A dentist with a 3D printer discovered OpenAI Codex — and never looked back
gabrielchua · x · 2026-10-27
A fun real-world case shared on X: the poster's neighbor Spencer, a dentist with a 3D printer who isn't on social media at all, discovered OpenAI's Codex coding agent two weeks ago and has been building with it nonstop. Since Spencer has no online presence, the poster jokes that he's had to serve as Spencer's entire fan club and invites everyone to join in. A vivid example of how coding barriers are collapsing for non-technical people.
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