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1. xiphia+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-02-02 18:30:19
Cool, looks like I'll stay on Cursor. All alternatives come out buggy, they care a lot about developer experience.

BTW OpenAI should think a bit about polishing their main apps instead of trying to come out with new ones while the originals are still buggy.

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2. embiri+K3[view] [source] 2026-02-02 18:49:26
>>xiphia+(OP)
(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.
replies(3): >>thefou+Y5 >>theLim+4e >>tomjen+Lq
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3. thefou+Y5[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-02 19:00:35
>>embiri+K3
Any reason to switch from vscode with codex to this app? To me it looks like this app is more for non-developers but maybe I’m missing something
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4. romain+Qc[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-02 19:35:58
>>thefou+Y5
Good question! VS Code is still a great place for deep, hands-on coding with the Codex IDE extension.

We built the Codex app to make it easier to run and supervise multiple agents across projects, let longer-running tasks execute in parallel, and keep a higher-level view of what’s happening. Would love to hear your feedback!

replies(2): >>naiv+cn >>thefou+Cy2
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5. theLim+4e[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-02 19:41:22
>>embiri+K3
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).

replies(5): >>strong+Bj >>naiv+Sm >>vardal+g81 >>indigo+Qy1 >>AlexCo+Wz1
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6. strong+Bj[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-02 20:03:20
>>theLim+4e
Interested in this as well.
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7. naiv+Sm[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-02 20:17:30
>>theLim+4e
Working remotely with the app would truly be great
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8. naiv+cn[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-02 20:19:08
>>romain+Qc
ok , 'projects' but this would make a lot more sense if we could connect remotely to the projects which works without a problem using the IDE plugin, so right now I don't see any advantage of using this
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9. tomjen+Lq[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-02 20:33:02
>>embiri+K3
Awesome. Any chance we will see a phone app?

I know coding on a phone sounds stupid, but with an agent it’s mostly approvals and small comments.

replies(1): >>strong+tr
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10. strong+tr[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-02 20:35:18
>>tomjen+Lq
The ChatGPT app on iOS has a Codex page, though it only seems to be for the "cloud" version.
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11. vardal+g81[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-02 23:28:34
>>theLim+4e
This should be table stakes by now. That's the beauty of these cli tools and how they scale so well.
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12. indigo+Qy1[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-03 02:05:25
>>theLim+4e
Not going to solve your exact problem but I started this project with this approach in mind

https://github.com/jgbrwn/vibebin

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13. AlexCo+Wz1[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-03 02:13:38
>>theLim+4e
What are the benefits of using the codex webapp?
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14. thefou+Cy2[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-03 10:43:21
>>romain+Qc
I already have multiple projects that I manage in full-screen via vscode. I just move from one to the other using “cmd” + “->” . You should be aware that the Claude Code extension for vscode is way better than codex extension so perhaps you should work a bit on that as well. Even if the agents do 80% of work I still need to check what they do and a familiar IDE seems the first choice of existing/old school developer
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