According OpenAI, Codex is proficient in over a dozen computer languages, but it's particularly good at Python and, of course, everyday language. These skills in hand, Codex can digest a prompt like, ...

The really nice thing about doing something the “wrong” way is that there’s just so much variety! If you’re doing something the right way, the fastest way, or the optimal wa… ...

Coders choose programming languages for any number of technical reasons, but they also choose them for very personal reasons—and these personal reasons inevitably intertwine with the technical.