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AI · Tutorials · 15 min read

Exploring a repo safely

Part 2 of the ChatGPT Codex tutorial. Explore a repo safely: ask for a map with real paths, bound what you will not touch, then make a small change. Branch first. Keep secrets out of chat. Do not silent-deploy to production.

AI, Tutorials
August 16, 2026
Reviewing diffs, undoing, not shipping blind
Part 9 of the Claude Code tutorial. Review every agent change set: read the diff, run tests, check secrets and scope, then…
Analytics, Tutorials
August 16, 2026
Standardizing categories and names
Category chaos turns dashboards into spelling bees. Learn canonical values, mapping tables, alias lists, and how to escape Other hell so groupbys…
AI, Tutorials
August 15, 2026
Open coding features and first project
Codex is the coding agent surface in the ChatGPT desktop app (with Chat and Work). Part 1 of the ChatGPT Codex tutorial:…
AI, Tutorials
August 15, 2026
Loops and agentic runs: multi-step work
Part 8 of Claude Code tutorial. Run multi-step agentic work with a goal-plan-act-observe loop, checkpoints, and clear autonomy: watch, steer, or walk…