Anthony Kroeger

🇦🇺 shipping code for startups in SF / forward deployed engineer @ Lyra

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

Codex just launched one of the coolest features - Appshots.

by pressing both CMD keyboard buttons, context of whatever app you're on gets sent to Codex, including screenshots and text.

you might be thinking "isn't this the same as screenshotting and pasting it", and no it isn't.

Appshots also pass in context from the app that isn't visible on the screen. For example if you're viewing a Google Doc and take an appshot, it passes in text that's scrolled offscreen as well.

along with this release, OpenAI made remote Codex still work even while your laptop screen is locked, so you can leave your laptop on 24/7 at home, safely, while you code from your phone.

highly recommend trying out the Codex app - so many features that don't exist elsewhere yet and the app is just delightful to use

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

happy GPT 5.6 week

(manifesting it)

it would be funny if they just skipped 5.6 and went for GPT 6

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

btw this is one of the best codex plugins if you're doing web dev

it gets the agent to perform testing every time that it does frontend work, including starting dev server -> in-app browser testing -> taking screenshots for you to review

it even tests mobile viewports too

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

most people that use the Codex app will agree

it's the closest to being the AI 'everything app' right now, and the upcoming super app will solidify this

[pranav @pranaveight]

I’m going to make a claim that might feel similarly hyperbolic now but could feel obvious in the following months — ChatGPT/Codex is reinventing personal computing.

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

@athcanft the app store 🐐 has become the saas 🐐

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

@jjpcodes sheesh this looks cool, the goal actually worked?

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

the Codex logo might be saved after the merge

[Andrew Ambrosino @ajambrosino]

@PatrickHaede don’t worry

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

@SIGKITTEN i have access to that too

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

looks like /side chats in Codex don't have a short expiry anymore so they don't randomly die on you now

i think they most likely last until you close the side chat or close the app

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

@StoicYield it changed from 25x to 20x pretty sure

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

even though the $200 codex plan dropped from 25x -> 20x usage, still using about 20% per day so we're chilling

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

even though the $200 codex plan dropped from 25x -> 20x usage, still using about 20% per day so we're chilling

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

@BDoma for this one specifically, it just automatically invokes when i ask for frontend changes or frontend bugfixes - i.e. it spins up the dev server, tests with in-app browser, and screenshots it

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

btw this is one of the best codex plugins if you're doing web dev

it gets the agent to perform testing every time that it does frontend work, including starting dev server -> in-app browser testing -> taking screenshots for you to review

it even tests mobile viewports too

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

i feel like one reason is that OpenAI knows their harness is the best place to use GPT 5.5, or wants it to be the best, which is why they allow you to use your sub anywhere.

if a majority of users want to use GPT 5.5 elsewhere, then they know there's room for improvement.

since everyone is forced to use their Claude sub in Claude Code, it's hard to tell whether it's due to the product being good or if it's due to the lock-in

also i use the Codex app more but i think the Claude Code app is pretty good too - just needs improvements to the in-app browser, computer use, and keyboard shortcuts imo

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

i think /side might be one of the best Codex features ever

special shoutout to Claude Code for innovating /btw

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

@argofowl oh what the, i'm not really encountering any bugs at the moment

either way i'm excited for the unified app

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

i'm pretty confident this app merge is gonna go well given that the Codex app is basically all 3 combined already

just hoping that we get the Codex app UI rather than the ChatGPT one

also hoping it's named Codex or it's gonna be so confusing to say "ChatGPT" 🤣

[Chubby♨️ @kimmonismus]

OpenAI is merging ChatGPT, Codex and its Atlas browser into one desktop app and recasting Codex from a coding tool into a productivity app it says anyone can use.

The figures it has been handing out to support that: 5 million weekly Codex users, enterprise revenue up 50% week over week, usage growing 5% a day.

Those come from an all-hands and an internal staff note, relayed by people familiar with the remarks.

Codex is increasingly evolving into a true work platform. And GPT-5.6 is also on the horizon. Great things are expected from OpenAI in the near future.

Via the information

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

not sure how accurate Eight Sleep tracking is but 5.5 hrs average in april is crazy 💀

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

@athcanft thank you 🐐 i’m tryna find ads to copy but my tiktok is ad free LMAO

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

@athcanft @indiesoftwaredv probably a dumb question but why not increase it

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

@chrislaupama i think number 1 is because they hired designers and design engineers

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

@iMuffined tbh resets are usually right before or after the previous reset anyway haha, still appreciate it though

[Anthony Kroeger @kr0der]

/fast

[Theo - t3.gg @theo]

Reset likely incoming, burn all the tokens you can for the next few hours