Why Tibo Became the 'God of Resets' for Codex
APPSO · wechat · 2026-07-16
Tibo (Thibault Sottiaux) went viral on X for frequently responding to Codex rate limit resets and bug fixes, earning him the title of the "god of Codex quotas." This article traces his journey from a Belgian computer prodigy and Google DeepMind engineer to joining OpenAI to lead Codex, eventually taking over core product platforms like ChatGPT, Codex, and the Developer API.
The article also details the evolution of Codex: early parallel tracks for terminal execution and cloud agents eventually merged, leading to the May 2025 launch of Codex Web, which can process tasks in parallel, modify code, and open GitHub PRs in the cloud. As local agent tools proliferated, Codex pivoted toward a more general-purpose agentic product.
The author shares examples of how Tibo integrates Codex into his daily work: organizing emails, calendars, and docs into daily briefings, handling engineering risks, and even finding SF bakeries to map out in a spreadsheet and webpage. The underlying message is that behind Tibo's "reset button" meme, OpenAI is pushing AI from a showcase of capabilities to a genuine workflow gateway.
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