Adam Cohen‑Hillel reports that Codex and Claude have evolved into social hangouts with messaging, online friend indicators, chat rooms, and leaderboards, likening the experience to old ICQ/IRC. Alex Reibman praises the engineering behind this shift (crediting Marko Kraemer and Adam) and links to shellbook.co and a demo video.
Alex Reibman highlights “impressive hyper engineering stats” credited to Marko Kraemer and Adam Cohen‑Hillel (post dated 2026-06-18).
Impressive hyper engineering stats by @markokraemer @adamcohenhillel
ADAM (@adamcohenhillel)
Codex and Claude just became a social hangout.
Messages, see which friend is online, chat rooms, leaderboards
good old’ ICQ / IRC chats vibes , inside Codex and Claude
join -> shellbook . co
Video
— https://nitter.net/adamcohenhillel/status/2067658110672703788#m