rea was built on two $20 Codex Pro plans — devs share token-budgeting lessons
henloitsjoyce · x · 2026-10-13
Dev morluto reveals rea was built with just two Codex Pro ($20/mo) plans, relying on token efficiency and budgeting; the pain point is code review token burn, prompting thoughts of upgrading to the $500 tier. henloitsjoyce adds you don't need $100k+/mo of Codex subs to ship useful things.
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