Can’t believe this is still running. Codex is a BEAST.

Why this note matters

This was a tiny public receipt from the period when long-running agentic coding work started feeling less like a chat transcript and more like durable infrastructure. The interesting part was not just that Codex could help write code; it was that the work loop could stay alive long enough to keep pursuing a goal across days instead of minutes.

The screenshot captures the feeling: a simple status line, a timer well past the novelty window, and the dawning realization that the unit of work had changed. Agent sessions were becoming something closer to delegated processes that needed direction, review, and judgment rather than constant hands-on driving.

Related thread

This note sits next to the broader writing on agentic AI, delegated work, and what happens when computers move from tools you operate minute by minute into systems you tend over time.

• The end of the home office? — on computers becoming infrastructure for agentic work.
• On letting AI do the writing — on writing, practice, and using AI without abandoning clarity.