Codex Micro

How is this more expensive than a Stream Deck? Shouldn't OpenAI be able to undercut existing software / hardware stacks due to how automated their engineering team is?

https://openai.com/supply/co-lab/work-louder/ - $230

https://www.elgato.com/us/en/p/stream-deck - $130, with LCD sceens, works with any apps

If you’re puzzled as to why this exists, imagine that, out of the goodness of your heart, you donate $230 to OpenAI to support their mission of rear ending the singularity, and receive Codex Micro memorabilia as a token of appreciation.

If you want an $18 DIY / open hardware version of this using an LED cube off amazon & WLED, here you go: https://github.com/pirate/led-cube-agent-monitor

If we're leaning into audio, why not always-on instead of push-to-talk?

Wouldn't surprise me if the real purpose of this is to get a physical object on your desk that makes you constantly think about Codex -- either babysitting your currently-running agents when it's lit up and running, or subconsciously bullying / shaming you into using Codex if you're not right at this very moment.

An electronic Siren's Song if you will.

If anyone is looking at this thinking it looks pretty and wants to check out Work Louder's keyboards, let me save you the time. Their keyboards must be made by designers who do not type much because they are both not pleasant to type on and not very high-quality.

The Nomad [E] might be one of the worst keyboards I've ever purchased, and I owned one of the original butterfly switch MacBooks.

At this point these companies are going to release merch to fund themselves

My first question is this — what does this do that a $50 Streamdeck cannot?

$230 for a macropad with an exposed PCB and no washers under the Allen screws.

I'm not sure what the joystick is for, and neither are they apparently: the only example they give is something that could just be a keybind.

It's not clear why this physical object is a better solution to the problem than, say, a window on your screen. Feels like more of a hobby project than something that provides $230 of value.

This is pretty hilarious. Guess people forgot how to use PCs and can only prompt now.

We need to bring back the 'turbo' button.[1]

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button#Purpose

Is it April 1st already?

This is not really intended as a product you will use today.

This is an intentionally provocative statement on the future of work, where your keyboard is not supplemented by, but rather replaced by a dozen or so buttons for prompting (via voice), reviewing, approving or rejecting.

Codex Micro is a workstation controller for the knowledge worker in sama's 2030 fever dream. I'm not even entirely sure I disagree.

This is a rebranded/reskinned WORK LOUDER Creator Micro 2 btw (https://worklouder.cc/creator-micro-2). Great device if you're into expensive tech toys (a la Teenage Engineering), but if you were waiting for a big OpenAI hardware reveal sorry to disappoint.

I'm curious who the target audience is. As a developer I already spend all day at my keyboard, so I'm not yet convinced dedicated hardware is faster than a desktop app. I'd love to hear from people who've actually used it.

My first reaction is WTF. My second reaction isn't here yet.

After a few minutes on the site, I have no clue what this is for. A keyboard that interacts with Codex? That’s just a software feature, why am I paying $230 for hotkeys?

Stop giving me ideas to repurpose my AKAI Fire with a simple Pi extension!!

A quarter RGB keyboard for the price of half a MacBook Neo? Yeah this will sell like hot cakes...

Not that long (10 hours) ago this was considered a joke: https://www.reddit.com/r/vibecoding/comments/1uwzr82/got_my_...

I am surprised they released this. Who is the audience for this? You can DIY this yourself surely.

I checked the date but no.

I KVM between a bunch of boxes and I have a Doio KB16 for Claude and I love it. I get the reasoning for the product. Price is..... interesting.

https://doioshop.com/products/doio-16-keys-programmable-mult...

Why isn't there a video of it?

I thought it was a new model.

I thought this was an aprils fools joke. Then i realized it’s July..

8th openai product named codex btw

on one hand...this looks cool/teenage engineering-esque. on the other...engineers have been infantilized forever now but this is a new level. it feels like my career has been dwindled down to ... what? a few colors and like 5 buttons? reminds me of something out of idiocracy a bit. just need a button that orders a nice juicy hamburger for me during my lunch break.

but jokes aside, I suppose you can look at this being sort of like a numpad in addition to your main keyboard so I see the point of this gimmicky thing

Codex micro - is it a tiny coding agent? Or a small coding model? No it is hardware, that has nothing to do with coding.

I think they should have called it "codex luna" - because it's small!

Windows and Mac only (no Linux).

While I love a good piece of hardware with real buttons, I struggle to justify the money on this. If it supported Linux and was a bit cheaper I might splerge just to have a toy, but I'm definitely not switching to windows or mac just for this.

Wait. This is only a keyboard?! For how much?!

I don't understand the many Teenage Engineering references in this thread, this design has no soul.

So when are we gonna get this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXzJR7K0wK0 ?

OK, these folks have way too much money. This is like peak-Google vibes.

I was just thinking of making something like this! But more as a novelty than something I realistically expect to use.

First question; if theres a knob to adjust thinking level, and I can switch between agents, what if I turn down the knob for one agent and switch to another? Do I just insta-lobotomize it?

I like it because it looks sleak, and the colors are neat.

However, it really puts in perspective that a large part of my job has just become clicking a few buttons.

I don't understand. What's costing 230$ here???

This is partially an on-ramp for young people. No experience? Not sure where to start? Buy this gadget! Hook it up to your machine then take lessons on how to use it. All in the OpenAI ecosystem, of course.

Best outcome for OpenAI is that this becomes a status symbol / cool shiny thing that "leet" devs have.

For someone with a lot of experience already, this looks semi-retarded. For a newbie / newcomer it looks like someone finally thought of them.

This is just a Macropad, right? All of the smarts are on the PC side. So why is it so expensive?

Looks cool. I’m looking for a macro pad with a little LCD that’s Mac and Linux compatible.

This looks like it has LEDs but not a screen.

Any experience with https://www.eezbotfun.com/ or recommendations for something similar?

Looks fun, but I don't quite understand this product:

  - Do the buttons map to configurable skills / prompts?
  - Is it meant to be used remotely with some independence (like codex remote), or is it a peripheral like a trackpad?

We're rapidly approaching the Jetsons one button workplace territory.

Is this a joke? Instantly thought of this: https://www.reddit.com/r/claude/comments/1s7m8ld/this_is_the...

Things you do if you definitely are focused on the a Trillion USD industry and SuperDuperUltraMega AGI is 100% possible and what you are fully committed to. Next they’ll spend Millions on a podcast that fails to get 50k hits on YouTube or a design firm whose biggest claim to fame is creating a Ferrari whose interior looks like a Magic Mouse. Say what you want about Anthropic, their Aquihires and interpretability investments at least make sense for an LLM lab.

Seems like they're just throwing spaghetti at the wall.

Pretty sure I could just vibe code this with my old Elgato Stream Deck. As a bonus, it wouldn't become eminently useless if I swap to any other model provider.

Finally, a profitable product for OpenAI.