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Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

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Re: Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

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post #16

Can someone recommend an IDE that can be used with a self-hosted model (via OpenAI or similar)?

vs code supports local models (bring your own key/model) you need a model server - ollama/llama.cpp/lm studio

> bring your own key

Do you mean supporting oai-compatible api URLs in copilot? If so then you need either VS Code Insiders, or a VS Code extension I believe?

Re: Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

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Whats crazier is that Codex is free. I thought I had to pay to even try it out but nope, you can use the desktop app or cli for free, its apparently included in the free plan. You just have to sign in to your ChatGPT account. Of course I am aware that the caveat here is that all my interaction is part of training, but I’m fine with that. Even Qwen Cli discontinued the free plan.

I think it's free for about 2 useful requests and then you have to upgrade or wait?

Switching to GPT 5.4-mini can increase the number of requests we can use freely.

Re: Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

#73
post #26

I’ve been using Codex from my phone for the past couple of months (through a tunnel, not this app). I was initially quite excited, but I’ve found the results are less than great compared to being at a keyboard. Something about the smaller screen size and/or lack of keyboard causes me to direct the agent less, which in turn creates more tech debt/code churn/etc. Maybe I’m just showing my age, and I should practice voi…

I've been trying voxtype (using whisper models) lately, and to my surprise all my ums are filtered out. It's really good now actually!

I don't see any way to use that on a phone.

Re: Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

#74
post #44

Whats crazier is that Codex is free. I thought I had to pay to even try it out but nope, you can use the desktop app or cli for free, its apparently included in the free plan. You just have to sign in to your ChatGPT account. Of course I am aware that the caveat here is that all my interaction is part of training, but I’m fine with that. Even Qwen Cli discontinued the free plan.

I was really unimpressed by the free Codex (for nodejs/react dev). I think it must be using a less powerful model or they’re limiting it in some other way.

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Re: Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I stopped using my Claude subscription because it became so prohibitive. Back to ChatGPT and Codex full time and been pretty happy. I miss the tone/writing style of Claude, but don't miss the frustration of being told I've reached my plan limits in a comically short amount of time.

on Codex I ran into limits maybe like 2 times in 3 months, after doing several "upgrade this experimental game to my latest shared framework" passes on 5.5 Extra High

On which plan?

I can go through a 5-hour limit with a $20/mo Plus subscription in a few minutes with 5.5 Extra High. This causes me to reserve the latest/best rev for the harder problems.

5.5 really does seem to be very superior to 5.4, but it's also very expensive to run: The gas gauge moves fast. It's not very clearly defined whether 5.5 will cost less to get a problem solved quickly, or if a bunch of automatic iterations of 5.4 will solve it less-expensively. Both are often frustrating to me on the $20 plan.

(Also: Are you sure you're seeing it right? 5.5 has been in the wild for less than a month, so far. https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/ )

Re: Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

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post #44

Whats crazier is that Codex is free. I thought I had to pay to even try it out but nope, you can use the desktop app or cli for free, its apparently included in the free plan. You just have to sign in to your ChatGPT account. Of course I am aware that the caveat here is that all my interaction is part of training, but I’m fine with that. Even Qwen Cli discontinued the free plan.

I was really unimpressed by the free Codex (for nodejs/react dev). I think it must be using a less powerful model or they’re limiting it in some other way.

The free version of ChatGPT is definitely worse as well. My SO uses the free version and I can tell a significant downgrade.

Re: Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

#79

Whats crazier is that Codex is free. I thought I had to pay to even try it out but nope, you can use the desktop app or cli for free, its apparently included in the free plan. You just have to sign in to your ChatGPT account. Of course I am aware that the caveat here is that all my interaction is part of training, but I’m fine with that. Even Qwen Cli discontinued the free plan.

How much better is it than Claude? I have both but Claude sucks up so many tokens.

Re: Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app

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post #4

It's refreshing that unlike Anthropic's Remote Control, this actually... works. Feels like a testament to the value in taking time and doing it properly. Now if only codex got its 1M token context window back. --- Edit: Hmmm. Maybe I spoke too soon. Sigh. Definitely _more_ reliable by far overall, but still have queued messages with responses on my phone that don't show up on my computer, and responses that don't sho…

Out of curiosity, what issues did you face with remote control on claude? I use it daily and it seems to work pretty well (bar the issues when my Mac would sleep and then the session would disconnect, but that's an issue on my end).

Made a menu bar app you may find useful for MacBook sleep prevention, even when the lid is closed:

https://github.com/narcotic-sh/modafinil

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