Positive Experience Building Projects with Codex
rickasaurus · x · 2026-07-10
The author spent the past week building a new project using Sol and Codex, reporting a great overall experience. They describe Sol as a "sharp knife"—ideal for well-defined problems. While not suited for brainstorming, it excels once requirements are clear, demonstrates strong intuition for common software engineering tasks, and avoids rookie mistakes like committing private keys to a repository.
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