//erikzaadi.com/tags/codex/ Recent content in Codex on Erik Zaadi Hugo en-us © erikzaadi.com Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0300 //erikzaadi.com/2026/06/01/the-ai-dm-gets-an-upgrade-what-happened-after-the-first-session/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0300 //erikzaadi.com/2026/06/01/the-ai-dm-gets-an-upgrade-what-happened-after-the-first-session/ <p><em>Car mode, terminal mode, agentic narration, and a development workflow that uses different AI tools for different jobs.</em></p> <p><a href="//erikzaadi.com/2026/04/08/my-kid-didn-t-want-to-dm-so-i-built-one/">Last time I wrote about this</a>, I had just shipped the first version of <a href="https://github.com/erikzaadi/dnd-fam-ftw">dnd-fam-ftw</a>: a self-hosted AI Dungeon Master for family D&amp;D nights. POC in an evening, first session was chaos, everyone had a good time.</p> <p>Then we kept playing. And once you keep playing, you start noticing things.</p> <hr> <h2 id="the-things-you-notice-when-you-actually-play">The Things You Notice When You Actually Play</h2> <p>The first problem was latency. An AI DM that makes you wait 15 seconds per turn is funny for two turns, then it breaks the rhythm. We&rsquo;re playing family D&amp;D, not chess by mail.</p>