Uhhhh. I just get ratelimited almost immediately when using codex. Like I can't get even a single "explain this codebase" or simple feature change. I am on the lowest usage tier, granted. But this tool is unusable without being on a higher tier, which requires me to spend $50 in credits to access...

how does it compare to cursor or copilot?

typescript & npm slopware...

i can't believe it

and i can't believe nobody else is complaining

my simulation is definitely on very hard mode

Am I the only one underwhelmed by Claude Code (which most comments here claim is better than Codex)?

Anecdotal experience: asked it to change instances of a C++ class Foo to a compatible one Bar, it did that but failed to add the required include where it made the change.

Yes, I'm sure that with enough prompting/hand-holding it could do this fine. Is it too much to expect basics like this out of the box, though? If so, then I, for one, still can't relate to the current level of enthusiasm.

Is there a way to run the model locally? I'd rather not have to pay a monthly fee, if possible.

Hopefully it works better Claude Code which was an absolute nightmare to set up and run on Windows.

Little disappointing it's build in Node (speed & security), though honestly does not matter all that much. Seems like the right place for this functionality though is inside your editor (Cursor) not in your Terminal. Sure AI can help with command completion, man pages, but building apps is a stretch.

So even if you have a plus account, there will be a charge for the API use?

I mean I kind of get it, but it does seem like they are almost penalizing people who could code in the browser with the canvas feature but prefer to use a terminal.

Do I have that right?

Cool to see more interesting terminal based options! Looking forward to trying this out.

I've been working on something related—Plandex[1], an open source AI coding agent that is particularly focused on large projects and complex tasks.

I launched the v2 a few weeks ago and it is now running well. In terms of how to place it in the landscape, it’s more agentic than aider, more configurable and tightly controlled than Devin, and more provider-agnostic/multi-provider/open source than Claude Code or this new competitor from OpenAI.

I’m still working on getting the very latest models integrated. Gemini Pro 2.5 and these new OpenAI models will be integrated into the defaults by the end of the week I hope. Current default model pack is a mix of Sonnet 3.7, o3-mini with various levels of reasoning effort, and Gemini 1.5 Pro for large context planning. Currently by default, it supports 2M tokens of context directly and can index and work with massive projects of 20M tokens and beyond.

Very interested to hear HN’s thoughts and feedback if anyone wants to try it. I'd also welcome honest comparisons to alternatives, including Codex CLI. I’m planning a Show HN within the next few days.

1 - https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex

You lost me at NPM