I did 24 days of coding in 12 hours with a $20 AI tool – but there’s one big pitfall

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ZDNET’s key takeaways

• I spent $20 on Codex and saw 16x productivity.
• Hard usage limits cut off coding in mid-project unexpectedly.
• Premium tools can cost $800 monthly but give steadier results.

We’ve talked before about OpenAI’s Codex, the AI model designed specifically for programming work. While I found it to have some capabilities, the need to use it only in GitHub or as part of the command-line terminal…