Sometimes you just have to let the agent cook. Mika vs. a multi-billion-dollar corporation, and a stupid little desktop pet. When OpenAI shipped Codex Pets in May 2026, they wanted to give your coding agent a face. The pets float as an overlay on Windows and macOS, showing real-time status updates about what Codex is doing, and can notify users when a task completes or when the agent needs input. The feature launched with eight built-in pets and a way to generate custom, AI-an...