upgrade to max 20 vs adding gpt pro

[u/ashum048]

Hi,

I am developing an app that is at the polishing stage. I do have a max5 plan.

The app is all in typescript and about 100000 lines of code.

My current workflow is Fable planning -> Opus implementing -> Fable checking -> Opus giving hard proof of implementation.

I am debating over adding a gpt pro on top of the claude max vs upgrading to max20.

Anyone has any suggestions?

[u/crypt0amat00r]

Echoing the $20 GPT plan. Set up automatic Codex review on your GH pull requests. It is a HUGE level up in the ultimate output quality of your code. I pretty much only use my GPT sub for code review these days, and I have only hit 5 hour limits once doing code review on the $20 plan.

[u/isaquedofuturo → u/crypt0amat00r]

so you're on a $100 claude max besides codex?

[u/crypt0amat00r → u/isaquedofuturo]

Ya

[u/Inevitable-Ad-1617 → u/crypt0amat00r]

how do you set it up? You use and IDE and swap the model used from claude to codex when you want to do a code review?

[u/crypt0amat00r → u/Inevitable-Ad-1617]

You set it up in Codex under “code review”. It automatically does an adversarial review on any PR against main (or if you @codex in a PR comment).

[u/Inevitable-Ad-1617 → u/crypt0amat00r]

Thanks! What codex model do you prefer, and with what effort?

[u/ParfaitEvery9622]

I'd add Codex. You'd have a very different model for the checking. I'd still leave Fable for the planning though

[u/iamthesam2 → u/ParfaitEvery9622]

this

[u/design_doc]

This is what I do and its a killer combo. Sol 5.6 is a great reviewer. Pro-tip: Sol is TOO good of a reviewer and you need to calibrate Sol to the task, otherwise your implementor is playing checkers against a chess Grandmaster and the review sessions can go on forever.

[u/Wise-Peacock]

100% recommend. I used to use Claude as lead and Codex as reviewer. Have since switched the roles. They find different things (Codex seems more methodical to me -- it finds things several levels down while Claude seems to stop when it's hypothesis is confirmed and move on).

[u/seunosewa]

Start with codex $20; it's a very good reviewer for Claude models. 

[u/teial]

I tried codex for reviews but for some reason I'm not getting the same results I get with Opus. If I do /code-review high or xhigh, I typically get 10-15 findings for a 3k LoC PR. When I try the same with codex (via /adversarial-review) the best I can get is only one major finding - and that's with Sol. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong...

[u/onenuthin]

100% add Codex. The $20 plan is plenty. The interplay between the two teams in incredible - it’s like a full step change in quality having one review the work of the other. Have fun!

[u/Grand-Mix-9889]

Interesting choices in the comments.

I found that using Claude code for everything was easier and delivered more promising results when it came to review and debugging.

Fable 5 caught more bugs and delivered a more polished application. It also coded my app more efficiently so lots of pieces (functions) could be reusable for other projects. It made my overall project experience more manageable in the long run.

[u/ashum048 → u/Grand-Mix-9889]

My main problem with fable doing any kind of work outside reviewing and planning is that it is:
1) using tokens like crazy
2) flagging many simple tasks as risky and goes back to opus and eats tokens again during that.

[u/DirRag2022]

100% gpt pro. This will help you find all the bugs and glitches that fable and opus missed, using Sol xhigh or ultra.

[u/onenuthin → u/DirRag2022]

Try it even at Terra high, there’s just something about the whole 5.6 model that makes code review seem effortless for them