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Dimitris Papailiopoulos, Microsoft Research AI Frontiers principal researcher, downgraded Claude and upgraded Codex to balance his coding workflow

Recent Codex performance improvements prompted the equal split.

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OPDimitris Papailiopoulos#197Dimitris Papailiopoulos@DIMITRISPAPAIL

Codex is now too good to be on the Plus plan. I just downgraded my Max 20x Claude plan to 5x and upgraded Codex to Pro (5x). The (1/2,1/2) combination is Pareto Optimal.

12:29 PM · May 30, 2026 View on X
REPLYDimitris Papailiopoulos#197Dimitris Papailiopoulos@DIMITRISPAPAIL

@reach_vb Merge the ChatGPT and Codex app plz :D

Vaibhav (VB) SrivastavVaibhav (VB) Srivastav@reach_vb

@DimitrisPapail love to see it, let me know if you have any feedback! team has been on fire recently!

9:16 PM · May 30, 2026 · 384 Views
9:18 PM · May 30, 2026 · 123 Views
REPLYVaibhav (VB) Srivastav#1853Vaibhav (VB) Srivastav@REACH_VB

@DimitrisPapail love to see it, let me know if you have any feedback! team has been on fire recently!

Dimitris PapailiopoulosDimitris Papailiopoulos@DimitrisPapail

Codex is now too good to be on the Plus plan. I just downgraded my Max 20x Claude plan to 5x and upgraded Codex to Pro (5x). The (1/2,1/2) combination is Pareto Optimal.

7:29 PM · May 30, 2026 · 4.6K Views
9:16 PM · May 30, 2026 · 384 Views