A maker switches back to Gemini after hitting a Codex limit
The Codex Pro ran out, and the reset was not due until the next day. Instead of spending a Codex reset for only 36 hours of use, was opened again after sitting unused for months. A one-year from a Pixel phone purchase made the trial feel low-cost.
A meme claimed was better than Mythos or GPT 5.6, and that claim was not taken seriously, but it was enough to justify giving the tool another try. The main substance is not a product announcement; it is a real workflow moment where and bundled push a solo builder to test another coding tool.
Key points
- The Codex Pro had been used up before the next reset.
- Using a Codex reset for only 36 hours felt wasteful, so was tried instead.
- A Pixel phone purchase included a one-year , lowering the cost of testing Gemini tools.
- A meme praising triggered the retry, even though the claim was treated skeptically.