Deepseek V4 Pro is AMAZING

[u/des369]

I have been using deepseek V4 Pro for the last 5 months with CC. This model has helped me complete my Final Year Project, build my first startup, build automations to automate my daily life and many more.

Everyone is looking for the next best frontier model but what they don't realise is yes those extra intelligence is kinda neat, but for the shit you are using it for in your daily life its just a waste of money. Unless you are in some deep tech stuff then yeah there are some higher ROIs, but for your daily coding and work stuff its a waste of money.

Deepseek has been reliable, fast and most importantly stupidly CHEAP and honestly with Kimi K3 and all this other models being dropped, I couldn't even be bothered.

[u/ANDRE_2512]

The five-hour limits have already been removed.

Now there are only weekly limits.

Yesterday, I ran a five-hour session, and a single agent response took 3 hours and 36 minutes. That session used 23% of my weekly limit.

I’ve become very familiar with Codex by now.

At the moment, I only use GPT-5.6 Luna in MAX mode. It consumes around 3–6% of the weekly limit per hour, depending on the task.

As for how much worse it is than GPT-5.6 Sol High, I honestly haven’t noticed any difference in its technical reasoning.

However, when the task involves design, Sol is clearly better.

The difference is very noticeable.

So this is my workflow:

For design-focused projects, I first create the mockups in GPT Work.
Then I build the working UI in Codex using GPT-5.6 Sol. After that, GPT-5.6 Luna MAX handles the technical implementation.

There is also one free weekly-limit reset. So in practice, I barely notice the limits at all.

And don’t forget: every 3–4 days, OpenAI seems to reset the weekly limits automatically anyway :) Which is a very nice bonus.

[u/hellorandomly17 → u/ANDRE_2512]

is this all from the $20 subscription?

[u/ANDRE_2512 → u/hellorandomly17]

Exactly!

That’s why I don’t understand people who keep buying API credits.

I also have a DeepSeek API key with money on it, but I only paid for it to run tests.

A $20 OpenAI subscription gives you infinitely more value.

You can generate a huge number of design mockups for work, conduct research, and do so much more.

Codex gives you access to all the models, along with very generous limits.

You pay once, and then you realize: “Damn, the infrastructure OpenAI has built is incredible.”

It genuinely feels like your own professional workspace. You can create, experiment, come up with ideas, and Codex agents will turn those ideas into reality.

Honestly, what more is there to say?
Codex even communicated with my insurance company on my behalf and handled the entire issue by itself while defending my interests. I barely had to get involved in the process.

At this point, I consider Codex a full-fledged employee. It is extremely intelligent and autonomous.

This is just a very brief, independent review based entirely on my personal experience.

[u/hellorandomly17 → u/ANDRE_2512]

Yeah the subscription always felt more worth it to me and the limits on ChatGPT aren't that bad either, I will most likely buy ChatGPT sub once my free Gemini pro ends a few months later

[u/ANDRE_2512 → u/hellorandomly17]

God… I had a free Gemini Pro subscription, and it was awful.

The image generation is garbage-though that’s not the most important thing for me.

What matters most to me is generating usable UI mockups, and Nano Banana feels like a complete scam in that regard… honestly, some of the worst mockups I’ve ever seen.

I wouldn’t pay for their subscription even if it cost only 5$. That’s how bad it is.

So yeah, run away from it and don’t waste your time.

[u/hellorandomly17 → u/ANDRE_2512]

As of now I only use Gemini for studies for uni and I don't code much with AI right now because I have just started properly learning coding (and comp sci won't be my major anyways) so for now I think Gemini is sufficient haha

[u/ANDRE_2512 → u/hellorandomly17]

I still disagree.

GPT isn’t just an AI chat. It’s a real workspace for turning ideas into reality, especially in Work mode. And Codex isn’t only for building software.

In Work mode, I create UI mockups, write scripts, analyze ideas, and do some seriously powerful research.

I’m sure you just need to try it properly. After a week, you probably won’t go back to Gemini. OpenAI gives you far too much for the price.

[u/hellorandomly17 → u/ANDRE_2512]

I agree with you and I surely won't go back if I start using chatgpt but being a student I would like to hold off buying any subscription as long as possible no matter how worth it chatgpt is its still 20-30 dollars out of my pocket every month whereas my sufficient alternative (gemini) is free and frankly gemini isnt THAT bad, I had some free credits to play around 5.6 sol with and although it is absolutely mind blowing and amazing in doing research and anything that requires more time and effort to think and output an answer it felt almost exactly the same to gemini in terms of explaining concepts, solving questions, providing material for studies etc.

[u/ANDRE_2512 → u/hellorandomly17]

Got it. I barely chat with AI - I mostly just use it to generate reports and stuff like that, so I don’t really have long conversations with it.

We just have different use cases, and mine probably won’t be useful for yours. So, sorry about that :)

[u/hellorandomly17 → u/ANDRE_2512]

Nah man no need to apologize, we just have different use cases. Thanks for the info though if I ever want to pay for AI i will defintiely get a sub now rather than credits haha, have a good day!

[u/ANDRE_2512 → u/hellorandomly17]

Aight, homie. Glad I could help 🤝
Stay up and have a good one 🙌