@wey_gu: I remember a developer who made a very elegant Codex macOS client similar to conductor was recruited by OpenAI, and soon after Codex Desktop came out.
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Discusses a story about a developer recruited by OpenAI for creating an elegant Codex macOS client, followed by the launch of Codex Desktop, and cites complaints about the design of Claude Code Desktop.
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I recall a developer who made a very elegant macOS client for Codex (similar to Conductor) was recruited by OpenAI, and shortly after, Codex Desktop was released.
Baoyu (@dotey): A quick complaint about the design of Claude Code Desktop:
If your previous session used Plan mode, the next session will default to Plan mode, which means if you forget to change it, even a simple task will require writing a plan.
The left sidebar doesn’t group by Projects at all — everything is thrown together. To start a new session, you need an extra click to set the correct Project.
The right…
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