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Lil Finder Guy pet was the gateway to building my own Mac apps with Codex
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Lil Finder Guy pet was the gateway to building my own Mac apps with Codex

9to5Mac · Jun 5, 2026, 6:37 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

At the start of May, OpenAI released a playful feature inside its Codex desktop app for creating a virtual pet. This silly little addition solved my biggest challenge with Codex: what should I do with it? My first real task with Codex was putting together a virtual Lil Finder Guy for fun. A month la

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