Codex++ ships tweak system, mirrors iOS simulator

This is a sharp example of turning a closed AI app into a platform. The tradeoff is real, though: the more Codex++ can do, the more it has to survive upstream app changes, code-signing friction, and repair logic.

• –Patching `app.asar` and re-signing the app is the right hack if you want deep extensibility, but it makes every Codex update a compatibility event
• –The user-directory runtime plus tweak manifests is the key design win: custom workflows can iterate without rebuilding the app bundle
• –The new 0.1.4 release reads like a reliability pass, especially around Windows Store installs, auto-repair, and first-run UX
• –An embedded iOS simulator is the interesting signal here: Codex starts looking less like a chat window and more like a programmable operator workspace
• –This is very relevant to AI dev tooling, but it’s still an unofficial power-user layer, not something most teams should treat as production-safe