Opus 5.5 edits video better without custom skills, and Codex Desktop's no-editor bet
dotey · x · 2026-10-28
dotey shares two threads: how Codex Desktop was built by Tibo and Andrew Ambrosino as a native chat-style app (tasks on the left, one agent per task) with a deliberate bet on shipping no code editor—because a four-person team couldn't build a good one, so Codex had to be good enough that you don't miss it. He also reports hands-on testing of Opus 5.5 for video editing: it can replace junior editors, and in his experiment, giving it only ASR/TTS tools without any custom Skills produced better results—most of his pre-built editing Skills are no longer needed. He endorses the advice not to rebuild pro editing timelines but focus on rough cuts handed off to existing tools.
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