Karel on X: "I spent $10,000 to automate my research at OpenAI with Codex" / X
To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Home Explore Notifications Chat Grok Premium Bookmarks Creator Studio Articles Profile More Post Tasha @TashaPais Article See new posts Conversation Karel @KarelDoostrlnck I spent $10,000 to automate my research at OpenAI with Codex 108 325 3.2K 1M I use billions of codex tokens. Here is my setup and is what I learned. Many people drastically underestimate what codex can do. Even some of my colleagues still underutilize codex, but they are eager to experiment once you show them some ambitious use-cases. Thus, I wanted to write something down and share it more broadly, in the hopes it inspires more people. In this post, I'll share my simple setup and discuss some killer use-cases, where I routinely allocate hundreds of millions of tokens. In total, I spent $10,000 on API costs this month, which makes me one of the most prolific users in my team. Totally worth it. Finally, I reflect on how I think organizations might
I use billions of codex tokens. Here is my setup and is what I learned. Many people drastically underestimate what codex can do. Even some of my colleagues still underutilize codex, but they are eager to experiment once you show them some ambitious use-cases. Thus, I wanted to write something down and share it more broadly, in the hopes it inspires more people. In this post, I'll share my simple setup and discuss some killer use-cases, where I routinely allocate hundreds of millions of tokens. In total, I spent $10,000 on API costs this month, which makes me one of the most prolific users…
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