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Oh no! Codex is capped. All week I was shocked that this tool is available for the $20 I am already paying for ChatGPT and I waited for the other shoe to drop. Yet all things considered, the value is still beyond real. In under one week I was able to implement with such an ease that my focus has been redirected to the creative aspect of a project. Codex has already changed the way I engage with a computer. We are now in the era that we watched in Star Trek in this capacity.
I finally have a first real version of https://music.fcc.cc up and running.
It is a simple, distraction-free web player for Archive.org audio. No ads, no tracking, just search and play.
Some highlights so far:
- Search with some opinionated cleanup so titles are easier to scan
- A “This Week” pick plus featured items
- Save/favorite items and tracks
- Playlists and shuffle mix
- Installable PWA (so it behaves more like an app on your phone)
It is definitely still a moving target, and I will probably break it a few more times while I tighten up the UX. But it already feels like the kind of music tool I actually want to use.
I’ve begun work on https://music.fcc.cc/ . It’s just a web player that plays Archive.org content, but it’s a whole new challenge. Archive.org has such a mess of stuff available from users who were not very clear on naming conventions. But it’s coming along after some hours of work. It has a distinct RealPlayer vibe, which I am enjoying!
You could've done better, but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice,
it's all right
I love old ’90s crap sci-fi and fantasy television. Most shows today have such amazing production quality, acting, and writing, which is great. But I miss the simple times. Luckily, it’s on Amazon Prime.
I’ve spent about eight hours on this today, but I think https://weather.fcc.cc is looking pretty damn good. My only goal was to make an ad-free, clutter-free weather site for personal use, but it turned out better than I imagined. That said, I’m sure I’ll spend the next few weeks breaking it repeatedly anyway.
This post is currently being published from Codex CLI. It’s shockingly intuitive. It’s tempting to use this for every single computer task.
The new Codex application from OpenAI is pretty neat. I often got frustrated with ChatGPT because it would randomly shift between completing a requested task and discussing said task (instead of completion). I now realize it was simply because ChatGPT was trying to chat with me instead of being the workhorse I asked it to be.
It’s so defeating to spend all morning on a project and find 6 hours later the project is lost in a cloud of mystery with my head aching. Let’s hope for success another day.
Maybe I should integrate a comment feature into https://news.fcc.cc so that I put my opinions there and don’t clutter up muttnet with it. Remark42 looks interesting.