User drops Astra after bad week, says Codex needs a real orchestrator
koltregaskes · x · 2026-09-21
After a frustrating week, user koltregaskes is switching from Astra back to Sol: Astra feels like a "worker/expert" that only orchestrates well at higher reasoning levels, which burns through usage fast. Sol orchestrates better at higher reasoning, though neither is great. His takeaway: Codex needs a native orchestration feature—or a model trained specifically to be an orchestrator.
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