After token-pricing sticker shock, dev splits Codex coordinator/coder roles with a DeepSeek review child

craigbalding · x · 2026-09-19

The author describes switching from subscriptions to OpenAI token pricing, getting hit with sticker shock, and redesigning the setup: Codex (luna high) acts as coordinator calling coders (luna xhigh), while code reviews now run in a child Codex instance with a DeepSeek profile to cut costs. The Python-to-Rust transliteration of safeyolo has resumed under this tiered multi-model orchestration.

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