# OpenAI’s New Codex App Has the Best ‘Computer Use’ Feature I’ve Ever Tested - MacStories

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## What Jamie wrote

Add this to the long list of things I need to directly play with. I will share that I've been **incredibly** frustrated with OpenClaw and am about to give up on it. The continued progression of Claude Cowork and now Codex computer-use features seem like they are much more mature and reliable to get work done.

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## Appears in

- [WT345: Weekly Thing 345 / Codex, Headless, Wikiwise](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/345/), Notable

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