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GPT-5 + Codex is so fast that when I expressed suspicion that a script was returning too few results (via `| wc -l`), Codex corrected me that I should have passed `--count` instead. Sure enough, that worked.

Checked git status and realized Codex implemented the `--count` flag in the script _concurrently as it corrected me_ for not having used it! Gaslit by a robot!" loading="lazy">
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This is hilarious, the llm shames him for not utilizing the `--count` flag, THAT DIDN'T EXIST WHEN HE RAN THE CLI!

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