Build a photo frame so photos you send appear on your partner's desk
Living apart, a developer used Codex to build a photo frame for his fiancée: he sends photos from Edinburgh and they show up on her desk.
Source
@tarat_211 on X · 2026-10-20
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-22.
What they did
Living apart, a developer used Codex to build a photo frame for his fiancée: he sends photos from Edinburgh and they show up on her desk.
Result (as claimed)
Ranked #26 on OpenAI Devs' community builds page.
Tools they used
Cost: OpenAI Codex: free plan, paid from $8/mo. Checked 2026-10-14.
Set it up
Define the job
Say exactly what you want done and what the agent may and may not do on your behalf.
Share only what is needed
Give OpenAI Codex the minimum files or access required. Avoid sharing passwords in chat when a safer login flow exists.
Review the plan
Ask the agent to show its plan or draft before it acts, and approve each step that has real consequences.
Check the result
Confirm the outcome yourself (order placed, request sent, document understood) and keep a record.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Build a photo frame so photos you send appear on your partner's desk What the original author did: Living apart, a developer used Codex to build a photo frame for his fiancée: he sends photos from Edinburgh and they show up on her desk. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Ranked #26 on OpenAI Devs' community builds page. Source: https://x.com/tarat_211/status/2112476581851476170 Tools they used: OpenAI Codex Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Build a photo frame so photos you send appear on your partner's desk What the original author did: Living apart, a developer used Codex to build a photo frame for his fiancée: he sends photos from Edinburgh and they show up on her desk. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Ranked #26 on OpenAI Devs' community builds page. Source: https://x.com/tarat_211/status/2112476581851476170 Tools they used: OpenAI Codex Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Build a photo frame so photos you send appear on your partner's desk What the original author did: Living apart, a developer used Codex to build a photo frame for his fiancée: he sends photos from Edinburgh and they show up on her desk. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Ranked #26 on OpenAI Devs' community builds page. Source: https://x.com/tarat_211/status/2112476581851476170 Tools they used: OpenAI Codex Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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