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Lil Finder Guy pet was the gateway to building my own Mac apps with Codex

OpenAI released a virtual pet feature inside its Codex desktop app in early May, which a user initially employed to create a "Lil Finder Guy" for fun. Within a month, the same user built two Mac apps using Codex, with the pet feature serving as a gateway to understanding the tool's capabilities.

read1 min publishedJun 5, 2026

At the start of May, OpenAI released a playful feature inside its Codex desktop app for creating a virtual pet.

This silly little addition solved my biggest challenge with Codex: what should I do with it? My first real task with Codex was putting together a virtual Lil Finder Guy for fun.

A month later, I’m using two Mac apps that Codex built at my direction. Toying around with Codex Pets was the gateway for me to better understand its capabilities.

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