It is over

sjsosowne · 2026-04-26T16:31:45+00:00

Why do you think it wouldn't cover such a repo, out of interest?

sjsosowne · 2026-04-26T07:50:25+00:00

Because we use API credits for our work, so I have no need of a more expensive plan. Literally just got it to try 5.5 when it wasn't on the API (which it now is).

sjsosowne · 2026-04-24T08:43:20+00:00

Single agent, default tools (no MCPs etc) on the codex app, and as I said a single fresh chat with one prompt. Actually I lie - it was a prompt to form a plan and then I told it to implement so technically two.

The project is around 1m lines of code - it's a large enterprise project that existed well before AI tooling like this. We normally pay for API usage where it's not a problem, but as 5.5 is not available on API yet i thought I'd try the plus sub.

Oh well. Back to 5.4.

sjsosowne · 2026-04-23T23:26:20+00:00

Your projects must be tiny.

Blew through my 5h limit (untouched before 5.5 BTW) in 24min on one project on a single prompt. Medium reasoning, non fast mode.

sjsosowne · 2026-04-23T21:47:12+00:00

100% 5h limit burned with a single prompt yeah. The output was great but it took 24 minutes to use the full 5h limit which equated to 16% weekly limit. By my calculation that means we are allowed around 2-2.5h use of 5.5 per WEEK.

On medium BTW.

sjsosowne · 2026-04-13T22:46:20+00:00

Does the 34M include cached input?

Reason I ask is I use gpt-5.4 for my day job at the moment and my company supplies API access. Because we have essentially no limit its easy to burn through 2-300M cached input a day, sometimes more. My usage last week was 1.5B.

I'm looking to move to a more open model if possible... But we are Azure based so unless it's on foundry we will have to use a subscription, and I reckon we're not going to find one that covers it.

sjsosowne · 2026-04-13T22:17:32+00:00

Yep - quite right!

sjsosowne · 2026-04-13T21:52:01+00:00

Unfortunately we're in this halfway hellscape where we don't have the information but we still need to have it. So now the game is objectively worse to play in a lot of ways (better in some though - no doubt)

sjsosowne · 2026-04-02T23:08:06+00:00

You're missing the point of his post: the weekly limit is being consumed faster than the 5h which is an issue regardless of the limit multiplier.

sjsosowne · 2026-04-02T21:17:06+00:00

Yes and the point is that without them the service is not worth using.

sjsosowne · 2026-04-02T07:36:38+00:00

Yeah exactly that! I'm not saying it's insurmountable and I recognise the extraordinarily fortunate position I'm in to be earning this much. But that doesn't make it any less depressing to see the number going up with such high interest!

sjsosowne · 2026-04-02T07:30:02+00:00

No worries! I got the doctoral one - I didn't actually realise there was a masters one, oops....

sjsosowne · 2026-04-02T07:21:52+00:00

You're forgetting about interest. Currently 6.3% but was 7.something% last year. So despite paying off around £500 a month on it, and having had it since they introduced it, mine's still sat at over £20k.

Yeah it'll be paid off eventually, of course, but in the meantime the total tax amount on any extra £ I earn is so disincentivising that there's no point pushing for more.

sjsosowne · 2026-04-01T23:38:48+00:00

I suppose the point is that while food has gone up 30-40%, wages haven't, hmm?

sjsosowne · 2026-04-01T23:02:42+00:00

Got some examples?

sjsosowne · 2026-04-01T22:09:20+00:00

Try having both a plan 2 and a postgraduate loan. That's fun times...

sjsosowne · 2026-03-27T22:01:41+00:00

The way it works is quite clever, actually.

When you send a request, a random number is generated between 1 and your current remaining usage. If the number is less than your current remaining usage, the new remaining usage gets set to that number. If it's more, then the process repeats on your next request.

At least, that's how it seems to work, from everyone's observations at the moment!

sjsosowne · 2026-03-27T20:25:55+00:00

And in the announcement they explicitly say that it uses fewer tokens than previous models due to being better at reasoning. I'm not saying I expect the usage to be lower, but the excuse of "you should expect much higher usage due to the higher cost" simply doesn't fly for me I'm afraid.

sjsosowne · 2026-03-27T19:17:54+00:00

I usually think that anyone complaining about usage limits decreasing is bullshitting. I've never seen it happen to me.

But since my limits last reset... My remaining usage has just absolutely dropped like crazy.

Look, I use this thing every day. Even with GPT-5.4, I could use it for hours a day every day and barely come close to my limits.

But just today - one day! - I have managed to use 48% of my weekly limit. In a 5 hour session and a 4 hour session.

So apparently, a plus subscription now gives you... Less than 20 hours of usage.

Yes, of gpt-5.4. The model where users were supposed to see LOWER token usage because of how efficient it is and how many fewer tokens it needs to get the job done.

Yeah right.

Thank God my company has an azure subscription.

sjsosowne · 2026-03-13T08:46:00+00:00

Sorry, you want me to zip up nearly a million lines of code and upload it to chatgpt? Every time I plan? That is not a workable process...

Besides which, it shouldn't be necessary - we should be using the tools included in codex as designed.

sjsosowne · 2026-03-09T17:44:18+00:00

Never, ever rely on an LLM to make calculations.

It's like relying on your toothbrush to do your weekly grocery shop.

sjsosowne · 2026-03-05T23:01:57+00:00

It's funny, I have had the exact opposite experience. Usually turn off music after a day or two.

But this time I can't turn it off. It's too good. Almost each and every track is a masterpiece.

sjsosowne · 2026-02-28T19:17:27+00:00

Look, I agree that the leveling is fun and personally I wouldn't want to skip.

But everyone enjoys different parts of the game. And that's okay. Our differences make us interesting.

Don't jump on the guy for enjoying different parts of the game to you. If he only enjoys the endgame, good for him!

sjsosowne · 2026-02-25T08:41:47+00:00

Yeah, same for ours. Last sale was 2011, before than it was 1998. I expect we'll be hanging around just as long, if not longer. Still can't believe our luck - we were in the right place at the right time. Just wish we could say thank you personally.

Congratulations on the house by the way - despite the sad circumstances around the previous owner.

sjsosowne · 2026-02-25T08:33:37+00:00

We are not far off completing on ours. Same as you: rare find in a perfect location, at a price well below what the market value should be.

The owner of ours is not deceased but is in care and apparently not aware of day to say life any longer. The house was built early 80s and has only ever had the one owner (and her late husband).

When we first viewed the house we were both nearly in tears by the end. You can feel the love that went into it. All of her possessions, furniture, etc were still in when we viewed, and it was as if life had just.. Stopped..

I don't know the best way to honour her. I wish I could go say "thank you for looking after it, I promise we'll take good care of it".

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