{"slug": "lil-finder-guy-pet-was-the-gateway-to-building-my-own-mac-apps-with-codex", "title": "Lil Finder Guy pet was the gateway to building my own Mac apps with Codex", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "At the start of May, OpenAI released a playful feature inside its Codex desktop app for creating a virtual pet.\n\nThis 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](https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/01/i-think-i-just-vibe-coded-lil-finder-guy-onto-my-mac/) for fun.\n\nA 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.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lil-finder-guy-pet-was-the-gateway-to-building-my-own-mac-apps-with-codex", "canonical_source": "https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/05/lil-finder-guy-pet-was-the-gateway-to-building-my-own-mac-apps-with-codex/", "published_at": "2026-06-05 18:37:31+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-05 19:07:45.269032+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-tools", "ai-products"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Codex", "Lil Finder Guy"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lil-finder-guy-pet-was-the-gateway-to-building-my-own-mac-apps-with-codex", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lil-finder-guy-pet-was-the-gateway-to-building-my-own-mac-apps-with-codex.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lil-finder-guy-pet-was-the-gateway-to-building-my-own-mac-apps-with-codex.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/lil-finder-guy-pet-was-the-gateway-to-building-my-own-mac-apps-with-codex.jsonld"}}