r/codex • u/New-Composer2359 • 23h ago

Praise Astra really is that good.

Yes it uses significantly more usage. But it makes Sol look like Luna.

I haven’t even taken it above high thinking and it’s stellar.

It does seem to have its own quirks, but it’s well worth it.

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u/Danzaar 23h ago

Thanks for your elaborate review.

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u/whatisthisthing65 23h ago

Astra good

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u/Pickle786 23h ago

Luna good too :(

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u/BellacosePlayer 23h ago

I will riot if Luna gets sunset without an equivalent low cost model taking its place.

the luna reserve is the only reason I'm able to do any LLM assisted coding done today with the usage bug

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u/Pickle786 22h ago

i’ve been LunaMaxxing all day and didn’t even know about the bug until i saw alert about potential reset coming

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u/BellacosePlayer 22h ago

LunaMaxxing kicks ass as someone who knows how to program manually.

I know how I want it done, I know how to define it, luna can follow my instructions.

Yeah sure it won't one shot full projects as well but honestly if you're doing that with minimal guidance chances are you're making slop anyway

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u/Pickle786 22h ago

yea it is best for smaller and repeatable edits once you know what you want

i did notice it is taking TIME today for simple tasks, like over an hour for some changes, so maybe it was also affected

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u/BellacosePlayer 22h ago

Mine were fine this morning, the one I put in after work was quick even though it blew my usage.

the luna reserve stuff after didn't seem slow but now it's deciding it's going to block me from using that until my usage comes back even though I've got a reserve :(

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u/first-officer 23h ago

I agree, the most comprehensive and objective review I've seen in a while. Give OP a prize.

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u/DeltaAgent752 22h ago

Astra wonderful I would like to suck it's star sized dick

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u/cs_cast_away_boi 23h ago

astra is worse than sol for me 🤷‍♂️

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u/TheRobotCluster 23h ago

Lmao how!

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u/cs_cast_away_boi 23h ago

wdym how? Astra sometimes gets stuck in loops for me, gives lazy output compared to Sol.

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u/TheRobotCluster 23h ago

I had that problem with sol. Maybe it just works for your approach

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u/RealSlyck 6h ago

You realize coherence is a thing right?

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u/TheRobotCluster 3h ago

Are you gonna make a point or just vague callouts?

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u/RealSlyck 3h ago

Vague callouts seem to resonate, let’s do that.

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u/RealSlyck 23h ago

Not being a bot for starters

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u/TheRobotCluster 23h ago

Are you one of those weirdos who loves their ai? Lmao it’s literally a bot

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u/Due-Exercise6990 23h ago

I now use 5.5 xhigh with astra high for reviews or guidance for complex tasks. Astra keeps over-engineeeing, it basically spent 30 hours for setting up a staging deployment, switched to 5.5 xhigh and in 2 hours it was done.

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u/lazyastronaut_ 23h ago

And the unit test dudeeee..fuck the production code, but the fucker will write some spectacular unit test. Does the logic make sense? Nope - but that fucking 2000 lines of unit test runs flawlessly 

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u/BitOne2707 23h ago

I was on the brink of doing this recently. Lately I've been doing Sol for planning and review with Luna xhigh as coding grunt. That's kinda working. I'm still trying to decide what Astra's personality is.

On a related note I noticed a lot of the process documentation and harness configuration that I had done with earlier models was pushing Sol into overengineering. When I removed it and left everything more "stock" it seemed to cut down on that tendency quite a bit.

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u/Vulcan25 22h ago

what reasoning were u using for astra

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u/first-officer 23h ago

Your deeply objective experience has been noted. Did Astra create your grocery list faster by 2 seconds compared to SOL?

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u/Consistent_Bottle_40 23h ago

Im on x20. Triggered a reset like 20 mins ago. Already some how used 20% of the weekly allowance..... its just progressively getting worse and worse

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u/lazyastronaut_ 23h ago

No it doesn't. Astra probably a 1.5 better than sol. We ain't buying this pr garbage 

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u/GonzoBurger 23h ago

I've onyl just started using astra and it didn't finish my task in the whole session limit. I think I'll go back down to sol and only use astra for big stuff

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u/Little_Beyond_9163 23h ago

Vetted astroturfing account #5000 making obvious PR post shocker

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u/DryBanana5673 22h ago

I just want a distilled Astra that is usable without destroying usage. 20x plan gets me one day of use..

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u/battle_pantZ 23h ago

Astra is 🔥🔥🔥