ben_talent
Re:Open Source Companies in the Post-Agent World
on Saturday January 31, 2026 @03:22PM (#46840419)
Wrote this blogpost in early Jan. Before the OpenClaw madness.
I think it's never been more relevant to rethink how companies and especially open-source companies can leverage this new shift: words are now executable.
Anyways, would love to get some feedback.
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on Friday January 16, 2026 @12:09AM (#46643178)
Completely understand. It's up to us to keep shippinh and making this actually good during that time!
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on Thursday January 15, 2026 @05:44PM (#46640473)
Yeah ! I feel like until we figure out the correct UX for non-technical people the right way would be a sort of hybrid. Where you'd set it up on a remote server (if you know opencode you know openwork) and you just then have non-tech people do a one time setup to connect to the remote and from then on you can easily extend capabilities.
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on Thursday January 15, 2026 @04:12PM (#46639381)
let me know if you need help, still a bit rough around the edges
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on Thursday January 15, 2026 @04:11PM (#46639370)
I used "open" because:
- it's open source
- built on top of open source (opencode)
- it's built-around extensibility via plain-text files (skills) and open-source plugins
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on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:43PM (#46639012)
Yes it's fully integrated with Claude Skills.
There's first-class integration of https://github.com/enulus/OpenPackage and we provide a ui to install from a list of skills easily as well as add your own.
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on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:06PM (#46638409)
Yeah it is still too technical.
First obvious stuff like getting the dmg notarized having easier install.
Then after it will be about optimizing onboarding. One of the core goals is to help Susan do 1 small task in under 5 min.
To do that we will need to: - have some prepackaged configs for folks like starter template - ship opencode within the app itself so users don't need to manually install it - and get rid of the technical jargon that is cluttered in the app.
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on Thursday January 15, 2026 @02:39PM (#46638026)
Fixed as well. Thanks again!
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on Thursday January 15, 2026 @02:11PM (#46637570)
MIT
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on Thursday January 15, 2026 @02:11PM (#46637567)
Updated ! Thanks for flagging
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on Thursday January 15, 2026 @02:11PM (#46637564)
Oh damn thanks for flagging. I just added an MIT license.
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Re:Cryptocurrency and the unbanked
on Sunday October 03, 2021 @05:29PM (#28740664)
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Re:Cryptocurrency and the unbanked
on Sunday October 03, 2021 @04:49PM (#28740390)
Hey I reposted this article
The conclusion of the article says: "... it's not a magical solution. The reasons for financial exclusion are rooted in deep inequality"
What kind of articles do belong on HN?