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Re: The Codex App

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Post by pests »

hobofan wrote: post #108
the_sleaze_ wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

100% First phase: Plan. Mandatory to complete, as well as get AI feedback from a separate context or model. Iterate until complete. Only then move on to the Second Phase: make edits. Better planning == Better execution

Until a few days ago (when I switched to Codex), I would have agreed. My workflow was "thoroughly written issues" -> plan -> implement. Without the plan step, there is a high likelyhood that Claude Code (both normal or with GLM-4.7) or Cursor drift off in a wrong direction. With Codex, I increasingly can skip the plan step, and it just toils along until it has finished the issue. It can be more "lazy" at times and as…

I still use tons of non-plan mode edits with cursor too. The example prompt above I'd plan it out first just to make sure it does it in a way I want since I personally know there are tons of ways to implement it. But for simple changes or when I don't want a plan on purpose I just use a normal agent.

Re: The Codex App

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Post by jimmy76615 »

rubslopes wrote: post #128

To me, the obvious next step for these companies is to integrate their products with web hosting. At this point, the remaining hurdle for non-developers is deploying their creations to the cloud with built-in monetization.

Just tell it to use your gcp/aws account using the cli, makes it infinitely powerful in terms of deployment. (Also, while I might miss some parts of programming that I have given to AI, I certainly don't miss working with clouds).

Re: The Codex App

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Post by _23sd »

lvl155 wrote: post #92

Bugs me they treat MacOS as first class. Do people actually develop on a Mac in 2026? Why not just start with Linux?

I mean if they were targeting "software engineers" in general then Windows would be the obvious choice in 2026 as much as in 2006. But these early releases are all about the SF bubble where Mac is very much dominant.

Re: The Codex App

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Post by rirze »

lacoolj wrote: post #90

OpenAI, ChatGPT, Codex So many of the things that pioneered the way for the truly good (Claude, Gemini) to evolve. I am thankful for what they have done. But the quality is gone, and they are now in catch-up mode. This is clear, not just from the quality of GPT-5.x outputs, but from this article. They launch something new, flashy, should get the attention of all of us. And yet, they only launch to Apple devices? Then…

Not sure when you last evaluated the tools, but I strongly prefer Codex to Claude Code and Gemini.

Codex gets complex tasks right and I don't keep hitting usage limits constantly. (this is comparing the 20$ ChatGPT to the 200$ Claude Pro Max plans fwiw)

The tooling around ChatGPT and Codex is less, but their models are far more dependable imo than Antropic's at this very moment.

Re: The Codex App

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Post by strongpigeon »

theLiminator wrote: post #110
embirico wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(I work on Codex) One detail you might appreciate is that we built the app with a ton of code sharing with the CLI (as core agent harness) and the VSCode extension (UI layer), so that as we improve any of those, we polish them all.

Any chance you'll enable remote development on a self-hosted machine with this app? Ie. I think the codex webapp on a self-hosted machine would be great. This is impotant when you need a beefier machine (with potentially a GPU).

Interested in this as well.

Re: The Codex App

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Post by calebhwin »

verdverm wrote: post #113
elAhmo wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Usage like this is becoming a rarity. Most people are editing significantly less and "agent interfaces" are slowly taking the focus.

"most" people aren't even using AI yet Of those that are, most are not vibe coding, so an editor is still required at many points

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Re: The Codex App

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Post by cactusplant7374 »

oneneptune wrote: post #38

I'm a Claude Code user primarily. The best UI based orchestrator I've used is Zenflow by Zencoder.ai -- I am in no way affiliated with them, but their UI / tool can connect to any model or service you have. They offer their own model but I've not used it. What I like is that the sessions are highly configurable from their plan.md which translates a md document into a process. So you can tweak and add steps. This is s…

Aren't there 500+ aggregator services?

Re: The Codex App

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Post by _ea1k »

samstokes wrote: post #125

Bit of a buried lede: > For a limited time we're including Codex with ChatGPT Free Is this the first free frontier coding agent? (I know there have been OSS coding agents for years, but not Codex/Claude Code.)

That depends on whether Gemini CLI counts. I've had generally bad experiences with it, but it is free for at least some usage.

Re: The Codex App

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Post by strongpigeon »

raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #101
strongpigeon wrote: post #5

Genuinely excited to try this out. I've started using Codex much more heavily in the past two months and honestly, it's been shockingly good. Not perfect mind you, but it keeps impressing me with what it's able to "get". It often gets stuff wrong, and at times runs with faulty assumptions, but overall it's no worse than having average L3-L4 engs at your disposal. That being said, the app is stuck at the launch screen…

I have the $20 a month subscription for ChatGPT and the $200/year subscription to Claude (company reimbursed). I have yet to hit usage limits with Codex. I continuously reach it with Claude. I use them both the same way - hands on the wheel and very interactive, small changes and tell them both to update a file to keep up with what’s done and what to do as I test. Codex gets caught in a loop more often trying to fix…

The trick to reach the usage limit is to run many agents in parallel. Not that it’s an explicit goal of mine but I keep thinking of this blog post [0] and then try to get Codex to do as much for me as possible in parallel

[0]: http://theoryofconstraints.blogspot.com/2007/06/toc-stories-...

Re: The Codex App

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Post by epolanski »

nr378 wrote: post #89

Looks like another Claude App/Cowork-type competitor with slightly different tradeoffs (Cowork just calls Claude Code in a VM, this just calls Codex CLI with OS sandboxing). Here's the Codex tech stack in case anyone was interested like me. Framework: Electron 40.0.0 Frontend: - React 19.2.0 - Jotai (state management) - TanStack React Form - Vite (bundler) - TypeScript Backend/Main Process: - Node.js - better-sqlite3…

They have the same stack of a boot camper, quite telling.
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