Finding Product Inspiration from Public APIs with Codex
vista8 · x · 2026-07-11
The author notes that while many people recognize the power of GPT-5.6 / Codex, they often don't know what to build.
The suggested approach: instead of just staring at your own pain points, browse open-source public API repositories on GitHub and have Codex mine them for product inspiration. The author's IMDB Top250 website, built this week, was created from an API found in just such a repository.
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