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3 Things I Learned from the GPT-5.5 Launch Party
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I flew out to San Francisco to visit OpenAI. It was a whirlwind and super fun to meet the team behind the Codex app. And I was able to chat with developers to learn about their own workflows. Read: 3 Things I Learned from the GPT-5.5 Launch Party I met Ray Fernando, Sam Altman, and many other great people at OpenAI and beyond. I was inspired by some of the discussions to start work on my Codex Librarian research tools and skills. This builds upon my DocSetQuery GitHub project. I'll share more details in a future email. Please take a peek at my demo here. 5 Links and Resources
Quick QuestionDo you want me to teardown your iOS or macOS app or App Store screenshots? Send me your App Store link. Talk soon, Paul Solt P.S. If you review my App Store app, Super Easy Timer, I'll write a review your app. Every review helps, thanks! I published my latest update with new App Store screenshots and added Full Screen quality of life improvements. I use this timer every day for writing or coding blocks. It's super useful to be able to type "5 minutes" + Enter or 3pm so I can pick up my daughter on-time from daycare. |
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Hey Reader, Watch how I build iOS and Mac apps with Codex in 20 minutes. This is my latest Codex GPT-5.5 workflow for shipping real apps. Watch: How I Build REAL Apps with the Codex App and GPT-5.5 GPT-5.5 is really smart, but it still makes mistakes. I show this tool I use daily Get a peek look at my app's sales history See the CLI tools I'm using to find app opportunities If you need an app idea, this video is for you. I'll show you some new tools you can use to find opportunities from...
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