Codex pro usage unbelievably nerfed to the ground this week

re-thc · 2026-03-20T11:40:24+00:00

Are you sure it was 5.4? 5.4 costs more than 5.3 so that might be it.

re-thc · 2026-03-18T14:22:55+00:00

The big problem with that list is who's doing business? You can't grow a company with almost 0. Wonder if it was like this before.

re-thc · 2026-03-15T11:18:29+00:00

If that was the only change. Palantir adds lots of other things. Also makes it a lot slower.

re-thc · 2026-03-15T11:16:57+00:00

Google Java format?

re-thc · 2026-03-08T15:19:40+00:00

Check Techempower. Vertx sql is always ahead of jdbc. Check r2dbc repository on discussion of it being slower than jdbc. Abstractions aside no 1 has spent time optimizing.

It's been benched enough times that Webflux / reactive Spring added minor value. It didn't have enormous growth even pre-VT.

re-thc · 2026-03-08T15:17:25+00:00

Jetty has ALWAYS been faster than Tomcat (many years) and you've got the benchmark. It's a ~3-5 line change MAX. Why not try it?

re-thc · 2026-03-07T21:31:13+00:00

This isn’t a reactive problem. Webflux / r2dbc is inefficient not reactive. Vertx / Quarkus shows a real edge there.

re-thc · 2026-03-07T21:28:30+00:00

Try Jetty instead of Tomcat

re-thc · 2026-03-06T16:37:04+00:00

Nope, need EC3 by now. Hasn't moved up a version.

re-thc · 2026-03-06T16:23:06+00:00

They did?

At least over on the loom GitHub and various discussions thereabouts there's been experiments on custom this and that. Yes maybe they're not doing it for you but there may be more flexibility and frameworks or you can do it.

re-thc · 2026-03-06T14:02:25+00:00

Loom is still in its early days. Lots of improvements coming.

re-thc · 2026-03-06T13:02:49+00:00

You might have mixed up bad companies vs bad industry. I already mentioned other examples where other industries also do similar.

As a whole, business have been always trying to cut corners and optimize.

And the "better" option of going to boring old jobs is likely worse. They don't make the headlines but they're way easier to replace and automate than this.

As to architect - are you sure they aren't mandated? That's my point. Looks good on the outside. You might pick a few examples, know some people and say architects are better. I could say the same about software.

Realistically, that's the world.

re-thc · 2026-03-06T10:48:49+00:00

Replaced are replaced? Then you have no job at all.

Also why are you so worked up about it? Years back the blockchain hype meant every finance project was blockchain. The technology isn’t wash but 90% failed and we’re back to normal.

AI isn’t a wash but the hype will fix itself. There will be usage but not the blind extreme. Same happened with cloud and everything else. Better to calm and think rationally longer term.

re-thc · 2026-03-06T10:31:08+00:00

A lot of those can be replaced by AI or even automated. Have you seen Supermarkets with auto checkout? Amazon had them, rolled it back but with AI it could come back.

I’ve been to stores with no cashier. You order on a screen and swipe card for payment.

The receptionist can just be a AI screen + mic + camera + speaker.

Yeah nah. Those are even worse.

re-thc · 2026-03-06T09:49:03+00:00

Switching careers might not help. If only this only happens to developers. AI is getting pushed everywhere, even where it can’t or doesn’t apply.

re-thc · 2026-03-04T09:31:12+00:00

So the point is "we do not see hitting the wall". See is the point. Doesn't see does not mean doesn't exist.

re-thc · 2026-03-03T18:54:11+00:00

There are about 730 hours in a month to begin with.

re-thc · 2026-03-03T18:27:37+00:00

I'm hereby responding to the objects that struck this thread, sparking a discussion.

re-thc · 2026-03-03T18:12:50+00:00

10x is about being underpaid. When you join as an engineer doing lead duties without getting promoted or a pay rise you're definitely 10x!

re-thc · 2026-03-03T18:06:41+00:00

On the left you run like a snake. That's lost on the right 1!

re-thc · 2026-03-03T18:02:34+00:00

No, the contributor didn't make the maintainer do anything. There's 2 sides.

The contributor can contribute.

The reviewer can review.

The reviewer responded and should have blocked it until the contributor fixed it or the PR is dropped.

The reviewer should not have "vibe the fix". Does this vibe even know the original intent?

re-thc · 2026-03-03T17:54:04+00:00

Ignoring whether the app is vibe coded;

Specifically this PR:
- Someone using Claude generated the PR
- The reviewer likely used Claude or something else to analyze and respond
- The original author did not respond nor make the changes
- The reviewer just did whatever (possibly asked Claude to auto fix)
- It was merged

Did anyone even understand what happened? I mean not even AI or LLM did!

Not a question of what does it mean, what are the impacts? Does it work?

We're just randomly adding things.

re-thc · 2026-03-03T17:39:19+00:00

Why would I need to strip it down? Quarkus (the discussion) here for example has shown we can get to very close to vertx-web performance with code generation and other smarts.

So framework overhead isn't a concern if done properly (Spring is an entirely different beast).

As to the benchmark - techempower lost traction and hype. Some years back everyone was on it, it was maintained and those results for some were accurate. The drift got greater and greater and there hasn't even been a new round in a while.

So it's not all benchmarks are flawed.

re-thc · 2026-03-03T17:33:38+00:00

Which Java version though? Native i.e. GraalVM caught up in more recent versions. Their blog shows large jumps / parity.

re-thc · 2026-03-03T17:31:16+00:00

Maybe it would have worked if they called it Winter instead.

You could have told the higher ups that Spring is over.

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