Just don’t use Claude Code. I can use the Codex CLI with just my $20 subscription and never come close to any usage limits

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throwawaytea 7 hours ago | parent [-]

What if it's just slower so that your daily work fits within the paid tier they want?

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raw_anon_1111 7 hours ago | parent [-]

It isn’t slower. I use my personal ChatGPT subscriptions with Codex for almost everything at work and use my $800/month company Claude allowance only for the tricky stuff that Codex can’t figure out. It’s never application code. It’s usually some combination of app code + Docker + AWS issue with my underlying infrastructure - created with whatever IAC that I’m using for a client - Terraform/CloudFormation or the CDK.

I burned through $10 on Claude in less than an hour. I only have $36 a day at $800 a month (800/22 working days)

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imron 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> and use my $800/month company Claude allowance only for the tricky stuff that Codex can’t figure out.

It doesn’t seem controversial that the model that can solve more complex problems (that you admit the cheaper model can’t solve) costs more.

For the things I use it for, I’ve not found any other model to be worth it.

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raw_anon_1111 6 hours ago | parent [-]

You’re assuming rational behavior from a company that doesn’t care about losing billions of dollar.

Have you tried Codex with OpenAi’s latest models?

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imron 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Not in the last 2 months.

Current clause subscription is a sunk cost for the next month. Maybe I’ll try codex if Claude doesn’t lead anywhere.

	▲	raw_anon_1111 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I use both. As I’m working, I tell each of them to update a common document with the conversation. I don’t just tell Claude the what. I tell it the why and have it document it. I can switch back and forth and use the MD file as shared context.

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ValentineC 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Curious: what are some cases where it'd make sense to not pay for the 20x plan (which is $200/month), and provide a whopping $800/month pay-per-token allowance instead?

	▲	raw_anon_1111 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Who knows? It’s part of an enterprise plan. I work for a consulting company. There are a number of fallbacks, the first fallback if we are working on an internal project is just to use our internal AWS account and use Claude code with the Anthropic hosted on Bedrock. https://code.claude.com/docs/en/amazon-bedrock The second fallback if it is for a customer project is to use their AWS account for development for them. The rate my company charges for me - my level as an American based staff consultant (highest bill rate at the company) they are happy to let us use Claude Code using their AWS credentials. Besides, if we are using AWS Bedrock hosted Anthropic models, they know none of their secrets are going to Anthropic. They already have the required legal confidentiality/compliancd agreements with AWS.