Codex Autonomously Codes Overnight Across Three Repositories
reach_vb · x · 2026-07-07
A user shared their experience using OpenAI Codex for asynchronous programming: they assigned a task before bed and woke up to find Codex had autonomously navigated three different codebases, configured working copies, tested various features and flags, updated documentation, and generated a PR. This demonstrates the practical value of AI coding agents in executing long-term, unsupervised workflows across multiple repositories.
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