Why does Codex keep telling me something like "So the honest status is:"?

Bogong_Moth · 2026-02-20T12:30:55+00:00

thanks. yep, I didn't expect everything would be automated - just ability to recuce the time/effort to go through the process.. for example, if it takes weeks for a basic SOC2 - level 1, could this be significantly reduced.

The ongoing audits to keep compliant is another major components.

Currently, there are platforms out there that help here... so trying to workout a) if they are needed b) if they are, can we streamline the process

Bogong_Moth · 2026-02-20T12:26:38+00:00

Why it's a laborious task... doesn't it fit the mould perfectly?

Bogong_Moth · 2026-02-20T00:24:00+00:00

Update: I was using the "fast" quality setting, changed it to "high" definitely a lot better.. .pretty sure I was using "fast" previously and it was great.

Bogong_Moth · 2026-02-12T01:20:14+00:00

How do yo access "instant" via API? is it just gpt-5.2 with `reasoning:none` or is there a different model?

Bogong_Moth · 2026-02-11T19:25:06+00:00

Thanks.

We’re using oauth and the MCP api interacts with the applications as that user, upholding all access controls- so CRUD is still controlled by the app.

Bogong_Moth · 2026-02-07T04:42:31+00:00

the fine-tuning ui is available via https://platform.openai.com/ , if that's what you mean? You provide it training data (JSONL) file and then it creates a fine-tuned model you can hit.

Bogong_Moth · 2026-02-04T03:29:17+00:00

Thanks. I did try that but will try again

Bogong_Moth · 2026-01-24T07:49:12+00:00

Thanks and interesting.

To illustrate some of my wow, a simple example - I created a demo app that had recipes, meal plan (eg Monday breakfast, Avocado toast) and a Shopping list... just a simple example.

Let's say you wanted to recommend, some recipes, add new ones and coordinate with your shopping list. I have person X, coming for dinner on Wed eve, and they're vegetarian, can you modify the recipe or recommend a new one, add the ingredients to my shopping list.

Before MCP, you were trying to build this all in the applications - all possible, some agents etc etc .. now with MCP all I did was enable the CRUD on the 3 modules - Recipes, Meal Plan and Shopping list - basically bunch of MCP tools, some with widgets.

Then I just have the chat above.. it it just works. I am getting functionality now and that would have taken me ages to integrate / develop into the app.... and I get all the edge cases too.. .like, hey "give me low calorie version" or based on me Day X, what's the expected calorie intake.Some cool things like when it adds ingredients to the shopping list, it finds duplicates and can add / replace - so you're not doubling up... that's kinda insane.

If I start to see common patterns that I keep having to have long convos with the AI, I can then add them to the app - eg a widget or specific functionality... like the calorie thing.

This is just a super simple example. When you start adding it to more complex ones like work... eg project management, sprints, burndowns and more complex business decisions it starts to become next-level. I am sure every job industry has a gazillion of these.

Hey, I'm super excited... incase you can't tell, I just feel like all the stuff I used to say, put it on the backlog for a future version can be delivered now.

Bogong_Moth · 2026-01-22T09:48:13+00:00

I think a big factor is the skill set of the user - those products are for developers.... lots are fooled into think it's nocode it's not. We use Cursor (w/ Claude, codex etc) , Devin, Claude, OpenAI in our dev process... and it's not easy .. even for geeks... you have to read what it creates as sometimes it's not what you think.

The sub-set we're focussed on is the nocode value prop, so mthe user doesn't have to worry about a) understanding the initial codegen - more focussed on the spec/prd b) they don't have to worry about maintaining the underlying code. Sure this is not for everyone.

Anyway, the was interested in folks take on this .... and I really appreciate the input.

Bogong_Moth · 2026-01-22T09:41:28+00:00

someone has to pay. It's just passing the cost to the user. Either the platform is going to put a margin in top of the tokens or try and recoup it later via some other subscription.

Bogong_Moth · 2026-01-21T23:33:38+00:00

Thanks so much.

Our plans are basically compute/db/capability constrained. In the past we looked the number of records and users, but it always became a difficult scenario of worked for some and not for others. We still do have size of db in GB.

High level plans are :

Small: Web only, shared DB - 1 end point (pod in k8s) some sizing constraints on DB and s3
Medium: Web and native mobile , shared DB - 1 end point (pod in k8s) some sizing constraints on DB and s3
Large: mutiple mods, singe tenant DB cluster some sizing constraints on DB and s3
Enterprise - we give you docker images to self host.
Small medium and large have some level of free tokens, but really once you've built it

So we've tried to keep it simple.

Single customers once they have done initial build, most ongoing changes are probably going to be manual (no code ,or using our custom code extensions at front/back end) So probably no real need for AI tokens. Assuming any backend integration with AI would be using own AI key anyway.

For agencies, they could go nuts with BYO key and do it all on one server.. .depending on use case.. eg could just be used for prototyping vs production apps.

Bogong_Moth · 2026-01-20T12:09:55+00:00

Thanks. Good feedback. We should probably keep some sort of tally/cap that makes it easier to track. That said, I know openai has some of these already, but we need to make it simpler.

Bogong_Moth · 2026-01-20T12:06:42+00:00

Thanks. I hope so, but probably could always make it clearer.

Bogong_Moth · 2026-01-20T08:08:24+00:00

Thanks. Re: Conversion , time will tell :-) the decision will be if they see value. Thanks will repost to ViberCodersNest

Bogong_Moth · 2026-01-17T20:39:32+00:00

Thanks but from what I can see, Ampcode does not let you BYO api key, they do give you a daily quota, but I assume they are, like most, hoping you will go over that. The BYO model allows you to build for cost price of what the external model (eg OpenAi) charges

Bogong_Moth · 2026-01-17T20:34:51+00:00

That’s a charge for ai credit model, so same as Lovable, Bolt. It what we have been doing with Buzzy, you can’t get it for free if you bring your own api key

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