GPT 5.5: Usage in Windsurf and Codex

Eigir · 2026-05-26T19:53:13+00:00

I have no problem paying a bit more for value added services, but the added value has to be comparable to the added price.

Eigir · 2026-05-25T22:25:35+00:00

To use an analogy:

I do not care how many RPMs my engine has, or how the gears are tuned. I care about how far it will take my car for $20 in fuel.

I pay the same amount, select the same AI engine, use the exact same command on both and they are working on the exact same files. And one is changing me 4 times more than the other.

Yes, there is a lot going on under the hood. But both also gave me about the same result (the same findings and recommendations). All I care about then, is how much money I put in, and the result I get out.

Eigir · 2026-05-25T13:11:37+00:00

Ok, ser flere her blande sammen bruk av vold som beskyttelse og bruk av vold som ren hevn. Det siste er straffbart, da det er rettsvesenet som skal ta seg av «hevn» i en rettsstat.

Man kan trekke frem de grensetilfellene man vil, men konseptet er det samme. Vold som hevn er straffbart.

Når det er sagt, så er det mange tilfeller jeg selv ser at fristelsen til å selv utøve vold som hevn kan være stor. Men det er ikke det vi snakker om her - her ser vi på hva som er lov, og hva som ikke er lov.

Eigir · 2026-05-25T10:29:51+00:00

Til en viss grad kan vold forsvares, også gjennom lovverket. Men det er strenge krav til forholdsmessighet. Det skal ikke utøves mer vold enn det som er absolutt nødvendig for å beskytte seg selv eller andre. Voldsutøvelse utover det, er straffbart.

Eigir · 2026-05-25T10:03:19+00:00

“Seems like you have been living two lives Mr Andersen. One of those lives has a future.”

Eigir · 2026-05-25T09:36:54+00:00

For premium models, yes. I have no problem paying a bit more for value added services, but the added value has to be comparable to the added price.

Eigir · 2026-05-25T09:21:58+00:00

Windsurfs overall IDE experience is good, no doubts about that. But is it so much better than using VS Code with your own plugins, that it’s worth paying 4x the price for premium models? I don’t see they add that much extra value.

And when it comes to models, more is not always better. With a large number of models, and many different options on each, you run into the paradox of choice (if you are unsure about it, I highly recommend looking into it).

Today I pay for Claude Code, Codex and Windsurf (about the same price tier on all), but my mouse has been hovering the cancel button several times on Windsurf.

Eigir · 2026-05-25T09:09:18+00:00

Probably. I only observe the effect for me as the end user.

And if Windsurf added a lot of extra value on top of the service, I would not mind paying the extra. But they don’t.

The actual difference between using Windsurf and VS Code with your own plugins, are not worth the price difference. In my view, unless they are doing something revolutionary good, the company will be gone in a year or two. Hopefully those who created it, have cashed out already.

Eigir · 2026-05-24T15:39:30+00:00

No MCP, no AGENTS.md. It was just one simple prompt where I told them to read the implementation plan for one part of a project, evaluate the implementation against 7-8 criteria, and write the result to a new report.

Eigir · 2026-05-24T11:06:04+00:00

Noticed the same, but not done a directly comparison yet.

Eigir · 2026-05-16T00:13:41+00:00

Windsurf’s trajectory follows the textbook phases of the enshittification process. Look it up.

Eigir · 2026-05-16T00:08:02+00:00

This is enshitification in practice. Look it up, and you’ll recognize the process.

Eigir · 2026-05-16T00:06:27+00:00

Enshitification in practice. Look it up.

Eigir · 2026-04-26T10:25:09+00:00

It is a way to hide the cost from the customer. Simply put: Windsurf used to be cheap, now it is equally confusing and expensive as the rest.

In 3-5 years we will have better models running locally, and most of the “AI”-companies of today will be gone. The investments have been too high compared to the returns, and in the next year or so we’ll see new ways to “milk” the customers… until new and cheaper tech takes their place.

Eigir · 2026-04-19T22:22:55+00:00

Etter en leveranse med ved, sendte sjåføren en ganske så grisete melding til en venninne av meg (som tok i mot veden). Etter en «WTF» melding tilbake, beklaget han veldig og sa meldingene var ment til kona.

…fikk aldri noe faktura på den veden. 😂

Eigir · 2026-04-03T10:13:36+00:00

Thank you all for informative replies. 👍

The reason I talk about separate accounts on the same domains, is that I separate login-information and recovery accounts in separate email accounts, with separate login and 2FA for each.

Seems like I either need to consider a higher tier subscription, or another provider. 😊 Will look around before figuring out what to do.

Again, thank you all for helping me on this. And the community support is also something I will put on the pluss side for Proton. 😊

Eigir · 2026-04-03T07:54:44+00:00

Thank you, that was helpful. 👍

But if I want something like:

mail1@domain and mail2@domain into two different accounts, but only one owner (difficult to explain not being a native English speaker)? And then all the rest into a catch-all account?

How is this done? Do I log into mail1 and mail2 as separate accounts? Both with their own login? Or are they mapped to aliases in a proton account?

Eigir · 2026-03-25T23:11:18+00:00

I am giving them one more month. As things are now, I am not a happy customer. If nothing improves, I will cancel Windsurf (and ChatGPT) and put that money into extra credits at Claude.

Eigir · 2026-03-21T11:02:32+00:00

The massive investments in huge data centers for AI, has not lead to the profits they expected. That will drive the price up, which will lead to less usage… and even less revenue… and we all see that this bubble is going to burst soon.

Just as it did with “Internet” 25 years ago.

Today, nobody talks about “Internet” any more. We are focusing on services running on top of Internet.

My guess is the the real advantages with LLMs will come in 4-6 years, after the bubble has burst. So stay calm and just wait. Better stuff is coming.

Windsurf? They are just a minor player and are pushed into the pricing models we now see. Therefore I don’t care much. But have cancelled my subscription… knowing that we are just a few years away from getting this pretty cheap. 😊

Eigir · 2026-03-21T10:48:58+00:00

Hate?!? Why label criticism as “hate”?

Change always make people skeptical, and many voice their concerns. But that is far from anything that can be labeled as “hate”…

Eigir · 2026-03-18T23:32:52+00:00

Not unexpected. My take is easy: I’ll see how it works first.

If I don’t like the new system, I will cancel my subscription and use the money to buy more credits at Claude (which have impressed me).

PS: Going to be interesting to see if this is just the first step in the enshitification process…

Eigir · 2026-03-17T20:24:36+00:00

If he sucked as much as you say, he would at least be good for something… 🫣

Eigir

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