New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- To the majority of developers, productivity has been associated with the number of hours spent within an IDE. This was the progress in faster typing, enhanced autocomplete and cleaner commits. Codex on macOS simply displaces that centre of gravity.

Rather than posing the question of how fast a coder can code, OpenAI has now put the question as another one: how effectively can teams oversee AI-based systems that do not take breaks?

That difference is more than it may seem.

The role of Codex has continued to grow since Codex was introduced in April 2025. The former coding helper now has the confidence to undertake long-term assignments cutting across the design, implementation, testing, and iteration.

This is formal...