Michael Schade

@morqon yes! we folded it into the built-in openai docs skill :)

@sch i see this very useful skill has gone, does codex manual do the job now?

codex: automate codex `$codex-meta` gives codex a comprehensive view of itself, and how core concepts fit together: subagents, automations, hooks, security, memory, App Server. helps me have codex adopt new codex features for me, and improve my setup e2e github.com/michaelschade/…

my fiancée and i love to design, so we don’t give up the fun exploration part. from iphone/ipad, select safari tabs, tap copy links, paste to codex. it’ll batch order, find deals, checkout, track orders for any issues, and work with support to resolve.

make Codex great at the boring parts of shopping by telling it to remember these tips: * use Chrome, reuse existing carts/tabs, and keep live checkout state intact * build every cart as far as possible, then batch blockers/questions for me * exhaust discounts: online codes, email/SMS signup, stacking; use best code and unsubscribe later * prefer Shop Pay/Stripe Link over normal checkout; authorized to use emailed/texted auth codes * accept required checkout terms/steps, but don’t opt into marketing unless needed for a discount * don’t final-submit/pay without action-time confirmation * prefer reputable retailers; flag sketchy sellers, spec mismatches, bad return terms, weird lead times * verify exact qty/color/specs, delivery type, lead time, returnability, and total before handoff * use white-glove only for heavy/fragile/assembly-heavy items; flag absurd shipping and consider alternatives * on vintage/marketplaces, make aggressive offers; batch same-seller items for bulk leverage * in live support chat, check it every 30–60s and respond fast * authorized to share order/customer details with checkout/support channels when needed * keep monitoring email & texts for order updates until delivery, work with support to resolve any issues

...and then waited 25 minutes in a support queue, worked with a live agent, and canceled original pickup

codex is a great shopper. part of my home depot order didn't arrive; it repurchased just those items for delivery tomorrow morning

codex windows uses past few days: * Turned LG rolling TV into remote workstation: connected to monitor to setup Homebrew, Moonlight, and on the PC Sunshine so I can use my desktop anywhere in the house. * Built OBSBot camera plugin, logging in to UniFi dashboard to find camera, downloading SDK from Gmail, and vision to fine-tune camera API perf. * Put NAS on Tailscale, setup Plex Media Server, diagnosed slow transfers from NAS admin & UniFi network topology. Got my father-in-law remote access to his favorite media -- oh, and it used Chrome to go find out how to buy him an iPad remotely in Maine and deliver it. * Built a safer webOS dev token refresh flow, the Homebrew channel option sends tokens to a remote server, so after a security audit decided to make its own. * Made my Mac bootstrap repo cross-platform & setup entire PC in Windows native way: PowerShell native dev env (wrapped w/ Socket Firewall of course), PowerToys config, keyboard mapping, taskbar cleanup, path normalization, WSL w/ dotfiles installed, and common apps like VLC, OBS, Tailscale (full setup via admin on browser). * Built a "record every window" automation for OBS screen recording: automatically notices new windows, adds to OBS as a window capture source, tiles them into a scene, and records for easy demo compilation. now to go wheel ’dex out to my new metal fabricator!

configuring my windows box based on my mac from the hot tub ty codex mobile

@ThePrimeagen @wnodom

I have vim psychosis

@aloo my electrician and i became friends over him giving me the lutron file. the whole thing is a racket

@sch There needs to be an anti-home installer. Someone who de-shitifies and removes all the home automation crapware that only installers can edit and replaces it with consumer tech that’s better in every dimension. Lutron I’m looking at you.

i am here for the rescue of landlocked technologies

@charlierguo it can be a very introspective little coder if you let it

IMO not enough people ask Codex about itself - as a power user I can get lost in the sauce so I just ask Codex to do things like: - tell me what capabilities it has access to (like creating/babysitting new Codex threads) - look through old/archived sessions to find random stuff I didn't realize I would need - review my recent work and suggest how I could be more effectively using new features

@berg @JorgeO bryan look away my cabling is a MESS

@sch @JorgeO get it together you two

in hindsight it makes sense that "barebones" pc meant it also wouldn't include an OS installer 🤦‍♂️

@JorgeO oh god the keyboard lol i thankfully JUST found a reader. the alternative was trying to do network boot over my nas but last time i tried that it would have been faster to drive to best buy

@sch lollll i somehow managed to find a usb stick (the microsd usb reader from my gopro flight video days apparently worked for boot images, ha!), but then tripped over needing a usb keyboard (only had a bluetooth keyboard!)

fun AND useful

@thsottiaux same but for prework before i ask it to do something. embracing laziness is the answer

So many times I mentally go "I don't have time for that" and then correct myself re-realizing I can just ask Codex to do it. And more often than not, it just does it.

@alexarena @AnthropicAI congrats arena!

some personal news: I am moving back to SF and joining @AnthropicAI 🤠

codex for home repair: replaced a broken AC unit, new one makes this annoying noise. HVAC proposed invasive work to add new return supplies. asked codex about the issue while talking to him; it found the invoice in my email & looked up unit… variable fan speed simply set wrong