I’m developing an outfit recommendation app based on the stuff in your closet and this is the page where users get their outfit recommendations based on the weather, calendar and their preference. For some reason it feels empty and unfinished. What should I try to add or remove or move around to make it feel polished and look complete?
Postman switched to a pricier tier and closed the free version of team collaboration and my small team and I were in a desperate need of a better alternative. I looked at some they were either paid or down right sucked. Then I thought of building it on my own, Postman is just a CURL wrapper and I can one shot my own wrapper.
I used /goal with a required feature list and made Codex go on until it builds a proper Mac app with sync and storage. I suggested it use Convex as it is simple to setup, free and has sync built in (not an ad). I left Codex alone for about 2 hours as it went on building using Computer Use finding issues and then iterating. The initial version was so good (image 2) the UI was a bit hit and miss but it had every feature I asked for and they all worked perfectly (except some UI jankiness). I then sat with Codex for an hour going through the smaller issues (small but higher in quantity) fixing it and then I got frustrated as I realised I could just pay another tool than stuck in a build - use - fix cycle.
Then I came upon Bruno an OSS local first git-backed postman alternative (again not an ad). A bulb lit in me and I decided to have Codex strip out the git based storage and implement Convex storage with sync. I used /goal again this time and Codex went on for an hour, the final result exceeded my expectations. Codex implemented, tested and even documented everything perfectly. The Convex DB was properly baked in and Codex even added an auth page (Bruno didn’t have it before) following the themeing of Bruno. In the prompt I loosely mentioned collaboration (I was stupid and didn’t copy the initial prompt and gave a shorter version of it) Codex understood the exact requirement and added a user management panel (image 1) perfectly aligning with the UI (it was not a popup, or a sheet or any of the AI-ish UI workaround).
That’s when I realised Codex performs better on strong fundamentals. The Bruno codebase is a mature codebase with hundreds of high quality contributors Codex picked up on the structure, patterns and guidelines defined by the original codebase. The initial try didn’t work well (it was good but not something I would rely on completely) as it was a barebones start just a template Electron app. Codex loves to add normalisations and the initial one was riddled with it.
I’m not sure how to end posts like these but this is what I learnt from this experience - READ THE DAMN CODE, STRENGTHEN YOUR FUNDAMENTALS, ASK QUESTIONS TO CODEX.
If you’d like to check out the forked codebase here it is (do drop a star if you like it) - https://github.com/mithileshchellappan/max
Disclaimer: THIS IS NOT AN STEALTH ADVERTISEMENT TO BRUNO OR CONVEX. They are simply the tools I used and forked, I know stealth marketing slop posts are very high in Reddit rn but this isn’t one.
I've been using Pomodoro for years but every timer felt the same — a countdown and a ding. I wanted something that made the session itself feel like progress.
So I built Focus Rail. Pick a real train station, set your destination, and a 3D train travels the actual railway route while your Pomodoro runs. When your session ends, you've traveled somewhere real.
Whatever route exists in the real world, you can ride it.
Giving away 20 free 3-month Pro codes. Try a route, comment which one you picked, and I'll DM you a code.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/focus-rail-pomodoro-timer/id6758016543