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>_ have you seen this? · August 19, 2026

Asana used OpenAI Codex to do 5 years of engineering work in 2 weeks

Have you seen this? One team just compressed 5 years into 2 weeks

Asana used OpenAI's Codex coding agent to rip out and replace an old, outdated testing system. The work was originally estimated at five years of engineering time; Codex got it done in two weeks for about $12,000.

What this means for your business

If a task like this can be quantified and delegated to an agent, any dev team sitting on legacy tech debt should be asking why they're still budgeting years for it.

Read the source: OpenAIagentssoftware developmentproductivity

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