Dev Marvels as Codex Rebuilds Complex Codebase from Scratch in 2 Hours
___Patrice___ · x · 2026-08-08
A seasoned developer shared a surreal experience using OpenAI Codex. Facing a highly complex codebase he had worked on for years, he watched as Codex speed-ran the process of rebuilding it from scratch in just two hours, leaving him amazed by the breakthrough in development speed.
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