OpenAI ships animated sparkles in the Codex terminal prompt, devs baffled
cnakazawa · x · 2026-09-14
A developer noticed that OpenAI's Codex CLI now shows animated sparkles at the terminal prompt, posting in disbelief: 'It's insane that anyone would build AND ship this?' The change sparked discussion over decorative animations in terminal tools.
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