User decries ChatGPT 'enshitification': web projects gutted, allegedly to push users to Codex
progressofprogress · reddit · 2026-09-20
A Reddit user complains about ongoing ChatGPT product degradation, joking that OpenAI adopted 'CECD—Continuous Enshitification Continuous Degradation' instead of CI/CD.
- Core claim: OpenAI keeps breaking or removing genuinely useful webgpt features (like the project home page for managing chats and source files) and adds pointless workflows, allegedly to push users toward Codex/work platforms for paid usage
- The author shares a community ticket asking OpenAI to restore the project home page and rallies support
- Also self-promotes: they built a dev-integration tool for the web version and are now planning a self-hosted ChatGPT-like dev harness on rented hardware at decent pricing, inviting people to pool resources
A mix of product-strategy criticism and a self-hosted alternative effort for professional developers.
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