Comment by fny
5 days ago
I really hope Mario who wrote the engine that powers OpenClaw[0] gets spoils as well.
OpenClaw is mostly a shell around this (ha!), and I've always been annoyed OpenClaw never credited those repos openly.
The pi agent repos are a joy to read, are 1/100th the size of OpenClaw, and have 95% of the functionality.
peter's claw is a lot more than just a wrapper around my slop.
i too had plenty of offers, but so far chose not to follow through with any of them, as i like my life as is.
also, peter is a good friend and gives plenty of credit. in fact, less credit would be nice, so i don't have to endure more vibeslopped issues and PRs going forward :)
Your Pi is a piece of art. Thank you for building it. I spend almost 16 hrs a day with it . And there is not a single day I am not awestruck. Big fan!
Best HN comment ever.
Peak HN for sure. This is what keeps me coming back.
pi is the most amazing piece of software I have interacted with, thanks for building it
Can you explain why for someone who is just familiar with traditional agents like Claude Code?
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> Special thanks to Mario Zechner for his support and for pi-mono. Special thanks to Adam Doppelt for lobster.bot.
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw?tab=readme-ov-file#comm...
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don't do this, this is ridiculous. both openclaw and pi are passion projects by two friends who are already well off.
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What nonsense is this. You seem to be implying that contributing to an open source project creates some kind of entitlement to whatever another contributor attains. That’s not how it works.
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Mario has a special place in the Clawtributor list.
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw#community
Reminds me of people talking about Angry Birds and the Box2d physics engine. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2273694
Other than the response from Mario itself, pi is very frequently showcased at meetups organised by Peter/OpenClaw community, so there is definitely crediting involved.
Pi's great. I really noticed it when trying some of the openclaw clones which try to be smaller in binary size and end up not using pi.