# OpenClaw Code-alongs

Source: https://www.dandenney.com/blips/openclaw-code-alongs
Date: 2026-08-20
Summary: Two DataCamp code-alongs, both built with OpenClaw too

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I've done two code-alongs for DataCamp recently: [Build Your Own Executive Assistant With OpenClaw](https://www.datacamp.com/code-along/build-your-own-executive-assistant-with-open-claw) and [Build Your First Productivity Assistant with OpenClaw](https://www.datacamp.com/code-along/build-your-first-productivity-assistant-with-openclaw).

The funny extra detail is that both of those projects were also fully created with OpenClaw. So yes, I used OpenClaw to teach OpenClaw. After I shared a blog post about using it, I kind of became the OpenClaw guy at work.

Hermes is still my daily-driver preference, but OpenClaw has definitely become part of my reputation there. The executive assistant session is more about workflow design, useful task orchestration, and being careful with sensitive data. The productivity assistant one is more about getting a single assistant to work across your calendar, inbox, messages, and files in one run.

Anyway, if you want a quick snapshot of the kind of AI assistant work I've been building lately, those two are a pretty good sample.