I am now the proud dad of a goblin

Hey champ,

I'm still figuring out how to format this newsletter, so bear with me. Expect a lot of experiments with structure and layout over the coming weeks.

I know I'm writing into the void right now. But I like to think of it as building a binge bank. At least that’s what I tell myself.

Look, I’m not technical in the slightest. But you’re telling me I can have my very own digital pet??? Sign me up. I will literally do anything.

Today, Codex dropped a new thing where you can create your own pet.

Quick note if you don't know Codex, it's OpenAI's coding tool. I don't really use it. Or I didn't, until pets entered the picture.

I typed in /pet and nothing happened. So I had to install something first (more on that below). Once I got it working, I tried creating a custom pet by typing $hatch-pet Create a little goblin except I spelled it "gobllin." Two L's. Codex didn't correct me. It actually complimented me for being quirky (of course it did, lol).

I don't fully know what the pet does yet. I'm not sure it does much. But here's the thing, it made me open Codex three times today. A coding tool I have no business using. OpenAI put a pet in it and I was suddenly very interested. That's kind of genius and I'm not even mad.

Now go make your own. Here’s how:

Go try something,

—Tyler

PS. What did you try with AI this week? Reply and tell me!