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Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

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Re: Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

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Post by nsonha »

reassess_blind wrote: post #30

Is there a native way to work remotely with Claude/Codex on a local folder or git repo on your main machine without having to connect it to GitHub? For creating apps for personal use I’d rather just keep the files local. Edit: Running into issues setting it up on Windows. There's no "/remote-control" command in the CLI, so I installed the Windows Codex app. Then I updated the iOS app which now has the "Codex" feature…

I tried apps that do this workflow (happy coder being one), but the workflow itself is rather clunky. You have to first start the session inside the remote machine. I now only do ssh, I can start or resume on whatever device suits at the time. The only downside is latency and connection drops, mosh solves it.

Re: Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

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Post by vardalab »

barrkel wrote: post #37
reassess_blind wrote: post #30

Is there a native way to work remotely with Claude/Codex on a local folder or git repo on your main machine without having to connect it to GitHub? For creating apps for personal use I’d rather just keep the files local. Edit: Running into issues setting it up on Windows. There's no "/remote-control" command in the CLI, so I installed the Windows Codex app. Then I updated the iOS app which now has the "Codex" feature…

This is what /remote-control does in Claude Code, once it's running on your main machine. You can open it up in the phone app.

It flakes out in less than 24 hrs. I tried leaving a session open on remote control mode in a VM but it inevitably stopped with some token auth error.

Re: Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

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Post by jumploops »

keyle wrote: post #57
jumploops wrote: post #22

I’ve been using Codex from my phone for the past couple of months (through a tunnel, not this app). I was initially quite excited, but I’ve found the results are less than great compared to being at a keyboard. Something about the smaller screen size and/or lack of keyboard causes me to direct the agent less, which in turn creates more tech debt/code churn/etc. Maybe I’m just showing my age, and I should practice voi…

I'm not sure I follow, you develop code on a remote machine by speaking to your phone and are unimpressed by the result?

It's not that I'm unimpressed by the results, it's that I think I'm saving time by pushing the agent along remotely, but the reality is that my messages to the agent(s) end up being a lot shorter, which inevitably leaves more up for interpretation.

Don't get me wrong, I still use Codex (and sometimes Claude Code) remotely every day, and am overall excited for this release, it's just that the benefit wasn't as high as I had initially hoped.

Part of this is due to the models getting better (no need to prod along with "continue"), and part of this is the nature of how I use my phone (short bursts of attention).

But again, maybe I'm just old and prefer big screens with a keyboard.

Re: Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

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Post by helsinki »

deadbabe wrote: post #67
iridione wrote: post #20

This is neat! Now I'm curious, what's left to innovate in the coding agent space? Sure there are the usual suspects like maintenance, security, reliability and other scalability improvements and looks like they will be addressed in the next year or two.

Agent farms. Have agents make tons of random high fidelity variations around the clock of the same app or feature from some vague ideas, and you use each of them to see which one you like best and can productize, and you skip the need to do iterative prompts.

Some of us pay by the token.

Re: Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

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Post by mifydev »

throwatdem12311 wrote: post #98

> Stay connected to active work from anywhere And here I thought AI was gonna automate the world and we were gonna work less. Turns out you’re gonna work 24/7 no matter where you are!

This is a very myopic and unnecessary cynical sentiment. It's not about you - agents just need to run without your computer being on all the time. Coding is a background task that needs to run unattended now.

Re: Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

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Post by throwatdem12311 »

mifydev wrote: post #107
throwatdem12311 wrote: post #98

> Stay connected to active work from anywhere And here I thought AI was gonna automate the world and we were gonna work less. Turns out you’re gonna work 24/7 no matter where you are!

This is a very myopic and unnecessary cynical sentiment. It's not about you - agents just need to run without your computer being on all the time. Coding is a background task that needs to run unattended now.

This is absolutely not true. I run dozens of Opus agents all day and they need so much constant attention and babysitting (lest everything turn to sh*t) that I would not qualify it anywhere close to “background”. And I’m sure as hell not wrangling these things from my *phone*.

Re: Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

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Post by throwatdem12311 »

teaspoon wrote: post #103
throwatdem12311 wrote: post #98

> Stay connected to active work from anywhere And here I thought AI was gonna automate the world and we were gonna work less. Turns out you’re gonna work 24/7 no matter where you are!

Why not work the same amount and be at your desk less?

The same reason I don’t have social media apps on my phone.
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