Codex, a coding agent, is a lot of fun when you are deep in the terminal. Point it at a repository, give it a focused task, and it gets to work fast. It reads the code, proposes a fix, runs commands, and helps you move from idea to code without leaving the flow. That developer experience is a big part of the appeal of agentic coding tools, and it is also what made our recent Claude Code tutorial work so well. But writing the code is only the first step. You still need the issue, the merge request, the CI/CD pipeline, the review, and the final human decision to ship the change. Writing code and shipping software are not the same thing, and that gap becomes more obvious as coding agents get faster. That is where GitLab comes in.…