Dev's take: Codex worth the $200 tier, Claude fine at $100, top-tier Cursor underused
lxfater · x · 2026-09-19
A developer shares real-world impressions of coding AI subscriptions: Codex justifies its $200 tier, Claude is sufficient at $100, while even top-tier Cursor only gets used for trivial tasks like summarizing group chats. His verdict: "not being able to use Codex is a waste of life" — a stark capability gap across the three tools.
More from coding & agent
- Jev's structured-output model impresses, Yegge argues fences beat sandboxes for agents — njyx · 2026-09-19
- UnCorreoTemporal MCP server lets AI agents grab OTP codes and verification links with zero human help — modelcontextprotocol · 2026-09-19
- Building 3D-printable models with GPT-6 Astra + Blender MCP, and offloading geometry to Higgsfield to save tokens — Julianw20012 · 2026-09-19
- Turned a $2 Bluetooth selfie remote into a physical push-to-talk clicker for agentic coding — _7xen_on · 2026-09-19
- What won't you let an AI agent do? For many, it's speaking in your name — Luvena21 · 2026-09-19
- willcb: in-context learning for personal continual learning needs neurosymbolic harnesses — willcb · 2026-09-19