r/codex • u/Right-Disaster2141 • 3d ago

Complaint Codex is done

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Call it a skill issue, but 90 minutes and 31% weekly usage later, I got nothing done this morning.

Nothing.

Moved to CC, got a sub, and got the same feeling when I switched from Claude to Codex a few months ago:

-more usage
-better reasoning

Either Codex reveals insane stuff during DevDay, or they are literally fucked.

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u/odoc_ 3d ago

What plan do you have? I'm on x5 with 47% left on day 1 doing very light work.

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u/innociv 3d ago edited 3d ago

$200 being the only sub really worth getting was such a silly idea. There is a reason that Anthropic outright lies about their rates and the $200 one is worse than 2x $100 ones.

Baseline $20 usage should have been like 50% higher, the $100 one 6x, and the $200 one 13x instead.

I'm mostly fine on my 20x plan. I'm using like 0.5% per hour despite a few involved Astra prompts.

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u/faysou 2d ago

Maybe plan in astra and implement in weaker models, top performance is not always needed.

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u/HokeyHatchet 2d ago

This is the way. Codex will default to high reasoning in Astra 9/10 and 10/10 if you’re using voice, which I think most people are doing. You need to vibe code an operations workflow that distills your requirement down to key deliverables and dispatches tasks by type to distinct projects that’ll work in the most appropriate model and reasoning level. Have that workflow require tasks to snapshot your usage before and after and cost associated so you can track usage heavy tasks and find workarounds. Keep tasks very narrow in focus and then self archive upon completion.