I will never understand how an intelligent, opinionated crowd like HN can be so obsessed over Apple's CPU offerings. Buying into the Mac ecosystem is without a doubt subjecting oneself to vendor lock-in. Linux won't even run on these machines until in 2-3 years, if you're lucky.
On my Instagram wall, I am being bombarded with Lee Kuan Yew interviews as of the past few months. I see no other reason for him to be so 'hot' again except for there being a well-funded ongoing propaganda campaign.
Switched to Codex a few days ago and not regretting it. Claude Code with the $20 subscription has been bad lately. Burning through quota in no time, even when sticking to older Sonnet models.