ok real talk... I kept telling myself I needed to get my niche clearer before I started posting consistently on Instagram. but mostly I was just researching because showing the actual builds and half-finished attempts felt way more exposing lol. the annoying bit is... the proof is probably what makes the niche clear. build something small with Codex. try it. correct it when it goes weird. show what happened. after you’ve done that a few times, people can actually see what you care about and what you’re getting good at. you don’t have to decide your whole identity first. your messy builds, attempts, fixes and tiny receipts are the portfolio.

so Codex has just been merged into the ChatGPT desktop app. this is WILD news. Codex had 5M+ users. ChatGPT (across web and desktop) has 1B+ users! i suspect this means one thing for Codex Club: we're about to get a lot more popular :D remember who we are Codexers; the first 131 of Codex Club!

okay Codexers, this is something i've wanted to do for a long time but simply haven't prioritized it. so at today's codex club call we're going over: - why bother building a second brain in Obsidian? is it even worth it? - if so - how do you actually build one? like how do i get started from scratch? - what's the best way to integrate it into my day-to-day work? - how do i auto-magically keep it up-to-date so it doesn't get stale or become burdensome to maintain? if that sounds like your cup of tea, add the call to your calendar HERE 🗓️ hopefully see you in 2 hours!

alrighty guys, it's finally here. this is what i intended to give y'all at Tuesday's Codex Club Call before i had the screen recording issues. i felt bad for the tech fail and spent the last 2 days upgrading Eddy from a simple skill into a fully-fledged Codex plugin. what does Eddy do? well check out the attached Loom... but in short Eddy edits raw footage into a retention-optimized ready-to-publish YouTube video (still review the output obviously) AND creates short-form videos from the raw footage with captions. it also applies studio sound to your audio. it can also apply motion graphics.. i will continue to update Eddy as i find other things i want an agentic video editor to do, but it's already pretty good if i say so myself. @Karl Bro this one is for you brother! how to install it: paste this into Codex and hit enter: @plugin-creator install [lennoxsaint/eddy](https://github.com/lennoxsaint/eddy) how to use it: dump your raw footage into Codex, type "@eddy - edit this" that's it. pro tip: if you don't know how to use Eddy, just ask codex "how do i use Eddy?" lastly, if you have any requests or spot any bugs/things it can do better, let me know in the comments below!

i just published the full CAPS walkthrough. this is the clearest version of what i mean when i say Codex is not just a coding app for me anymore. it is the place where my work lives. the mechanism is pinned productivity: 1. one conductor thread that holds the shape of the day 2. pinned lanes for the work that actually matters 3. proof receipts so the system cannot fake progress 4. memory so good decisions do not disappear 5. browser-in-agent work so Codex can actually move the task forward that is the difference between a normal to-do list and CAPS. a to-do list stores intentions. CAPS helps turn those intentions into action. watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/3ctSNHFw8Rw grab the free CAPS repo here: https://github.com/lennoxsaint/caps-productivity-kit