UI development is an even more special case here. The customer buys the machine which runs the code, not the company. So sadly "good enough" is the standard.

One example for me here is the "switch product option" button on Amazon listings (e.g. switch green to blue color, smaller to larger model). On my phone this sometimes takes >5 seconds to properly load. Horribly optimised.

Use an Ai agent + Mermaid.js for a quick scribble if you are in a remote meeting. Use white boards or pen + paper in a local meeting.

Diagrams are so much clearer then words, especially if the concept or logic in question is not trivial.

At some point we will get these models in hardware and the cost per token will be minimal.

Still, in comparison with Claude Code, the quota of Codex is a much better deal. However, they should not make it worse...

Btw when you damaged a book beyond repair, you needed to pay the full price. Only the exercise books needed to be bought freshly as they were "used up" fully after the year. Still, they were often seen as optional.

So a 20 year old panel might be at around 80% in the worst case. Often they are in much better shape. This seems like a pretty good deal to me.

The biggest thing is truly that solar has now reached a price tag where it just makes sense to replace other sources. You don't need to think about the environment any more to prefer it.

https://shop-sicatron.de/products/sicatron-910w-balkonkraftw...

You still need attachment material for your balcony.

Keep in mind that this system will input all it's power into your power grid. If you don't use the power it will go directly into the public grid.

Still, really good cost saving measure.

So for 250 to 400€ you can get a system that will break even latest after four years, likely earlier.

The bigger downside, when you compare it to Opus or any other hosted model, is the limited context. You might be able to achieve around 30k. Hosted models often have 128k or more. Opus 4.6 has 200k as its standard and 1M in api beta mode.

I had ChatGPT Codex GPT5.2 high reasoning running on my side project for multiple hours the last nights. It created a server deployment for QA and PROD + client builds. It waited for the builds to complete, got the logs from Github Actions and fixed problems. Only after 4 days of this (around 2-4 hours) active coding I reached the weekly limit for the ChatGPT Plus Plan (23€). Far better value so far.

To be fully honest, it fucked up one flyway script. I have to fix this now my self :D. Will write a note in the Agent.md to never alter existing scripts. But the work otherwise was quite solid and now my server is properly deployed. If I would switch between High reasoning for Planing and Middle reasoning for coding, I would get even more usage.

If the network is only earth bound fixed wireless, the distance might be small enough that the state comes for the operator itself... This raises the cost of running this network from just money to life threat.

Getting many open source satellites up in orbit might not be feasible.

Now I run a S23 Ultra and after two years it still does everything I need. OneUI 8.0 and Android 16. For work (app de) I also have a Pixel 7a, always with the newest Android Beta. Also works well.

Even the entry level phones work OK to pretty good now. My Samsung A16 5G (also for work) functions surprisingly well for 150€.

I fully switched to Gemini 3 Pro. Looking into an Opus 4.5 subscription too.

My GF on the other side prefers ChatGPT for writing tasks quite a lot (school teacher classes 1-4).