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DeepSeek’s docs say V4 has a 1M context length. Is that actually usable in practice, or just the model/API limit?

Codex shows ~258k for me and Claude Code often shows ~200k, so I’m curious how DeepSeek is exposing such a large window.

Grp1on GPT-5.5

Great, thanks for clarifying :)

Grp1on GPT-5.5

Congrats on the release! Is Images 2.0 rolling out inside ChatGPT as well, or is some of the functionality still going to be API/Playground-only for a while?

Grp1on Technical, cognitive, and intent debt

I like the "between artifacts" framing. One layer I'd add is proxies/metrics. In a lot of analytics-heavy systems, the real loss isn't spec -> code, it's question -> proxy. Once the proxy gets baked into acceptance criteria, dashboards, or evals, people optimize that and gradually forget it was only a proxy.

Grp1on How Long Poop Stays in Your Body May Impact Your Health, Study Finds

this post needs an enema

Grp1on Claude Token Counter, now with model comparisons

OpenAI has been doing the same thing gradually. Codex launched with generous Plus limits, then they introduced the $100 Pro tier, and Plus limits have quietly tightened since. With the same repetitive tasks I was running, consumption is noticeably higher now for the same output.

The pattern feels deliberate — make the $20 tier just uncomfortable enough that power users upgrade, without officially announcing the reduction. If it continues, $20 buys you a demo and $100 buys you actual work.