Codex has been good for a long time, more expensive but very focused on efficiency. Working with it feels faster and more to the point than Opus models and I trust it more with long-running jobs. Also regular resets vs being at the whim of Anthropic drama all the time is hella nice.

Codex is cheaper on average no? I think the models are expensive but the token efficiency of the harness itself solves the problem.

Yes that's what I meant, the per token cost is higher but as you say the efficiency levels it out / works slightly in Codex's favour.

Anyone know what the deal is with the resets?

They've discovered it's a good marketing strategy. Whenever there's an outage, or a new launch, there's often a reset with it, which helps keep people engaged with OAI / Tibo and reduces churn.

They've also introduced banked resets, which are really clever. If you have a $200/month plan and three banked resets, you're not churning because you will overweight giving up those resets (loss aversion theory).

I ran out of resets :( hehe I had 3 and used them all