I want to thank those of you who were supportive around the issue I had with Codex not following my instructions. Even though I lost time and money, there is no way I'm giving up on vibe coding. The accomplishment of PresentAble is something I never thought I could achieve. In the end, I needed Brian Hartgen's skilled assistance to actually bring it to market. But without vibe coding I could have never solved a longstanding problem of mine with a solution that works so well.

Yes, Codex did the coding for me. Yes, it would be better if I knew more about code than I do. But the reality of it is that because you can create an entire app without knowing how to code is what will actually result in our community continuing to be able to design the solutions to our digital access needs in ways we could have never done before.

Even if I don't get a refund, which I should, I look at the hundreds of dollars spent by me vibe coding so far and I compare that to the thousands of dollars I'm sure I would have had to pay a professional developer to get PresentAble to the point where Brian was interested enough to help me, and I wouldn't go back and decide not to vibe code.

And, who knows, maybe OpenAI will learn something from this experience and Codex's understanding of coding for accessibility, not to mention its following directions, will be improved.

In closing, I say to any blind person who is frustrated by some inaccessible software or website and an Idea for how access could be provided, take your best shot. As in everything there will be ups and downs, but if you stick with it, you too can produce something that solves a problem for you and may even solve a problem for the rest of us.