Codex Micro

“an overpriced product that would be 10 times better if you configured it yourself”

“These controllers have existed forever - why the f would anyone buy this?”

“No microphone input, no speakers, and no included months of Codex membership.”

“OpenAI released an agent controller with no agent.”

“I love experimenting with new modalities and this is a cool idea pre-packaged.”

“I was hoping this would be codex-cli with much less bloat. Alas.”

“It would be a nice collectable trinket, but OpenAI is quite down on the list of companies I'd gift money to”

“Maybe it's worth getting one just to cherish this crazy moment 10 years later.”

“Upon release, this device is already outdated.”

“This is really pretty, but I'm surprised it doesn't have a microphone.”

“How is this more expensive than a Stream Deck?”

“It's an amusing marketing gimmick, and historical artifact, if nothing else.”

“I was a little surprised to see it doesn't even have a microphone or speaker”

“For a newbie / newcomer it looks like someone finally thought of them.”

“having spent over 200 smackers on this thing and then letting it go unused”

“you donate $230 to OpenAI to support their mission of rear ending the singularity”

“If this is a sign of what’s to come from OAI, it’s going to be worse than Meta devices.”

“$230 for a macropad with an exposed PCB and no washers under the Allen screws.”

“Still a better deal and a way more versatile device than that Codex Micro pad.”

“over expensive hardware, sometimes not even shipping with friendly layers for rookies”

“They could've at least made something custom, and claim it was designed with help from GPT 5.6”

“People with too much money to burn and not enough brains to use it on something better”

“the website totally fails at making a case for it”

“Its completely pointless yet I still want it. IDK, its the status lights that look fun.”

“I think this will end in disaster (security or otherwise)”

“This device should have been a blog post about how you can make this device”

“looks nice, want. lol, why is this $230”

“its simply a novel, oddly satisfying input mechanism, at least for the first day”

“Nothing about it is interesting or unique or really leverages the power of LLMs”

“Seems a bit silly (especially given how easy LLM's make building such an accessory)”

“Definitive, tangible, tactile proof that we're near the top of the bubble.”

“it wouldn't become eminently useless if I swap to any other model provider”

“$230 for essentially a fancy numpad that's only useful for one tool?”

“I like it because it looks sleak, and the colors are neat.”

“This design looks great though, status lights are a nice touch.”

“Looks cool. I’m looking for a macro pad with a little LCD that’s Mac and Linux compatible.”

“It's not clear why this physical object is a better solution to the problem than, say, a window on your screen.”

“it feels like my career has been dwindled down to ... what? a few colors and like 5 buttons?”

“A quarter RGB keyboard for the price of half a MacBook Neo?”

“Looks like a novelty item made with the purpose of testing their hardware production capabilities”