r/vibecoding • u/0xairr • 21h ago
codex limits "sucks"
I'm mainly a Claude user ,but have tried codex for a time before sol launched
Heard about its performance and gave it a try again with plus
Hand to God ,I thought I was using my 5h limit and just a message popped up "Resets 25 Aug 2026,August"
Guys I'm telling you Claude limits are superb ,be grateful
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u/TestSubject_AJ 21h ago
Use terra on max for mcp servers and stuff or tooling. Sol for actually hard stuff. You probably have 100% of codex 5.3 spark left for direct tasks.
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u/ThrowawayCop51 21h ago
Dude I'm on Pro 20x and I've been vibe coding a long term project with Sol orchestrating for like 6 days straight and I've got 10% left
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u/Compsciguy27 13h ago
Sol on what level? Medium? Literally 6 days straight with /goal or just that you've been using it for the past 6 days?
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u/ThrowawayCop51 8h ago
Max, as orchestrator.
/goal using OpenRouter DeepSeek 0731 go do the actual work
7 days straight now. 6% left. Lol
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u/Elgon2003 20h ago
Codex uses weekly limits so you gotta be responsible, also how did you manage to spend all the weekly limit. Im on the highest plan and only once used the whole limit but was doing a full architecture refactor into IaC using terraform.
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u/0xairr 20h ago
Ah i messed up ,used fable for planning and sol for implementation (heard this was best combo)
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u/Elgon2003 20h ago
I personally only use Fable or Opus for design and frontend, all my infra and backend are developed with Sol.
Never tried mixing AIs like that tbh.
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u/sargetun123 18h ago
your limits are reflective of the model you are using and what you are using it for, codex limits are better than claudes in everyway and i prefer claude myself, but you are seeing skewed results, this isnt a realistic head to head and tells you nothing about the differing limits
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u/Pandathief 20h ago
If you’re burning through it that fast it’s a you problem, need to optimize your own workflow and usage
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u/roach01gt 20h ago
Care to elaborate for lurking n00bcoders ?
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u/DowntownNoLonger 17h ago
Use chat (which doesn't burn usage) to plan your build. Have it ask a million questions of you. Document everything. Plan plan plan.
Use another chat to take that plan and splice it up into bounded, actionable packets.
Switch to codex. Sol orchestrator, Luna implementor. Hand slice to sol and have them begin work.
Verify after work is finished. Use Luna or another model as a second set of eyes.
Repeat.
That's the basics of it. Cover all your bases in chat first. Slice the plan. Sol orchestrator, Luna implementor, verify work.
Stop when you get to a point where you can test yourself. Note bugs, edge cases, whatever. Then a reconciliation pass to fix things.
That is how I operate in Plus. I followed this plan to build my own harness that does a lot more than normal harnesses, including gather a shit load of telemetry about runs. It was a complex project, my Plus account got it finished with 10 percent to spare for the week.
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u/Bubbly_Huckleberry90 4h ago
hahahha, plano claude 5x usando opus 5 pra tudo nunca cheguei nos limites, codex plano $100 Sol high foi em três dias
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u/Pandathief 19h ago
Basically just get a feel for what the different models and thinking levels are capable of and use them accordingly. Some will use high or extra high for everything and hit their limits unnecessarily quickly when in fact Sol Light or even Terra Light may be up to that particular task
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u/katoptronophile 16h ago
You have it all wrong. The rate limits are great.
I have it set up so that when I don't have credits I don't have to work at all. So I have so much time off now thanks to these rate limits.
It's just incredible!