I wanted a macOS Youtube TV menu bar app so I could watch the world cup game while working.
Asked codex, one-shot it with /goal.
We really live in the golden age of ideas.
1:25 PM · Jun 19, 2026 · 4.5K Views
Pietro Schirano, Claude Engineer creator, used Codex AI to build a macOS YouTube TV app in eight minutes
The app supports persistent login and an always-on-top mode
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Users praised the CEO for quickly building a macOS YouTube TV menu bar app with Codex AI in one shot, calling the idea nice and the builder a legend.
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jason@jxnlco
@skirano just use the in app browser so codex can watch too
Pietro Schirano@skirano
I wanted a macOS Youtube TV menu bar app so I could watch the world cup game while working.
Asked codex, one-shot it with /goal.
We really live in the golden age of ideas.
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Йорли адоптер@relan
@skirano You could click 3times on any YouTube’s video and select enter Picture in Picture. No codex needed
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Pietro Schirano@skirano
@jxnlco hahah
jason@jxnlco
@skirano just use the in app browser so codex can watch too
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Golden Ekpendu@TheeAmbi
@skirano This is a really nice idea
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Pietro Schirano@skirano
@relan Youtube TV doesn't have that
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Ardjo@rdjooo
@skirano Can you add pause feature when Codex needs an answer? Or a rewind feature? Working and watching a game is nice, but enjoying both requires attention.
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Omar T.@At_Turkmani1443
@jxnlco @skirano legend
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Eclipse 🌖@ECLresearch
@skirano The interesting metric here isn’t the idea itself, but the time saved: that one-shot was likely under 30 seconds.
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