Remote Agent Workflow, Part 5: What Still Matters After Codex Mobile

Sun, 24 May 2026 16:12:12 +0800

This is Part 5 of the Remote Agent Workflow series.

When I started this remote AI development setup, the problem was practical.

I wanted to keep local Codex work moving when I was away from my Mac.

That led to the first layer:

Phone -> Tailscale -> SSH -> Mac -> tmux -> Codex

Then I realized mobile SSH was not the right daily interface, so I built a Telegram control plane:

Codex-Mobile on Armstrong Yan