A quick build-log update for the Claude Code and OpenClaw crowd - we're closing in on a useful milestone and could use your support. Hey everyone, I'm Yusuf, co-founder at Vendo (YC S26). Berkeley honors grad at 19, Stanford MS, and now building open-source software that lets companies agentify their products: embedded agents your customers use to automate work, build views, and connect their tools. We're at 412 stars and I'm trying to push past 500 so more builders find it. If you have a GitHub account, this takes 10 seconds: open https://github.com/runvendo/vendo and hit the Star button in the top right. That's it. Live product if you want to poke at it: vendo.run Happy to answer anything about the stack, agents, or YC. And I'll return the favor - drop your repo below and I'll star it too. 🙏

I've always believed that great opportunities often start with a simple conversation, not a job post or a formal meeting. I'm a Senior AI and Full Stack Engineer with 10+ years of experience building SaaS platforms, AI agents, automation systems and web and mobile applications. I'd love to connect with founders, co-founders, CEOs, developers and anyone passionate about building something meaningful. Maybe you have an idea but need help bringing it to life. Maybe you're working on a product and facing technical challenges. Or maybe you're just exploring what's possible with AI and modern technology. I'm open to collaborating with founders and clients who need an experienced engineer, whether for a specific project or a long-term partnership. But not every conversation has to be about business. I genuinely enjoy exchanging ideas, learning from others and making meaningful connections. I'd love to hear about it! 🥰 Please send a DM or Telegram: @calton_dev

Been working with software systems for more than 10 years, mostly around backend, cloud, AI, automation, and product development. One thing I’ve learned, knowing a programming language alone usually isn’t enough. The harder part is understanding the actual business. How to automate work that’s still manual. Connect systems that don’t work well together. Build AI into real workflows. Keep the backend stable when usage grows. Deal with data scattered across different tools. These are the kinds of problems I’ve spent a lot of time working on here in Japan. But I’m curious about the US side. For people running companies in the US, what technical skills are becoming difficult to find? And what skills do you think companies will need more of over the next few years?

I am an entrepreneur and a tech professional. Been working with software systems for quite a while, and one pattern comes up a lot. The first version works fine. Then customers grow, operations get bigger, and little technical problems start showing up everywhere. Too many manual steps. APIs that don’t talk properly. Slow backend. Data sitting in different places. AI added, but not really connected to the actual workflow. Usually not one huge problem. More like five small ones quietly costing time every day. For those running a company now, what’s becoming harder on the technical side as you grow?