Front-End Fire

All AI All the Time: OpenAI’s Codex, the Web Dev AI Survey, and More


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The AI hype train keeps chugging along with new updates from OpenAI. ChatGPT now offers GPT-4.1 - a new dev-first model trained for use cases related to coding, instruction following, and function calling with a context window of up to 1 million tokens. It also announces Codex CLI, a terminal version of ChatGPT that devs can use to run code, manipulate files, and iterate without ever leaving their preferred terminal.

Next.js 15.3 drops with new features like using its Turbopack buildpack for production builds (still in alpha stage so use with caution), community support for Rspack as a drop in replacement for the Webpack bundler, and new navigation hooks for enhanced client-side routing capabilities.

There’s also a new survey out this week: the first annual State of Web Dev AI, which answers questions like which AI tools devs find most useful, how much devs are spending on AI, and what pain points are devs most likely to encounter when leveraging AI to develop their own web apps.

News:

  • Paige - OpenAI Codex CLI and GPT-4.1 models
  • Jack - State of AI Web Dev 2025
  • TJ - Next.js 15.3

Bonus News:

  • OpenAI is in talks to acquire Windsurf for $3B
  • “Slopsquatting”
  • AI agents for everyone (Firebase Studio), (Arduino AI Assistant)

Fire Starter:

  • Declarative Web Push

What Makes Us Happy this Week:

  • Paige - Solo Leveling anime series
  • Jack - Knuckles TV mini series 
  • TJ - NY Times Flashback

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