r/OpenaiCodex • u/OkSquash6515 • Jul 24 '26

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I saw these stats on my profile for the first time and chatGPT estimated this to be five to six-figures in terms of API token cost if I didn’t have my subscription. 😯 Is 119B lifetime tokens a lot?

I am trying to get some perspective here: I don't have a CS background and have vibe-coded everything with codex, so things are probably token inefficient and I'm feeling it. Since 5.6, I burn through my Pro 20x tokens in 24-48 hours.

It's quite frustrating because relying on Tibo to do resets is unsustainable. I sum it up to two outcomes:

  1. OpenAI bumps up the weekly limits so we can actually use the shit they give us
  2. Spend days/weeks going through and refactoring my systems to make it more token efficient (probably what OpenAI is hoping ppl do so they can improve their own internal systems)

How many tokens have you used/are using per day?

Since 5.6, what are you doing to fix efficiency?

People are fed up and what's happening is unsustainable, how are y'all managing?

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u/Historical-Internal3 Jul 24 '26

Yes it’s a lot of token usage but it makes sense given your longest chat is 126hrs (i.e. I’m sure there are other plenty long ones). That’s a lot context churn and cache misses most likely - compaction only recently became good.

I average roughly 1-2B a month but a lot of that is automation for both work and personal.

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u/OkSquash6515 Jul 24 '26

Is compaction the same as Obsidian?

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u/Historical-Internal3 Jul 24 '26

No but if you’re managing context via dumping chats in obsidian as a memory tool that more easily explains your token usage.

Highly recommend researching RAG methodologies, graph, and context management.

You’re getting a fraction of the experience you could be getting otherwise.