Mixed
Switched to Claude Code and had the redesign done in a short session within a day
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In the thread “GPT 5.6 Sol 20% price reduction”, replying to this comment
Helped: Switching to Claude Code allowed the redesign to be completed in a short session.
Got in the way: Codex made small piecemeal changes and repeatedly asked for confirmation, slowing progress.
Not sure if I do anything wrong but Codex with Sol made such slow progress on my work, I iterated several days to do a redesign of my UI and it kept making small piecemeal changes then stopping and asking me for confirmation again and again even though I tried to get it to get bigger chunks done. Switched to Claude Code and had the redesign done in a short session within a day. Maybe just the system prompt or my settings or the harness? …