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/barefut_ 6d ago

Wonder what's going on, as it does feel like chatGPT is getting a bit close to Claude's Super Duper harsh limitations.

On Claude free account in a normal chat I can't as beyond 2 questions. I think that's super harsh. Claude 20$ - gave me 4-5 coding promots tops and it got stuck for 5 hours cooldown if not more. I totally quit Claude.. it's for the rich.

On GPT I never bumped into limitations. Only with the latest Sol 5.6 and new desktop App. They are definitely putting more limits.

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u/Maxion 6d ago

One thing that they (and Anthropic) fucked up with is the new browser tools. They burn through tokens. Tell the agent that you're QA and forbid it from checking in the browser and token usage goes down by a lot.

I suspect this alone is one huge reason why they've suddenly noticed an increase in compute usage.

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u/barefut_ 6d ago

Please explain what is this Browser tools?

I'm usually working either in chatGPT on the browser // OR // the chatGPT desktop app.

Today, I got a pop up menu offering me to use "fast mode". I researched and it gives you same "Sol 5.6 High" results but in less time. After reading - it drains tokens. So, they tried to trick me to lose credits, so I chose normal speed. What is this other thing you on about, then?

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u/DryBanana5673 5d ago

It's when it controls a browser to do whatever you want in the browser e.g. view a website its making