# FOSS Rocks!

I regularly run several instances of OpenAI Codex at the same time, working on different projects. Each one might be using a different AI model.

I noticed something annoying: whenever I started a new conversation in one instance, it sometimes switched to whatever model I'd most recently selected in another.

Not a huge problem, but enough to disrupt my workflow.

I tracked it down to a shared configuration file. Turns out, someone else had already [reported essentially the same issue on GitHub](https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/36427), along with a suggested fix.

And here's what I love about free and open source software (FOSS).

I don't have to wait for a company to decide whether my problem matters enough to fix. I can inspect the code, understand what's happening, make a change, test it, and hopefully contribute the fix back so everyone benefits.

Better yet, I can ask Codex itself to help fix Codex.

There's something wonderful about that. A tool helping improve itself, under human direction, with the changes open for anyone to inspect.

This is one of the reasons I've loved free software for decades. It's not just about getting software for free. It's about having the freedom to understand it, change it, and share what you've learned.

The fix is still a work in progress, but the fact that I can even attempt it is what makes FOSS so exciting to me.

**Software should belong to the people who use it.**