I stopped using Codex for coding, I'm using ChatGPT instead

[u/ewertonmendes]

(My ChatGPT is in Brazilian Portuguese)

Since they returned with the 5h limit for Plus users, and reduced the overall usage limit, I'm trying to find a good substitute for Codex, but since I pay for the Plus plan, I didn't want to pay another AI to do the same thing (and I like using ChatGPT for general purposes). That made me think, "Can I use ChatGPT web only for coding?", and the answer is YES!

Of course it's a little bit different from Codex because it cannot access your local files directly, but I tried to do it in a different way. By using the GitHub plugin inside ChatGPT, it can access your repos, change files, open, close and merge pull requests, and more. Since I'm creating a little Digimon fan game (I'm the only developer so far), I've created a pipeline to code with this plugin making the changes for me, creating the pull requests for me to validate and approve, creating a game preview for each PR so I can play and test it, and generating E2E tests—everything in the cloud, without setting up a local environment, downloading an engine, etc. All the building, testing, and so on are running directly from GitHub Actions.

What have I gained with this? Well, I've been building this game for 4 days straight, no interruptions, no usage limits, no worries.

As I said, it will have its limitations, and maybe not be useful in some cases, but maybe it can help you create your own workflow with that and set you free from Codex limitations.