Agents
Codex
An AI coding tool members use for building and iterating on projects.
- Messages
- 2,658
- Members using it
- 163
- First seen
- Nov 19, 2025
What it means
A development environment that wraps AI models with context management and tooling for coding tasks. Members use it to ship MVPs quickly, though opinions on its verbosity and hand-holding vary. Some find it essential for rapid iteration, others find it frustrating compared to lighter-weight setups.
How it's used here
Frequently compared to other coding agents and praised for generous free usage. Members mention pushing Codex output to production, using it for client work, and building entire apps with 300k+ lines of code through it.
Seen in the wild
“Codex improved that code and I pushed it to my client's sites and is now able to successfully detect and evade reviewers' sophisticated bots”
“I have no idea how you code with Codex, it's verbosity and retardation / hand holding are making me absolutely fucking crazy. I can't do it.”
“I think they’ve been shipping solid features, just seems they are cash strapped and can’t give away as much free usage as Codex is doing rn.”