I’ll keep claude because I like chatting to my french friend but between
1) claude at $200 or api rates
2) weird open model api
3) $20 codex
4) nudging claude every 4hr
3 seems most likely to get my thing finished without feeling cheated
hmm, I suspect you won't like the limits on $20 codex much either. but I do get by very well on 5.5 low reasoning which can help stretch it while being very usable. both do have $100 plans too. I max out $200 codex every week so I might have a warped perspective on how limiting the $20 codex is