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Alexander Embiricos, the product lead for Codex at OpenAI, shares how AI coding agents are actually used in production—from simple fixes to shipping full apps. He breaks down the workflows that make Codex effective at scale, including structured planning with Plans.md, parallel development using Git worktrees, and automated code review across nearly every OpenAI repo. The conversation covers how Codex users dramatically outperformed non-users internally, how OpenAI built the Sora Android app in just 28 days, and what changed with the release of GPT-5.2. We also explore why context matters more than clever prompts, why the real bottleneck is increasingly human judgment rather than code generation, and how AI tools are evolving from standalone destinations into deeply embedded teammates inside existing workflows.
• 3 Advanced Codex Workflows for Faster, Smarter Development with OpenAI’s Alex Embiricos: https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/advanced-codex-workflows-with-openai-alex-embiricos
• How to Use OpenAI Codex to Understand and Modify a New Codebase: https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/how-to-use-openai-codex-to-understand-and-modify-a-new-codebase
• How to Architect Complex Software Projects with OpenAI’s Plans.md Technique: https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/how-to-architect-complex-software-projects-with-openai-s-plans-md-technique
• How to Manage Parallel Development with AI using Git Worktrees and Codex: https://www.chatprd.ai/how-i-ai/workflows/how-to-manage-parallel-development-with-ai-using-git-worktrees-and-codex
