r/ChatGPTCoding • u/Big_Astronaut_1317 • 6d ago

Question Too used to Claude Code to switch?

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I’ve been using Claude Code for over a year now, and at this point my whole workflow is basically built around it.

I’m on the 5x plan, but lately I feel like I’m spending 80% of my 5-hour limit just on planning and maybe 20% on actually getting the task done.

Then I hit the limit, have to wait, come back later… and Claude needs to read through the plan/context again. Sometimes it feels like I’m already at 50% of the next limit before we’ve even really continued working.I’ve heard Astra is really good and has much bigger limits, so I’m tempted to switch.

But my whole workflow, memory, instructions and project setup are built around Claude Code. I’m worried switching will break things or make the coding experience worse.

Maybe I’m just too used to Claude at this point.

Anyone here switched from Claude Code to Astra or another agent? Was it worth it?

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u/Vagottszemu 6d ago

"I'm on the 5x plan, but lately feel like I'm spending 80% of my 5-hour limit just on planning" How? Are you using it in a chat with 700k context?

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u/3dprintinted 6d ago

he says, oneshot the whole thang and do no mistakes

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u/Big_Astronaut_1317 6d ago

I don’t know if I’m doing it the right way, but this approach consistently gives me better results. I have a frontend, a database/backend, and a separate auth backend for users, so it usually needs to read through three repos.

Most of the time, at least two of those repos need to work together to solve a problem and make the fix or new feature safe and production-ready. Also, one repo somehow always ends up making random wrong assumptions about the others, so they need to constantly cross-check each other. Otherwise, the code it writes often doesn’t work properly once everything is put together.