OpenAI's keyboard is addicting and unfinished
OpenAI's first piece of hardware is a $230 keyboard for controlling Codex agents, built with Work Louder. I paid for mine, unboxed it fresh, and got genuinely addicted to the joystick. Then it froze mid-demo. This is my honest first look at the Codex Micro (clicky version). The hardware is beautiful. The glow pulses with agent status, green for complete, red for error, blue for thinking, amber when it needs input. The joystick configuration screen is dangerously fun. But the software is early. Model selection fought me, I couldn't find a back button, and the device stopped responding partway through a Codex run. I share where I landed at the end, including whether I'd buy it again, plus the changes I'd make to the workflow if OpenAI is listening. The Codex Micro sold out fast and is already reselling way above retail, so consider this a look at what you did or didn't miss. Not sponsored. I paid for this myself, no coupon codes, no free units. Chapters 00:00 A Dangerous and Addicting Keyboard 01:31 Unboxing the Codex Micro Keyboard 03:01 First Power On and RGB Glow 04:54 Interactive Joystick Configuration 05:51 Critique and UI Improvement Ideas 08:03 Major Software Bug and Device Freeze 09:03 Early Stages and Hardware Potential 10:08 Final Verdict and Future Plans Codex Micro (OpenAI Supply Co.) https://openai.com/supply/co-lab/work-louder/ Work Louder https://worklouder.cc/codex-micro I build with AI live on this channel. Next up with this thing, swapping keycaps (the YOLO keycap is going on) and running it on stream. #OpenAI #CodexMicro #WorkLouder
