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Wrote a guide just for you! ;-)
Not sure if this will surprise you - but I 100% agree with this. I went through the journey that many others did - implementing the loop, then trying to make it useful, realizing the limitations, etc.
I came to similar conclusions - what does valuable agentic software look like? It's not OpenClaw (yet)
The game theory then, in my opinion, is to focus on the knowable frontier - implement tools we can trust - and continue working and sharing that work.
I am holding onto the optimistic case - valuable use cases beyond coding agents will emerge.
Lots of output validation support!
Actions can enforce an output schema: https://hexdocs.pm/jido_action/schemas-validation.html#outpu...
Agents can as well - but it can be implemented a few different ways.
This project is an enhanced reader for Ycombinator Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/.
The interface also allow to comment, post and interact with the original HN platform. Credentials are stored locally and are never sent to any server, you can check the source code here: https://github.com/GabrielePicco/hacker-news-rich.
For suggestions and features requests you can write me here: gabrielepicco.github.io