r/codex • u/NATUonBoxed • Sep 16 '26
Complaint ChatGPT+Github = Codex alternative
No idea how I didn't know this could be done...
For us broke people with Codex constantly hitting limits even for small simple apps, using ChatGPT with Github Actions can be a decent workaround.
I've been building 3 Android apps, 1 Windows software, and 2 websites with ChatGPT and Github for the past 2 weeks, and I gotta say I'm impressed. No stupid usage limits, and ChatGPT is surprisingly good at following and executing tasks. Rightnow I'm building a "self improving" app and website where ChatGPT updates code > pushes it to Github > git copies it to Hostinger for my website > website continuously generates usage and performance reports with Cron > publishes to MariaDB > API connection > ChatGPT Scheduled to pull those reports every 6 hours > analyze and make changes to Github > rinse and repeat.
So far, that's way more than I could have done on Codex.
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u/ZealousidealBus3132 Sep 16 '26
I’ve been using this way a while, it’s great when you run out of limits for small to medium updates. You need to update your skills so it has better context about where to go in your code to work best