@RandyCounsman: The time between me being like "Hey Dan, check this out" and it spreading around X is... strange
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Dan Shipper shares a pro-tip for using Codex's computer-use feature with a shared task-title convention, which quickly spread on X.
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The time between me being like “Hey Dan, check this out” and it spreading around X is… strange https://t.co/w0sJDLa5il
Dan Shipper 📧 (@danshipper): CODEX COMPUTER-USE PRO-TIP:
Have Codex show you which tabs computer use is running in with a shared task-title convention:
Convention: [optional 🖥️] [status emoji] [project emoji] [optional effort/mode emoji] Title
- ⚠️ means ongoing work or unresolved items; ✅ means fully
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