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I presume I’m not the only one who at times has just got stuck with codex when it just cannot solve a bug and each time it tells it is confident it is fixed but it isn’t. I had it recently with an android app where an API call was failing but only on certain devices. I’ve lots of cases of it though across Android, iOS, Mac and even office add-ins, and no matter what the effort level I go to it doesn’t work it out.

I found what I think is a strong workaround to fix this. It’s basic software engineering but not one codex suggested itself. What I do now is first ask it to diagnose the issue (often on a higher reasoning level) before trying to fix. I then challenge it on the diagnosis before asking it to implement it. Something this moves it on, not always.

For more difficult cases I ask it what additional diagnostic information it would need to be sure of the issue. I then ask it to design and add that to the code as temporary diagnostics that can be exported or shown on a screen such the problematic action can give precise information where the issue is. Either in sandbox, simulator or from a real device I’ve then got additional data for codex to understand what is happening and solve.

I wanted to share as I thought this may be useful to others, and it is isn’t something I see coming up regularly in how to use codex, despite diagnostic tools being a bedrock for software dev - especially error reports and segmentation fault determination with complex code.

I’m curious do others use similar approaches and what else users do when codex gets in a cycle of trying to solve something but failing.

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For Father’s Day last year my son got me a bonsai set. It consisted of several bags of seeds and soil to rehydrate. I was very skeptical but it was such a lovely idea I had to try.

Only one seed took, the other 4 types didn’t (even after wintering two in the fridge).

The pine, which I guess was probably the easiest, took hold though and one year in here it is today. Still to early to transfer to a nice bonsai pot or trim the roots (or shape /wire if I go that route).

I’m taking care to give it lots of sunshine, some wind to harden the stem and rotate it regularly. I’m only bringing it in not in really bad weather as I read that pines should be outside to flourish.

It’s a bit uneven, I’m not sure if that is some inconsistency in rotating or just happens as anyway.

My son had expected it turn into a bonsai quite quickly (he was 12 at the time) but I think the lesson in patience and care is a good one. Maybe one day I’ll hand it back to him as a mature tree.

Anyway wanted to do my show and tell to say hello to the community. My 1 year experience has been from ChatGPT guidance so know I've a lot to learn! I’ve a long way to go so looking forward to learning from the community and the amazing trees I've seen here.

Long long way off and in mice research right not, but sounds akin to mRNA or other covid approaches but for GLPs…