Codex praised as best AI for the job, but its archive and backup cruft is 'untenable at scale'
nptacek · x · 2026-11-05
nptacek says Codex was honestly the best AI for the work he needed, but the amount of cruft it builds up — archives, backups, and tests — is completely untenable at scale. A real pain point in agent workflow hygiene for large codebases.
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