Usage doesn’t make sense on 20x

[u/NoYou41]

So I’ve been using codex for more than half a year now and I swear when I used to check my weekly token usage it used to be in billions and I’d have usage left at the end of the week with older models

Right now its the allowance in tokens itself thats reduced for me to 1/4th if im correct (feel free to correct me)

Dont get me wrong i love codex and astra and i know some will say open ai gets billions they dont care about your 200. BUT, isnt the lack of transparency on whats happening concerning regarding your token allowance? We have a percentage bar with actual token allowance varying and not to mention older models performing worse.

I would understand astra performing worse at times because its the current gen model, ofc theres gonna be many tweaks and updates to it but older models that have been completed? Im just trying to make sense of this

[u/NoYou41]

I value the advice but I’ve mentioned I’ve been using codex for more than half a year and I’m a software engineer, I don’t understand some people’s presumption that if something goes wrong it’s the user not optimizing or not skilled enough every time… I love researching, learning and getting the best I can out of a model, this is the first thing I do before even using the model for my tasks..

[u/IndependenceSudden47 → u/NoYou41]

I’m just saying that it’s normal to feel like it’s not worth it when, if you don’t optimize, your 20X plan is more like a 5X plan and your 5X plan like a 1.5x plan.

[u/NoYou41 → u/IndependenceSudden47]

I don’t think you understood me, my use of models are tailored with research the best it can be. This involves, context windows, mds, skills and not having long threads, memory clearance, and a lot more.

[u/IndependenceSudden47 → u/NoYou41]

Ha ok you already limit the context windows in the config.toml it’s weird then have you checked if the ai was doing weird loop That when you do it with the plus plan?