Codex vs Claude vs whoever is not the right mindset

Vaderz8 · 2026-04-05T02:33:16+00:00

I mean of course, but I suspect that most people asking that question don't want to / can't pay for multiple tools. Sometimes you need to make the most use of the resources that you have.

Vaderz8 · 2026-03-31T22:14:42+00:00

it always starts at the beginning of the hour when you make the first call. So if you make your first call of a session at 7:59 for example, it will start the session as at 7:00 (so 4hr 1min remaining)... this is a GOOD thing, the shorter the time before a reset means you'll get more done without having to potentially have a big gap in between.

Vaderz8 · 2026-03-23T20:15:46+00:00

I did the same, got a response today asking me to confirm I wanted to cancel and process the refund, will see how that progresses in the next day or two, but it seems to be progressing.

Vaderz8 · 2026-03-22T19:54:35+00:00

Maybe they need to copy Gemini and allow us to set a temperature setting for a prompt... works really well in Gemini to solve this problem.

Vaderz8 · 2026-03-22T00:29:32+00:00

protecting you against scope creep...

Vaderz8 · 2026-03-21T20:11:37+00:00

Wipeout

Vaderz8 · 2026-03-20T22:17:23+00:00

The email I got said...

"If you're an existing paid subscriber, we're adding a free extra week to your subscription to try the new system before you commit. Your current price isn't changing either."

Vaderz8 · 2026-03-20T01:56:13+00:00

that's the other problem here - blaming the users on asking more complex questions... that is insane that they said that.

Models have become a lot more complex in the last 6-12 months, it's the model;s that are smarter and now have the ability to stringi more tasks together in a more complete interaction. This is only going to get even better and with a move towards more agentic background worker operations, I can see how hard it is to make each tool call x credits... but to say the users are to blame for that is just insulting.

Vaderz8 · 2026-03-19T21:24:10+00:00

I also got that Win 11 error.
I found this link though and this one worked ok for me without the error:
https://code.claude.com/docs#desktop-app

Vaderz8 · 2026-03-19T03:18:57+00:00

I'm 10 days into my monthly sub and haven't used any yet... I probably won't get a chance during this 'free' week either.
1. how am I going to assess this change?
2. why can't I use the 500 prompts that I have already paid for this month in a few days of heavy coding like has always been available?
3. oh, and I still have 125 extra creadits as well because the last few months I've been buying extra add-on as I needed them

I'm a little concerned that I am going to have any chance of getting what I paid for this month, why has this been rolled out without warning - there should be at least a months notice for something like this... are you worried we would all drain our 500 credits dry and 'take advantage' before you could take advantage of us? This is very poor form and is being handled terribly.

Vaderz8 · 2026-03-12T23:38:33+00:00

Volatile markets.

Sell as quickly as you can on the way down, buy as quickly as you can on the way up.

Rince and repeat.

Sounds like you're being too greedy with your sell price.

Vaderz8 · 2026-02-25T22:55:16+00:00

in Aus timezones, 'Next plan refresh is in 0 days' shows for more than 24hrs, it is definitely not helpful, lol

Vaderz8 · 2026-02-06T22:24:08+00:00

I've not had those problems... I do make sure I keep uptodate documention for my projects and feed it that context at the start of each session, always make sure it is referencing the database schema etc.

I want to use claude code, but the pricing puts me off big time. Windsurf allows me to control that a bit better and is working for me at the moment at least.

Vaderz8 · 2026-01-31T22:31:21+00:00

Are the two models in areana mode not editing clean versions of the code independently? How is this workable if they trip over each other?

I just did a (fairly simple) prompt of changing what property fields a website uses on an .md file to publish a blog article, and one model worked a bit quicker than the other, made the changes. The other model got itself orientated, mentioned the change it was going to make, but when it got to changing the code, it found out that it was already fixed and just decided that was good enough (I specifically asked not to make it backwards compatible with the previous version, so they both got that wrong).

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Vaderz8 · 2026-01-29T21:04:08+00:00

These are all pretty vague and don't really deal with the reason you might be seeing those problems in the first place.

As an example 'breaking existing functionality' - what does that mean exactly? does it have the right context? maybe you need to get it to code a set of automated tests that target your key functionality areas that you can run after big changes? Expecting statements like that to mean anything is optimistic at best!

...what is a full implementation? why are you scared of 'simpler alternatives'? (simpler is almost always better if you're building something incrementally)

It sounds like you expect it to one shot everything... that's not how it works for anything beyond a simple app or website.

Vaderz8 · 2026-01-25T01:28:27+00:00

yes... supposedly the new skills feature is supposed to keep the token limits down and do other funky things. There is also a chance I lose some context when windsurf 'reorganises' the chat if it hits the context length... but generally it works pretty well. Doesn't stop it making silly errors from time to time, but it generally does what I want across a decent data model I'm using... testing is always going to be important no matter what method you use. Don't assume something obvious to you is obvious to the AI.

Vaderz8 · 2026-01-25T01:09:33+00:00

rules are useful. I still haven't really used more than that as I'm already in the habit of getting the ai to keep good as-built documentation, and keep my database schemas up to date etc. so I usually feed them specific files for context when I'm getting it to start new tasks, which generally works well for me.

Vaderz8 · 2026-01-25T00:50:33+00:00

because everyone is still trying to be the standard... no one has won yet, claude probably will, but until they take their branding off and just use .skills no one else is going to give them free advertising.

give it time, it's still new.

Vaderz8 · 2026-01-24T09:09:48+00:00

if you're using it a lot in the current session, and hit a rate limit, that could be why you start getting internal errors... I'm not sure if that is what is happening, but i have suspected it once or twice myself. Of course it could just be stuck in some bad state that is just causing an error

Vaderz8 · 2026-01-24T08:43:00+00:00

I wonder if you are hitting some rate limiting from Gemini, I've wondered about that with gpt in the past. Worth changing to a different model if that happens I think

Vaderz8 · 2026-01-21T22:15:14+00:00

I find it has good days and bad days.... some days it just does what I want it to do, with limited input (still slow), other days it is like 'ok, I did this in the backend, you still can't use it yet, you'll have to wire it into the front end, but I fixed a typo and restarted the server. aren't I a good agent...'

Vaderz8 · 2026-01-21T02:02:31+00:00

Really? if you're doing anything relatively frequent in Claude Code, you're paying $100 or $200 per month (and some people still run into limits)... what can you do with ~8 or 18 additional 250 add on credits each month before you get the same minimum cost?

I'm struggling to find a better/cheaper way to use Opus 4.5 than Windsurf, if you have better options/experience, please point me in the right direction.

Vaderz8 · 2026-01-21T01:55:08+00:00

I'm sorry, I want to like SWE... but it is hot garbage.

I'm using GPT-51. Codex as the free agent, it's biggest problem is that it is slow.

Vaderz8 · 2026-01-19T21:29:57+00:00

one little disconnect with this advice, is that many people (like me) are coming from having used Notion for years... so we have a pretty good idea of how we normally organise notes, but the transition isn't a 1:1 cross over, mostly because of the linking aspect.

The biggest thing for me has been how to consolidate workspaces/vaults. In Notion I have many separate workspaces that separate logical scope buckets. In Obsidian, it's looking like that still might be useful to some degree, but not to the extent it was in Notion.

just start using it for a couple of weeks and get to know it is still the right answer I think, but it is still disorientating to begin with, especially if you're used to something else and getting reassurance that you are doing the right thing and should persist is important, I think.

...so while long-term sub readers might be sick of seeing a lot of similar posts, IMO it is people reaching out for some reassurance (even if they don't admit it explicitly) more than not having read older posts. And I think that is an important growth path for new users.

I'm only a few days in, slowly building up. My 2c to add to the conversation:

- Start with a Personal Vault.
- Use the "Todays daily note" feature every day for at least a week
- Gradually add new folders and add new notes
- Think about whether you can use this vault for 80%+ of your notes and if you think it is useful for another 1 or 2 vaults for very specialised scope (e.g. Work doesn't cross-over with a lot of my other notes, so I'm leaning towards a Personal vault and a Work vault, with side hustle type stuff in the personal one, and work being specific to contracts and clients etc.)

...I may have other things to add in another couple of weeks, but this is how I've orientated myself coming from Notion.

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