the author is celebrity and some people are delusional screaming fanboys" My response is: "that's bullshit. let's be adults"
      - akmarinov 9mo ago
        You should really invest in more reading comprehension
        9mo ago
kilroy123 9mo ago
I feel the same way. In the past week, I started seeing chatter about this EVERYWHERE on social media, here, and YouTube. Very sus.

thehamkercat 9mo ago

his github: https://github.com/steipete https://github.com/steipete look at his contribution graph, it's absolutely wild

dangoodmanUT 9mo ago

the developer is very well known https://github.com/steipete https://github.com/steipete the crypto is obviously not official and just another scam, trying to ride the popularity Make of that what you will

kristopolous 9mo ago

It seems wildly trivial. Chat completion loop with toolcalling over a universal chat gateway. What's the innovation here? Local model? That was always possible. Toolcalling? Been around a couple years now... It's like 5 minutes of vibe coding at most. There's likely 1,000s of similar projects already on GitHub

thehamkercat 9mo ago
And when you can use claude-code from basically any device (termux on phone via ssh), Why even bother? I had 3 friends ping me yesterday to tell me how this is going to eat their job.... but i don't see how this is different from claude-code + some chat interface + mcp servers
- cherioo 9mo ago
  The whole world is about bundling (and unbundling). Not saying it really is useful, but there are values bundling an easier interface to CC with battery included.
  - thehamkercat 9mo ago
    When someone is pushing 500 commits a day, i don't think they have time to review any code, and it was likely written in full YOLO mode. So it's not just batteries-included, it's probably 100-vulnerabilities-included as well
    - cherioo 9mo ago
      I agree. It is basically claude code running dangerously all the time. That is actually how I use CC most of the time, but I do trust Anthropic more than random github repo. (I have the same sentiment about manifest v3 and adblocker, but somehow HN groupthink is very different there than here) Edit: imagine cowork was released like this. HN would go NUTS.
    - aixpert 9mo ago
      this is the whole message of this hype that you can churn out 500 commits a day relatively confidently the way you have clang churn out 500 assemblies without reading them. We might not be 100% there but the hype is looking slightly into the future and even though I don't see the difference to Claude code, I tend to agree that this is the new way to do things even if something breaks on average it's safe enough

username223 9mo ago

So it's just the Yegge pump-n-dump again? We live in a nation with an "AI and Crypto Czar," so it's not exactly surprising to see multiple versions of this grift.

maximilianroos 9mo ago

He explicitly disavowed any crypto / coin endorsement (I don't _love_ his vibes on Twitter, but he seems like a very reasonable guy generally, and the project seems awesome)

thehamkercat 9mo ago
The project is okay but i don't understand the crazy hype
- browningstreet 9mo ago
  The crazy hype was launched by the “get a Mac Mini” viral MLM content pyramid.
- eclipxe 9mo ago
  It took me a few tries but once I got a good setup going I started finding all sorts of little things throughout my day I could throw over to it and it would just do it and figure it out. I was then hooked.

ex3ndr 9mo ago

i have tried this workflow and it is solid. It is a codex that commits once it finishes something. You can pipeline changes, so it works like in 5-10min intervals and it gets mostly right, much better (and much slower) than opus. He has two computers and one for longer running tasks and another for short one. I suppose you just pipeline a bunch of small issues to the long term one and ask it to work and work on the repo. Another one is probably where he is more engaged with specific tasks. Impressive that it works quite good.

gempir 9mo ago

The Crypto scam is just a recent trend of scammers. They are using big open source projects/developers as figure heads, the maintainers have nothing to do with this, but there is nothing really stopping the scammers.

akmarinov 9mo ago

Peter Steinberger is a well respected developer that started out in the mobile dev community. He founded a company, then made an exit and is set for money, so he just does things for fun. Yes, he AI generated all of it, go through his articles at https://steipete.me/ https://steipete.me/ to see how he does it, it’s definitely not “vibe coding”, he does make sure that what’s being output is solid. He was one of the people in the top charts of using Claude Code a year back, which brought around the limits we know today. He also hosts Claude Code anonymous meetups all over the world. He’s overall a passionate developer that cares about the thing he’s building.

kristopolous 9mo ago
Projects should be judged on their intrinsic merits and not merely be based on the social media follow count of the authors
- akmarinov 9mo ago
  GP is directly discussing the maintainer your comment has nothing to do with the topic discussed...
  - kristopolous 9mo ago
    What on earth are you talking about? The question is "why do people need fainting couches for this project and why are they pretending like 3 year old features of apis that already exist in thousands of projects are brand new innovations exclusive to this?" The answer is: "the author is celebrity and some people are delusional screaming fanboys" My response is: "that's bullshit. let's be adults"
    - akmarinov 9mo ago
      You should really invest in more reading comprehension
      - 9mo ago

kilroy123 9mo ago

I feel the same way. In the past week, I started seeing chatter about this EVERYWHERE on social media, here, and YouTube. Very sus.