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Codex Micro
- numbers 3mo agowow, great partnership for Work Louder but man, I have a micropad from work louder, it's basically just a weird layout for a macropad.
- throwaw12 3mo agoIs this the reason OpenAI decided to steal Apple hardware secrets? Regardless, device looks nice
- zitterbewegung 3mo agoWould think they would be doing it for their own hardware device for chatgpt not for developers.
- alwillis 3mo ago> Is this the reason OpenAI decided to steal Apple hardware secrets? Of course not.
- taylort123 3mo ago[dead]
- hyperhello 3mo agoMy first reaction is WTF. My second reaction isn't here yet.
- ithkuil 3mo agoMy second reaction is: ah is this what the stolen IP from apple fuss was all about? My first reaction isn't here yet
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- injidup 3mo agoI checked the date but no.
- LudwigNagasena 3mo agoLooks like a novelty item made with the purpose of testing their hardware production capabilities before producing a real product. Also, translated pages transform newlines into \n.
- steve1977 3mo agoA quarter RGB keyboard for the price of half a MacBook Neo? Yeah this will sell like hot cakes...
- paxys 3mo agoIt isn't meant to sell like hot cakes. Work Louder is the keyboard equivalent of Teenage Engineering. They make expensive toys for silicon valley engineers.
- arjie 3mo agoIt’s $230 vs. $699? That’s almost exactly a third, not half.
- iknowstuff 3mo agoAt release, the Neo was $499 for education.
- steve1977 3mo agoThat's the number I had in mind, but correct, apparently this is only for education and it's also 100 USD more now.
- __mharrison__ 3mo agoWhere's the Stream Deck emulation layer?
- volkk 3mo agoon 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
- f3408fh 3mo agoWith that lens your career before this device was a few colors and 104 keys?
- vel0city 3mo agoThey've been issuing these new tablets to the new people at work, productivity has gone through the roof. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2ZD6J2W https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2ZD6J2W
- addedGone 3mo agoProgramming is basically now playing with some keystrokes and joysticks :p
- port3000 3mo agoWhere have I seen this before https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1ue5inx/i_built_a_status_light_for_claude_code_do_you/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1ue5inx/i_built...
- jawns 3mo agoIt'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.
- vel0city 3mo agoI know a lot of people who really like things like the Stream Deck. This seems similar to that kind of a concept. I'd probably take the Stream Deck over this though, its a good bit cheaper and each button has a little screen on it. Having some physical knobs is an interesting twist on it though. https://www.elgato.com/us/en/p/stream-deck https://www.elgato.com/us/en/p/stream-deck
- lrae 3mo agoThere is the Stream Deck Plus with physical knobs and a touch b... strip. :) https://www.elgato.com/us/en/p/stream-deck-plus https://www.elgato.com/us/en/p/stream-deck-plus
- wink 3mo agoThere are dozens of us who went through the ordeal to use MIDI controllers for stuff because you just want to touch a button and not alt-tab 4 times. cf. https://f5n.org/blog/2026/hardware-mute-button/ https://f5n.org/blog/2026/hardware-mute-button/ (part 2 is not published yet where I replace the Korg software with my own app using a Rust midi driver) But yes, mine was 55 EUR, is universally usable, and it was a fun project. There is a reason I didn't buy a stream deck and there's also a reason I did not buy a 3d printer, design a PCB and do it from scratch.
- qwertytyyuu 3mo agoWe march ever closer to the cntl c v keyboard!
- nzoschke 3mo agoLooks 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/ https://www.eezbotfun.com/ or recommendations for something similar?
- paxys 3mo agoThis is a rebranded/reskinned WORK LOUDER Creator Micro 2 btw (https://worklouder.cc/creator-micro-2 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.
- steve1977 3mo agoAt least it's much more expensive
- nateb2022 3mo agoooh Micro 2 is a lot cheaper, but doesn't seem to have individually addressable RGB keys unless I'm mistaken?
- nateb2022 3mo agoUpdate: did some research, found this thing for $39 https://epomaker.com/products/epomaker-ek21 https://epomaker.com/products/epomaker-ek21 It's got 20 keys, hot-swappable, and individually addressable RGB. And for an FOSS printable one, https://github.com/Dwin17/bento https://github.com/Dwin17/bento
- stavros 3mo agoI made one too, though no LEDs: https://github.com/skorokithakis/macropad https://github.com/skorokithakis/macropad https://immich.home.stavros.io/s/macropad https://immich.home.stavros.io/s/macropad
- woadwarrior01 3mo ago$56 premium for the OpenAI skin. :)
- bel8 3mo agoApple must be happy that they let Jony Ive go. What a letdown. (assuming this meh partnership rebranding had his participation)
- hazrmard 3mo agoLooks 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?
- bogdan 3mo agoWe need to bring back the 'turbo' button.[1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button#Purpose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button#Purpose
- Razengan 3mo agoAnd literal physical keys to lock computers with!
- hdjrudni 3mo agoIt's actually kind of funny that the purpose of the Turbo button was to slow your computer down so you could play games that were running too fast. But I guess they didn't want to put a "Slow" button on their PC towers.
- dvduval 3mo agoPresentation is not clear to me. How is it superior to using my keyboard?
- adamrezich 3mo ago> Flick the joystick to launch common Codex workflows like reviewing a PR, debugging an error, or refactoring code. Uh… what?
- gervwyk 3mo agoI thought this was an aprils fools joke. Then i realized it’s July..
- tanseydavid 3mo agoHow long before someone shows a hobby project with a robotic arm and computer vision controlling one of these? I am only half-joking.
- chronogram 3mo agoSo it's like a more limited Streamdeck.
- BedVibe_Studios 3mo agoI'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.
- pwython 3mo agoI set up an old Stream Deck to do the same thing. I stopped using it after a few days. This design looks great though, status lights are a nice touch. YouTube vibe coders will love it, traditional devs will keep MacGyvering their own toys.
- delusional 3mo agoAnd you would need to spend your day at your keyboard for this to be useful anyway. It's just an input device.
- johntash 3mo agoThe keyboard community maybe? I think these little macro pads are neat, but I don't have a real use for them either.
- hectdev 3mo agoAs someone with a few unused Teenage Engineering things. The real answer is probably rich tech people who love having things that make people say "I'm not sure who the target audience is".
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- ofjcihen 3mo agoIs this the moat?
- cyanbane 3mo agoI 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-multifunction-mechanical-keyboard-translucent-acrylic-kb16-01?VariantsId=10563 https://doioshop.com/products/doio-16-keys-programmable-mult...
- techpression 3mo agoThanks for the link, it seems a lot more capable and interesting, to a much better price.
- whalesalad 3mo agoI ordered one because I lack impulse control.
- Aboutplants 3mo agoWow, they are going to sell dozens of these!
- Juvination 3mo agoI 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.
- system2 3mo agoWhy not a Stream Deck? I own 3 stream decks, and they are incredibly useful. Not only for coding, but windows controlling, shortcuts for anything. And the best part is that there are small screens you can customize.
- varjag 3mo agoWe're rapidly approaching the Jetsons one button workplace territory.
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- LetsGetTechnicl 3mo ago$230 for essentially a fancy numpad that's only useful for one tool? Welcome to the AI revolution
- onlyrealcuzzo 3mo agoIs this the Jony Ive device? It looks very sus like an Apple product.
- joshstrange 3mo agoIt looks nothing like an Apple product and no, it's not part of the io/Ive partnership.
- inferhaven 3mo agoLol this is trippy, although not sure how much use I really would get outta this thing
- kylemaxwell 3mo agoPretty 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.
- mil22 3mo agoFinally! Definitive, tangible, tactile proof that we're near the top of the bubble. /s
- bertili 3mo agoAGI is almost here, but first, one more thing... a keyboard controller!
- Oras 3mo agoI had to check the calendar as I thought it’s April fool. What’s the point of this? Isn’t that like the meme of stackoverflow keyboard?
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- cphoover 3mo agoSeems a bit silly (especially given how easy LLM's make building such an accessory)
- fwlr 3mo agoPost a picture of one of these with the “X” key conspicuously removed and you’d probably get a repost from Sam
- robotswantdata 3mo agoOrdered. Not sure will beat my streamdeck modules, but YOLO
- mrnotcrazy 3mo agoThis is the lamest possible implementation, exactly what I would expect from openAI. Nothing about it is interesting or unique or really leverages the power of LLMs to make a new experience.
- rvz 3mo agoIt's just a keyboard. Nothing to see here.
- quacky_batak 3mo agoI like the teenage engineering style, but is that the hardware that they were stealing Apple secrets for?
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- niyazpk 3mo ago1. looks nice, want. 2. lol, why is this $230
- dofm 3mo agoThis device should have been a blog post about how you can make this device with an Arduino/Pico and a 3D printer and Codex.
- jgbuddy 3mo ago8th openai product named codex btw
- FuckButtons 3mo agoGiven that their initial product was called ChatGPT I’m not sure that anyone should expect them to be able to name anything remotely sensibly.
- oceliker 3mo agoFun fact, the name Codex predates ChatGPT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI_Codex_(language_model) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI_Codex_(language_model)
- mghackerlady 3mo agoObviously it stands for Ghat Phat That. Obviously
- iammrpayments 3mo agoThis is pretty hilarious. Guess people forgot how to use PCs and can only prompt now.
- plutomeetsyou 3mo agoSomeday my kid is going to ask me why we need 79 keys on a keyboard if we only use "accept" and "accept all".
- Romario77 3mo agowhat happened to the Jonny Ive and them purchasing his agency? 6.5 billions paid, nothing so far, this was such a sus transaction, sounded like the way to get money out of OpenAI.
- jpalomaki 3mo ago"OpenAI will launch a portable, screen-free smart speaker as its first consumer hardware product, Bloomberg News has reported, days after Apple sued the AI start-up and two former employees of the iPhone maker for trade-secret theft." [1] [1] https://techcentral.co.za/jony-ives-first-openai-device-an-ai-smart-speaker/283738/ https://techcentral.co.za/jony-ives-first-openai-device-an-a...
- koe123 3mo agoI am surprised they released this. Who is the audience for this? You can DIY this yourself surely.
- nolok 3mo agoThe people who cannot DIY? There are a surprisingly large number of people who "code" in codex while being completely unable to write a single line of code themselves. Not that I approve, I think this will end in disaster (security or otherwise) and llm shines as a force multiplier not as a replacement, but I've long learned what's correct is not always what's selling.
- koe123 3mo agoBy that same logic I think OpenAI should get into the burger business for those who cannot cook.
- dgellow 3mo agoThat would unironically be a way to start to make money
- throwatdem12311 3mo agoHaven’t you heard? Anyone can DIy anything now they just have to ask ChatGPT for help.
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- NicuCalcea 3mo agoNot that long (10 hours) ago this was considered a joke: https://www.reddit.com/r/vibecoding/comments/1uwzr82/got_my_new_dev_keyboard/ https://www.reddit.com/r/vibecoding/comments/1uwzr82/got_my_...
- nolok 3mo agoI want very hard to agree with you but then I remember elgato has built a very successful business from a 8/12/16/... Macro keyboard for streamers so what do I know.
- threeio 3mo agoI'd debate that the custom LCD buttons made the difference... I've got a few macro keypads for some specific use cases, I ended up with a elgato for a -very- niche radio related use case and love it
- joe_mamba 3mo ago"It is my pleasure to present you the Codex Box Signature Edition." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KbRA2RjhgQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KbRA2RjhgQ
- landr0id 3mo agoIf 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.
- hmokiguess 3mo agoI was interested in their knob1, and, if you go to their website today it still says pre-order with shipping in August 2025 (stuck in the past), at this point I accepted it's vaporware [1] [1] https://worklouder.cc/knob1 https://worklouder.cc/knob1
- dybber 3mo agoTheir website is blocked by my ISP as being unsafe.
- porphyra 3mo agoMany ISPs block .cc domains. Especially when .co.cc was a free domain name thing and tons of malware would use it.
- pipes 3mo agoI'm guessing they didn't run "knob" past anyone from the UK. Edit: as much as it pains me, this is hacker news, so, knob means cock in the UK.
- Waterluvian 3mo agoWait. This is only a keyboard?! For how much?!
- ihuman 3mo agoIf you think that's expensive, don't fall down the mechanical keyboard rabbit hole. There's no upper limit on how much they can be
- Waterluvian 3mo agoOh for sure. It’s like Monster cables or audiophile stuff or other luxury goods. It’s entirely irrational. Though some people badly need it to be framed as perfectly rational.
- wyre 3mo agoMech keyboards are closer to audiophile stuff than monster cables and luxury goods. The prices are generally commanded by low production volumes with high production quality. At least that's how the hobby used to be, I know its grown a lot and its much easier to find mass produced mechanical keyboards. Check out Norbauer for the upper echolon of mechanical keyboard engineering. https://www.norbauer.co/pages/the-seneca https://www.norbauer.co/pages/the-seneca
- jujugoboom 3mo agoFirst 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?
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- jdw64 3mo agoI want to make my frontend look clean and pretty like this too. The developers who build OpenAI's UI seem really skilled.
- Marciplan 3mo agoFinally, a profitable product for OpenAI.
- dwa3592 3mo agoWhy isn't there a video of it?
- laweijfmvo 3mo agoAfter 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?
- GaggiX 3mo agoIt's an overpriced macropad.
- Strom 3mo agoSpecial purpose keyboards can make sense (see e.g. music editing keyboards with sliders and volume knobs), but I'm with you that in this case the website totally fails at making a case for it.
- itomato 3mo agoThey asked ChatGPT for the ideal crossover product and now the dog is wagging.
- rplnt 3mo agoMy though process: 1. These abstract product visuals are not helping me understand what this software is 2. Wait, it's all about these renders, it's some kind of a joke 3. I don't understand, this can't be real, I need to check comments
- luqtas 3mo agojust like the general mechanical keyboard community... over expensive hardware, sometimes not even shipping with friendly layers for rookies (like VIAL framework for configuring QMK) and oh! QUESTIONABLE ERGONOMIC DESIGNS like ortholinear arrangements for plank keyboards with 40% of the keys, the absurd goes on [0] [0] i sell cheap handwired dactyl keyboards in Brazil
- InsideOutSanta 3mo agoFor the first hour of learning about this, I thought it was an elaborate joke.
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- antfarm 3mo agoI don't understand the many Teenage Engineering references in this thread, this design has no soul.
- porphyra 3mo agoTeenage Engineering makes a lot of products that are basically just a grid of buttons and knobs. It's an obvious comparison to make, even if you disagree on the style/soul etc. Like the OP-1 is also a rectangle of buttons, and even the style of the keycap itself can draw some comparisons (it is a rounded square with a circle in it and an abstract symbol on it): https://teenage.engineering/products/op-1 https://teenage.engineering/products/op-1
- bigyabai 3mo agoI don't understand how people still think Teenage Engineering has a soul. If OpenAI added a quirky LCD animation to this, would it be a soulful product worth $1,199? The whole "soul" and "taste" nonsense is a meaningless marketing canard that companies use to differentiate a product.
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- zuzululu 3mo agoi guess this is cool if you are going to expense it as a business but $250 is insane. I'm going to wait for the temu version with the usual hidden mic and phone-home feature
- mcrk 3mo agoIs it compatible with Apple cloth though?
- vatsachak 3mo agoLiterally just keymaps
- hyperbovine 3mo agoIs it April already?
- semiinfinitely 3mo agothey would prefer that you never words type manually again
- Sidio 3mo agoThis was not worth getting sued by Apple
- Havoc 3mo agoThey made a streamdeck?!?
- cm2187 3mo agoThis is more expensive than a streamdeck. The streamdeck has LCD keys you can customize dynamically.
- guluarte 3mo ago"Hey Codex, help me design the most useless hardware you can think of"
- freedomben 3mo agoWindows 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.
- porphyra 3mo agoYou could probably easily get Codex (CLI) to vibe code Linux support tbh. It's probably just a regular USB HID device. The main problem is that right now it only works with the GUI Codex App which doesn't have official Linux support.
- vcarrico 3mo agoSeems like they're just throwing spaghetti at the wall.
- joshmarinacci 3mo agoThis is just a Macropad, right? All of the smarts are on the PC side. So why is it so expensive?
- sbarre 3mo agoBecause (A) it has an OpenAI logo on it and (B) they made $13B and lost $21B last year?
- isoprophlex 3mo agoOne step closer to desks with a monitor and a single big red pushbutton to nudge the token spend forward. I'd personally like one that says "slop me up", or maybe plays an airhorn sample or whatever...
- kubafu 3mo agoSo when are we gonna get this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXzJR7K0wK0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXzJR7K0wK0 ?
- wren6991 3mo ago$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.
- elicash 3mo agoRE: the joystick. They should have gone with the Playdate's crank instead, CrankGPT style. Anyway, I think it's all a fun marketing thing. A desk toy for folks with disposable income. I imagine they'll sell out, given the limited release and then they'll be on eBay.
- dzhiurgis 3mo agoFor context - macropad is about $5-10 from aliexpress. I got one for my kids in back of car so they can control music and climate.
- sscarduzio 3mo agoDamn, OpenAI really jumped the shark
- lvl155 3mo agoIf this is a sign of what’s to come from OAI, it’s going to be worse than Meta devices.
- Topfi 3mo agoIs this a joke? Instantly thought of this: https://www.reddit.com/r/claude/comments/1s7m8ld/this_is_the_keyboard_claude_deserves/ 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.
- tyleo 3mo agoI was just thinking of making something like this! But more as a novelty than something I realistically expect to use.
- staeff777 3mo agoCodex 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!
- Topfi 3mo agoThanks, thought I was the only one expecting a tiny, coding focused model from the title. Codex really is the least consistent brand in tech.
- __s 3mo agoOr just order any macropad
- dominotw 3mo agoi guess they were stealing pricing logic from apple
- rykuno 3mo agoMy first question is this — what does this do that a $50 Streamdeck cannot?
- Topfi 3mo agoDonate 200 bucks to a struggling startup.
- ilaksh 3mo agoyeah, they are barely hanging on. they only raised $144 billion over 14 rounds. who knows if they will ever get any more. we should all chip in for a t-shirt. :P
- dgellow 3mo agoMarketing, you don’t end up in the news with a streamdeck plugin
- hadlock 3mo agoGreat question - nothing. I was a little surprised to see it doesn't even have a microphone or speaker - that means regardless of whatever compute is available (esp32 is pretty common in the $30 price class for smart assistants) this can never be a standalone device.
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- geraneum 3mo agoIf 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.
- krzyk 3mo agotokens are getting expensive these days
- dzhiurgis 3mo agoYeah that’s nothing compared to token cost. Cheapest iPhone costs like 2x than it.
- zzrrt 3mo agoThe phrase made me chuckle, but I'm curious what exactly "rear ending the singularity" means.
- Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 3mo agoI think here it means accelerating towards singularity. Rear ending means accelerating your car so much that it bumps into the rear end of the car before you.
- xgulfie 3mo agoAh, the lesswrong people are going to buying these in droves to prove their faith to the basilisk
- Analemma_ 3mo agoThe LessWrong people hate OpenAI, they all back Anthropic.
- tamiral 3mo agoi actually cant stop laughing... this is priceless
- superultra 3mo agoThis is the kind of stuff that happens when there’s too much money
- kelvinjps10 3mo agoAt this point these companies are going to release merch to fund themselves
- ilaksh 3mo agothey have, click on "back to store" -- there is more merch.
- kelvinjps10 3mo agothey actually did, nothing surprises me anymore
- dgellow 3mo agoWhatever is need to boost the numbers before the IPO
- make3 3mo agoThey need to sell like 300+ per single Nvidia B100 GPU lol I'm not sure they'll quite fund themselves with this
- kevinsync 3mo agoWouldn'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.
- joe_mamba 3mo ago>An electronic Siren's Song if you will. Notifications on your smartphone that's always on you are way better for that purpose, than on a device that's tied to your desk. Add Gacha mechanics for +100% extra damage. Devices tied to your desk are actually very good for tech detox. So if getting you hooked was OpenAI's goal with this, they definitely missed by a 1000 miles.
- kevinsync 3mo agoAgree, but there's also the psychological impact of having spent over 200 smackers on this thing and then letting it go unused lol
- _doctor_love 3mo agoThat's the key, a physical object is much more easily made part of a devs identity. Projecting a hacker image has become very fashion based. e.g., some devs love their clickity-clackity keyboards with LEDs, others have those all-blacks ones with nothing on the keys.
- Wowfunhappy 3mo agoThis only works if you can get people to spend over $200, which is the part I'm skeptical of. But who knows, maybe I'm overestimating people's intelligence.
- kkarakk 3mo agoi've seen tons of vibe captured peeps posting screenshots of their receipts. there is a market for fleecing gullible rubes
- worldsavior 3mo agoI don't understand. What's costing 230$ here???
- Rudybega 3mo agoThis feels like a missed opportunity for an OpenAI Nintendo Power Glove collab. Smh.
- wrs 3mo agoOK, these folks have way too much money. This is like peak-Google vibes.
- stogot 3mo agoSo this is why Apple is suing OpenAI and Johnny I’ve? A stream deck with LEDs?
- snowstormsun 3mo agoIs it April 1st already?
- _doctor_love 3mo agoThis 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.
- _pdp_ 3mo agoI thought it was a new model.
- toddmorey 3mo agoI did too! That HAD to be by design.
- mortenjorck 3mo agoThis 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.
- Anoian 3mo agoYeah because open offices really need people talking to their computers next to the meetings they always have.
- minimaxir 3mo agoYou can do that now with a Stream Deck + XL. https://www.elgato.com/us/en/p/stream-deck-plus-xl https://www.elgato.com/us/en/p/stream-deck-plus-xl
- bdcravens 3mo agoOr for those looking for a challenge, switches + ESP32 or Arduino + a 3d printer can take you a long way. https://www.printables.com/tag/macrokeyboard https://www.printables.com/tag/macrokeyboard
- hadlock 3mo agoI'm currently supporting (a couple hours a week) an exec who has mostly automated his workflow via vibe coding (the rest largely failed - not everyone can make the leap, and those that do are largely marginal) his workflow is largely a VS code window with the git commit/sync button on the left, and 2-20 codex/claude tabs in the main window on the right. I think he could actually make use of this sort of thing. Extremely small sample group but I'd estimate 1/300 people in a tech centric location like downtown SF. Globally it would be a tiny tiny fraction of that number lol. The venn diagram overlap of people who this would be useful for, vs people who have already vibe-coded their own macro keyboard with a streamdeck (myself included) is probably a pretty strong overlap. It's an amusing marketing gimmick, and historical artifact, if nothing else.
- GZGavinZhao 3mo agoStop giving me ideas to repurpose my AKAI Fire with a simple Pi extension!!
- gourneau 3mo ago[dead]
- nikisweeting 3mo agoIf 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 https://github.com/pirate/led-cube-agent-monitor
- fatata123 3mo ago[dead]
- gravypod 3mo agoHow 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/ https://openai.com/supply/co-lab/work-louder/ - $230 https://www.elgato.com/us/en/p/stream-deck https://www.elgato.com/us/en/p/stream-deck - $130, with LCD sceens, works with any apps
- internet2000 3mo agoI doubt the cost has any impact in the price. This is like a cool band t-shirt, but for nerds.
- kkarakk 3mo agoit's an interesting insight into how openai thinks - they think they're being cool and trendy while giving you an overpriced product that would be 10 times better if you configured it yourself.
- itomato 3mo ago"Mom, I want ..." "No, there is ... at home." "At home..."
- yayitswei 3mo agoIf we're leaning into audio, why not always-on instead of push-to-talk?
- maherbeg 3mo agoThis is really pretty, but I'm surprised it doesn't have a microphone. I know it's just rebranding the existing work louder creator keyboard, but a mic would really, really help with this product. Especially one that is really effective at Wispr Flow-type speaking.
- Imnimo 3mo agoThis feels like a thing that will be fashionable in a few very specific regions of San Francisco, and nowhere else in the world.
- anonu 3mo agoFYI: This type of keyboard has been around for a few years https://worklouder.cc/ https://worklouder.cc/
- avaer 3mo agoThe intelligence knob is hilarious. Just imagine vibe code slop streamers twiddling it like a DJ and the chat goes crazy. That's where we're headed.
- otterley 3mo agoThe device is mysterious and important.
- conspirator 3mo agoWork Louder co-founder demos the Codex Micro and does a walk-through of some of the features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-2OH6ReiPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-2OH6ReiPM
- Centigonal 3mo agoThe cloud logo that is inscribed onto the base of this device and on its bottom-right key is no longer used by OpenAI. In fact, the "Codex" app, branding, and featureset was folded entirely into the ChatGPT app earlier this week. Upon release, this device is already outdated. What an interesting world we live in!
- flakiness 3mo agoMaybe it's worth getting one just to cherish this crazy moment 10 years later. This does cost money but won't cost much of your drawer space.
- bibimsz 3mo agodon't take it out of its box, it ruins the value!
- eric__cartman 3mo agoIt would be a nice collectable trinket, but OpenAI is quite down on the list of companies I'd gift money to
- piskov 3mo agoIcon can be switched between ChatGPT and Codex at least on macOS in app settings
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- dmitrygr 3mo agoSo... an overpriced RGB keyboard? That is what we're doing today?
- mrshu 3mo agoI built a multi-agent alternative with Stream Deck and cmux/orca and it works pretty well -- particularly when you pair it with CodexBar and can easily see your token spend across multiple subscriptions. It is all open source https://github.com/mrshu/muxboard https://github.com/mrshu/muxboard -- feedback would be greatly appreciated!
- Fannon 3mo agoIf I needed something like this, my first try would be to take a MIDI / DAW controller like Novation Launchpad Mini Mk3 and write a script for it. This would be cheaper, much more versatile and customizable I bet. Many MIDI / DAW controllers can be "programmed" via MIDI IN/OUT, e.g. how to light the pads.
- 6thbit 3mo agoI feel this as more of a fashion runway garment type object, more statement and vision than what you'd see in everyday retail. Reminds me of an italian specialty coffee shop that puts moka pots as napkin holders on every table. I just hope they don't just go after the keyboard but the screen, desk and office.
- jswelker 3mo agoI was hoping this would be codex-cli with much less bloat. Alas.
- jacksonastone 3mo agoHate to say it, but this was an instant Buy for me. I love experimenting with new modalities and this is a cool idea pre-packaged. If it doesn't work, what is 200 bucks compared to a SWE salary? It would be a wacky novelty memento of the time. If it is a nice boost to my work by... what... 2% - or just good for a chuckle each day - Good, I'm happy.
- orangelimetea 3mo agoSteam released a game console with no controller. OpenAI released an agent controller with no agent. The state of the tech industry.
- bicepjai 3mo agoMore ways to not look at the code written. Where are we trying to go ?
- schneehertz 3mo agoNo microphone input, no speakers, and no included months of Codex membership. What is the point of this device?
- anshumankmr 3mo agoFinally we see what Jony Ive was cooking at Open AI. The long foretold iPhone killer has finally arrived. And with the 100% perfect speech to text model that Open AI with zero flaws that works with all accents on all devices, this will finally remove the clunky keyboard.
- alfirous 3mo agoThis one in collaboration with Work Louder[1] a company that specialized on mechanical keyboard. I don't see Jony Ive in this. Or maybe your comment is sarcasm, I can't tell. 1. https://worklouder.cc/ https://worklouder.cc/
- anshumankmr 3mo agoAah our lord and saviour Jony has not yet delivered the iPhone killer.
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- ex-aws-dude 3mo agoThis gives companies a physical thing to buy to demonstrate they are fully AI-enabled
- fooker 3mo agoThe intersection of software developers and people who like audio interfaces for controlling computers has to be pretty small! I don't want to hear my voice all day, nor my coworkers. You know who does? Designers, product managers, and investors. I can't decide if this is a misplaced product not understanding the mostly introvert tech audience or a stroke of brilliance predicting a future where non-tech people will be developing products all by themselves.
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- mpascale00 3mo agoEven the name "work louder" seems to encourage some sort of post-literacy future; I find it off-putting.
- ost-ing 3mo agoThis really just highlights the desperation OpenAI is facing right now. These controllers have existed forever - why the f would anyone buy this?
- jehnnysmith 3mo agoHN should add downvote option.
- Scouttman 3mo agoIt feels like this is something that an agent would come up with.
- learningstud 3mo agoAll just for Apple to sue them... A SpaceMouse is way cooler.