How OpenAI engineers use Codex to tackle software maintenance

What happened

OpenAI Developers shares how its engineers use Codex to explore their codebase, identify areas needing attention, and reduce the maintenance backlog. In the quoted post, @rrroim says Codex can now find dead-code candidates in Slack, check them against production telemetry, and draft cleanup PRs, whereas a few months ago it needed explicit directions on where to look. https://developers.openai.com/blog/maintaining-software-with-the-gpt-6-family

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OpenAI Developers said its engineers use Codex to explore their codebase, identify areas needing attention, and reduce their software maintenance backlog. In a post quoted by OpenAI Developers, @rrroim said Codex can now find dead-code candidates in Slack, check them against production telemetry, and draft cleanup pull requests. @rrroim contrasted that workflow with a few months earlier, when Codex needed explicit directions on where to look.

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