Hamel Husain: the best sub-$250 product that improved my life is Codex
HamelHusain · x · 2026-10-24
Asked by Lenny Rachitsky for products under $250 that genuinely improved one's life, well-known AI engineering consultant Hamel Husain answered "Codex 😅 (I know this is not the answer you wanted to hear)" — a telling pick of an AI coding agent over consumer gadgets.
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