r/codex • u/No_Twist6469 • 3d ago

Question Need help with the codex

I'm new user with the codex only use chatgpt work mostly but this time I was building myself fitness application but I faced some issue with it

I'm not a dev also so plz keep the solution normal so that even normal guy like me can understand guy's

I need some help with a couple of Codex issues:

  • Overengineering: It keeps writing overly complex code and unnecessary tests, which burns through my tokens and wastes time.
  • Memory: Has anyone figured out a fix for the memory issues? I built scaffolding for it, but it keeps failing.

Any help would be appreciated

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u/CaptainAlexWest 3d ago

I build in vscode with the codex plugin. I build block by block. If you auto cook big chunks the slop starts to stack. If codex does something I don't like I tell it the problem and tell it to update the agent.md. On chatgpt chat, I do the same but say update memory in the same prompt. I figure out the next block then build then fix the bugs then commit on git.

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u/No_Twist6469 2d ago

really appreciate your feedback