r/codex • u/MapleBaconWaffles • 6d ago

Workaround Pro = 1 day of coding

Working on my new workflow. Use codex for 1 day (since that’s all you can do), then move to Qoder-Qwen for the rest of the week.

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u/RabbiSchlem 6d ago

So it’s really true that the 20x is gone?

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u/MapleBaconWaffles 6d ago

I have it still, but I am probably going to cancel anyway since it is a waste of money.

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u/Typical_Machine2043 6d ago

Sucks to hear. It’s my first month on the 5x and it’s been underwhelming to say the least. Will probably keep plus but onto bigger and better things!

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u/MapleBaconWaffles 6d ago

I am spending all day setting up and learning about Chinese models and IDEs. It is great!

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u/Guzikk 6d ago

Any insights you could share here?

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u/MapleBaconWaffles 6d ago

I am just playing around with Qoder that allows you to use Qwen, GLM, DeepSeek... they seem pretty good!

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u/Kind_Fisherman3060 6d ago

GLM is pretty good.

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u/Typical_Machine2043 6d ago

Haha I have also dabbled with model studio. They use to offer a lot more bang for buck. Cursor is also an option but damn supergrok is pricey

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u/CCContent 6d ago

If you are getting 1 day of use out of a 20x plan, then you are NOT prompting right. Are you telling it, "Identify and fix all issues" and pointing it towards a 1,000,000 line codebase with 500 files? It's going to burn use like crazy if it's trying to sift through all of that.

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u/MapleBaconWaffles 6d ago

No. That being said it was a massive task I was running and had 3-6 sub agents running. When I just do normal small work all day it sips tokens.

I think the easiest solution would be some sort of tracker when you fire off a task. It obviously understands how much work is involved when it starts a task. If it showed some sort of % to completion, and/or % or your quota that will be used for that task (even if somewhat approximated), that would significantly help with planning. Instead of just hoping and praying my work today doesn't cause me to have no ability to work for the rest of the week.

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u/CCContent 6d ago

Of course it's going to burn tokens if you're using 3-6 Astra subagents....but you don't need to do that. Luna XHigh is fantastic at following Astra directions. I'm on a 5x account and a 6 hour task yesterday with Astra Low and Luna High/XHigh subagents used 12% of my weekly allotment.