OpenAI rewrote ChatGPT Web on the desktop codebase in 5 weeks
nicoalbanese10 · x · 2026-09-30
An OpenAI engineer reveals the team completely rewrote ChatGPT Web on top of the desktop app codebase over the past 5 weeks, made possible by internal project Astra. This means launches like Dots, Space and Codex Cloud will now ship on web and desktop the same day — "the era of the megaproject begins."
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