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> For a limited time, Codex will also be available to ChatGPT Free and Go users to help build more with agents. We’re also doubling rate limits for existing Codex users across all paid plans during this period. Is there more information about it? For how long and what are the limits?
OpenAI, ChatGPT, Codex So many of the things that pioneered the way for the truly good (Claude, Gemini) to evolve. I am thankful for what they have done. But the quality is gone, and they are now in catch-up mode. This is clear, not just from the quality of GPT-5.x outputs, but from this article. They launch something new, flashy, should get the attention of all of us. And yet, they only launch to Apple devices? Then…
- looks like OpenAIs answer to Claude Code Desktop / Cowork - workspace agent runner apps (like Conductor) get more and more obsolete - "vibe working" is becoming a thing - people use folder based agents to do their work (not just coding) - new workflows seem to be evolving into folder based workspaces, where agents can self-configure MCP servers and skills + memory files and instructions kinda interested to see if o…
Also interesting that they are both only for macOS. I’m feeling a bit left out on the Windows and Linux side, but this seems like an ongoing trend.
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I have the $20 a month subscription for ChatGPT and the $200/year subscription to Claude (company reimbursed). I have yet to hit usage limits with Codex. I continuously reach it with Claude. I use them both the same way - hands on the wheel and very interactive, small changes and tell them both to update a file to keep up with what’s done and what to do as I test. Codex gets caught in a loop more often trying to fix…
I hit the Claude limit within an hour. Most of my tokens are used arguing with the hallucinations. I’ve given up on it.
Codex at least 'knows' to give up in half the time and 1/10th of the limits when that happens.
Looks like another Claude App/Cowork-type competitor with slightly different tradeoffs (Cowork just calls Claude Code in a VM, this just calls Codex CLI with OS sandboxing). Here's the Codex tech stack in case anyone was interested like me. Framework: Electron 40.0.0 Frontend: - React 19.2.0 - Jotai (state management) - TanStack React Form - Vite (bundler) - TypeScript Backend/Main Process: - Node.js - better-sqlite3…
The git and terminal views are a big plus for me. I usually have those open and active in addition to my codex CLI sessions.
Excited to try skills, too.
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Same. And indeed, it's here. The genie is not going back into the bottle, so we have to learn how to live in this new world. Eric Schmidt has spoken a lot recently about how it's one of the biggest advances in human history and it's hard to disagree with him, even if some aspects make me anxious.
One of the biggest advances in human history, and yet the owners of the technology with access to an unlimited number of "agents" using frontier models still can't release a desktop chat application without using Electron to bring in several hundred mb of bloat for displaying text. Someone's going to have to explain this one to me because the math is not mathing.
Apparently, the Codex app itself is proof that AI is not that good at doing what people think it does.
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I'm the same way but I've got the gloomy sense that folks like us are about to be swept aside by the flood if we don't "adapt." I got invites to seven AI-centered meetings late last week.
Same. And indeed, it's here. The genie is not going back into the bottle, so we have to learn how to live in this new world. Eric Schmidt has spoken a lot recently about how it's one of the biggest advances in human history and it's hard to disagree with him, even if some aspects make me anxious.
Replacing workers with things you can’t beat, sue, intimidate, or cajole? Someone is gonna do something to make that not cool in MBA land. I think if one of my employees LL-MessedUp something, and I were upset, watching that same person stealing my money haplessly turn to an LLM for help might land me in jail.
I kinda love LLMs, I’ve always struggled to write emails without calling people names. There’s some clear coding tooling utility. But some of this current hype wave is insano-balls from a business perspective. Pets.com X here’s-my-ssh-keys. Just wild.
Looks like another Claude App/Cowork-type competitor with slightly different tradeoffs (Cowork just calls Claude Code in a VM, this just calls Codex CLI with OS sandboxing). Here's the Codex tech stack in case anyone was interested like me. Framework: Electron 40.0.0 Frontend: - React 19.2.0 - Jotai (state management) - TanStack React Form - Vite (bundler) - TypeScript Backend/Main Process: - Node.js - better-sqlite3…
No. I am glad to not depend on AI. It would annoy me to no ends how it tries to assimilate everything. It's like systemd on roids in this aspect. It will swallow up more and more tasks. Granted, in a way this is saying "then it was not necessary to have this things anymore now that AI solves it all", but I am skeptical of "the praised land" here. Skynet was not trusted back in 1982 or so. I don't trust AI either.
I've recently had an issue "add VNC authentication" which covers adding vnc password auth to our inhouse vnc server at work.
This is not hard, but just a bit of tedious work getting the plumbing done, adding some UI for the settings, fiddle with some bits according to the spec.
But it's (at least to me) not very enjoyable, there is nothing to learn, nothing new to discover, no much creativity necessary etc. and this is where Codex comes in. As long as you give it clearly scoped tasks in an environment where it can use existing structures and convetions, it will deliver. In this case it implemented 85% of the feature perfectly and I only had to tweak minor things like refactor 1-2 functions. Obviously I read and understood and checked everything it wrote, that is an absolute must for serious work.
So my point is, use AI as the "code monkey". I believe most developers enjoy the creative aspects of the job, but not the "type C++ on your keyboard". AI can help with the latter, it will type what you tell it and you can focuse on the architecture and creative part of the whole thing.
You don't have to trust AI in that sense, use it like autocompletion, you can program perfectly fine without it but it makes your fingers hurt more.
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I have the $20 a month subscription for ChatGPT and the $200/year subscription to Claude (company reimbursed). I have yet to hit usage limits with Codex. I continuously reach it with Claude. I use them both the same way - hands on the wheel and very interactive, small changes and tell them both to update a file to keep up with what’s done and what to do as I test. Codex gets caught in a loop more often trying to fix…
I hit the Claude limit within an hour. Most of my tokens are used arguing with the hallucinations. I’ve given up on it.
I find it quite hard to hit the limits with Claude Code, but I have several colleagues complaining a lot about hitting limits and they use Cursor. Recently they also seem to be dealing with poor results (context rot?) a lot, which I haven't really encountered yet.
I wonder if Claude Code is doing something smart/special