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Lars Winstand

Love AI agents Love robots MD, PhD

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My n8n lead agent looked fine until I found 3 failure points: Apollo 200s, HubSpot 423s, and bad JSON handoffs
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My n8n lead agent looked fine until I found 3 failure points: Apollo 200s, HubSpot 423s, and bad JSON handoffs

#n8n #automation #ai #api
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6 min read
I stopped babysitting my support bot when I added a reviewer agent prompt after every draft
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I stopped babysitting my support bot when I added a reviewer agent prompt after every draft

#ai #automation #python #n8n
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I used one expensive model for everything and the real upgrade was LLM fallback routing
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I used one expensive model for everything and the real upgrade was LLM fallback routing

#ai #llm #openai #devops
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My Postgres AI automation stopped acting haunted when I added 7 boring database guardrails
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My Postgres AI automation stopped acting haunted when I added 7 boring database guardrails

#postgres #ai #automation #devops
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I stopped letting my AI agent open 50 browser tabs at once and the CAPTCHA chaos finally calmed down
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I stopped letting my AI agent open 50 browser tabs at once and the CAPTCHA chaos finally calmed down

#playwright #webscraping #automation #ai
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My agent missed a 15 minute reminder and that’s when I finally understood agent failure recovery
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My agent missed a 15 minute reminder and that’s when I finally understood agent failure recovery

#ai #agents #automation #devops
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I stopped chasing the cheapest API and built a local LLM fallback instead
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I stopped chasing the cheapest API and built a local LLM fallback instead

#ai #llm #opensource #devops
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I thought I needed Google Workspace for a phone agent. The real problem was my LLM router.
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I thought I needed Google Workspace for a phone agent. The real problem was my LLM router.

#ai #automation #opensource #devops
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I thought my AI agent approval workflow was solid until I realized my agents couldn’t prove who sent the order
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I thought my AI agent approval workflow was solid until I realized my agents couldn’t prove who sent the order

#ai #security #agents #devops
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My agent kept getting worse after 24+ hours, and the fix was using less context, not more
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My agent kept getting worse after 24+ hours, and the fix was using less context, not more

#ai #llm #agents #devops
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I thought OpenClaw would just install and instead I got dropped into provider hell
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I thought OpenClaw would just install and instead I got dropped into provider hell

#ai #devops #openclaw #agents
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I stopped asking agents to build the whole site and started treating them like reviewers
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I stopped asking agents to build the whole site and started treating them like reviewers

#ai #webdev #automation #opensource
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I found a 17-comment Reddit fight about a habit tracker and it’s really about agent UX
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I found a 17-comment Reddit fight about a habit tracker and it’s really about agent UX

#ai #devtools #automation #productivity
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My OpenClaw agent stopped being chaos when I split it into 3 separate channels
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My OpenClaw agent stopped being chaos when I split it into 3 separate channels

#ai #agents #devops #automation
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I looked into AI habit trackers and realized 1 fixed cron + markdown beats agent-generated UX
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I looked into AI habit trackers and realized 1 fixed cron + markdown beats agent-generated UX

#ai #automation #productivity #devops
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My 262k-token model kept faceplanting at 33k and the fix was nowhere near OpenClaw
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My 262k-token model kept faceplanting at 33k and the fix was nowhere near OpenClaw

#ai #ollama #openclaw #devops
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I thought OpenClaw was broken, but 3 quick tests showed my home IP was the thing getting banned
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I thought OpenClaw was broken, but 3 quick tests showed my home IP was the thing getting banned

#webdev #automation #playwright #ai
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That 67-upvote OpenClaw thread wasn’t really about the release
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That 67-upvote OpenClaw thread wasn’t really about the release

#ai #agents #automation #devops
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DeepSeek got more expensive and the r/openclaw thread was really about something bigger
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DeepSeek got more expensive and the r/openclaw thread was really about something bigger

#ai #llm #openai #devops
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I thought OpenClaw was slow, but the real problem was the 5 seconds before the model ever ran
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I thought OpenClaw was slow, but the real problem was the 5 seconds before the model ever ran

#ai #devops #kubernetes #llm
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I got OpenClaw working on my phone, Mac, and Windows box — then NetBird became the real project
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I got OpenClaw working on my phone, Mac, and Windows box — then NetBird became the real project

#ai #devops #automation #openai
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I stopped looking for an AI recorder and built a watched-folder pipeline for agent-ready voice notes
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I stopped looking for an AI recorder and built a watched-folder pipeline for agent-ready voice notes

#ai #automation #python #devops
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I thought this OpenClaw outage story was hype until I read how it actually worked
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I thought this OpenClaw outage story was hype until I read how it actually worked

#ai #automation #devops #opensource
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My local LLM too slow problem got way better when I stopped asking OpenClaw to think about every light switch
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My local LLM too slow problem got way better when I stopped asking OpenClaw to think about every light switch

#ai #agents #automation #opensource
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I thought running OpenClaw from my phone was the goal, then I realized the phone should only say yes or no
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I thought running OpenClaw from my phone was the goal, then I realized the phone should only say yes or no

#ai #automation #devops #openclaw
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I thought OpenClaw needed one super-agent but the people winning are running 30
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I thought OpenClaw needed one super-agent but the people winning are running 30

#ai #agents #automation #devops
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We wired a ‘cheap’ model into our CRM and accidentally made pricing changes a production risk
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We wired a ‘cheap’ model into our CRM and accidentally made pricing changes a production risk

#ai #devops #api #automation
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I thought AI agent task completion in email meant better drafts, but this excavation company’s 5% inbox proved me wrong
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I thought AI agent task completion in email meant better drafts, but this excavation company’s 5% inbox proved me wrong

#ai #automation #gmail #devops
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I thought redacting medical notes was enough until I saw what GPT-5 actually needed
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I thought redacting medical notes was enough until I saw what GPT-5 actually needed

#ai #privacy #healthtech #automation
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I stopped letting GPT-5 babysit my inbox and the whole workflow got cheaper and better
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I stopped letting GPT-5 babysit my inbox and the whole workflow got cheaper and better

#ai #automation #node #productivity
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I stopped trusting system prompt precedence the day my agent learned to ignore me
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I stopped trusting system prompt precedence the day my agent learned to ignore me

#ai #security #agents #devops
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I thought OpenClaw was dead until I realized people were just tired of babysitting 18 cron jobs and a self-hosted runtime
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I thought OpenClaw was dead until I realized people were just tired of babysitting 18 cron jobs and a self-hosted runtime

#ai #openclaw #devops #automation
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I stopped letting my WhatsApp agent freestyle and everything got better
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I stopped letting my WhatsApp agent freestyle and everything got better

#ai #automation #n8n #whatsapp
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I read the r/openclaw thread on weird AI automations and the best one wasn’t even flashy
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I read the r/openclaw thread on weird AI automations and the best one wasn’t even flashy

#ai #automation #devops #python
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I tried using an AI agent to set up a fresh Windows PC and Reddit was right about Ninite
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I tried using an AI agent to set up a fresh Windows PC and Reddit was right about Ninite

#ai #windows #automation #devops
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I thought switching from Claude to GPT would fix my agent chaos, but the real fix was cutting turns to 8
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I thought switching from Claude to GPT would fix my agent chaos, but the real fix was cutting turns to 8

#ai #llm #agents #python
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I stopped worrying about rogue AI when I realized the real danger was 1 bad rm -rf
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I stopped worrying about rogue AI when I realized the real danger was 1 bad rm -rf

#ai #security #devops #productivity
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I tried reading those agent identity scans and realized they’re mostly tests of prompt instruction priority
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I tried reading those agent identity scans and realized they’re mostly tests of prompt instruction priority

#ai #agents #security #devops
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Telegram vanished from the App Store and r/openclaw lost it for 41 comments
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Telegram vanished from the App Store and r/openclaw lost it for 41 comments

#devops #ai #automation #opensource
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My OpenClaw agent didn’t get dumber — the cap changed and everything fell over
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My OpenClaw agent didn’t get dumber — the cap changed and everything fell over

#ai #automation #devops #openai
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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
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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

#ai #agents #llm #openai
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I think I found the first OpenClaw voice workflow normal people might actually keep
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I think I found the first OpenClaw voice workflow normal people might actually keep

#ai #openclaw #automation #devops
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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
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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

#ai #devops #docker #opensource
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My OpenClaw agent “froze” for 20 seconds, and the traces proved it wasn’t Claude
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My OpenClaw agent “froze” for 20 seconds, and the traces proved it wasn’t Claude

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

#ai #devops #docker #kubernetes
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My fresh OpenClaw install kept failing. The model wasn’t the problem.
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My fresh OpenClaw install kept failing. The model wasn’t the problem.

#ai #llm #openclaw #ollama
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I stopped building agent teams and started using AI agent delegation with a queue
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I stopped building agent teams and started using AI agent delegation with a queue

#ai #agents #automation #n8n
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I thought my finance agent was smart until AMZN Mktp US quietly wrecked 3 months of reports
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I thought my finance agent was smart until AMZN Mktp US quietly wrecked 3 months of reports

#ai #automation #n8n #postgres
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I think the first AI agent normal people will actually copy is the one that checks websites while they sleep
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I think the first AI agent normal people will actually copy is the one that checks websites while they sleep

#ai #automation #webdev #programming
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The First Home AI I’d Trust Is a Boring 6am Incident Bot
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The First Home AI I’d Trust Is a Boring 6am Incident Bot

#ai #automation #homeassistant #devops
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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
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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

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

#ai #devops #automation #opensource
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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
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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

#ai #devops #llm #openclaw
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My AI agent update broke and now it talks in emojis — turns out that’s better UX
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My AI agent update broke and now it talks in emojis — turns out that’s better UX

#ai #slack #discord #automation
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I finally saw an agent with a phone number that didn’t feel like a gimmick
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I finally saw an agent with a phone number that didn’t feel like a gimmick

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

#ai #automation #n8n #openai
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Reddit’s 17-upvote OpenClaw migration fix is boring, and that’s why it works
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Reddit’s 17-upvote OpenClaw migration fix is boring, and that’s why it works

#ai #devops #automation #opensource
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14 people on r/openclaw argued about memory and somehow they were all right
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14 people on r/openclaw argued about memory and somehow they were all right

#ai #agents #opensource #sqlite
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I finally found an OpenClaw memory setup I’d trust with my real notes
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I finally found an OpenClaw memory setup I’d trust with my real notes

#ai #opensource #sqlite #ollama
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I thought I needed a smarter coding prompt but I actually needed my agent to interrogate me for an hour
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I thought I needed a smarter coding prompt but I actually needed my agent to interrogate me for an hour

#ai #devops #productivity #openai
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