tl;dr
A non-programmer built an app with Codex. More interesting than the process is the implication: we are entering an age of personal software, when any of us can use the real power of computers without needing to be an engineer.
Background
I’ve spent 40 years in tech (in roles including support, community, and product marketing), but I’ve never been a coder. I’ve worked closely with software engineers doing user experience testing and writing documentation, and I’ve done various kinds of tech marketing. I’ve designed simple web apps and done other coding-adjacent tasks like context-sensitive help, and I’ve dabbled a little in HTML and CSS — but that was the sum total of my coding experience.
Until now.
Continue reading My new retirement hobby: I just built my first app, in less than a week














