OpenAI

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8articles in this collection2025–2026

Oct 2, 2026Essay

Let's talk about the $200 ChatGPT Pro plan

Promotions and resets made 20× feel like what $200 bought. The allowance can shrink on schedule while the expectation outlasts the offer.

6 min

Jul 29, 2026Field note

Models make awkward code cheaper to replace. Review should block future risk and leave private ideas of neat to automated conventions.

6 min

Oct 21, 2025Watch + read

After using Comet for coupons, search, and summaries, I am not convinced putting an agent in the browser solves the hard part: judgment.

2 min

Oct 19, 2025Essay

Using Sora in a TikTok-style feed made social media's incentive problem hard to ignore: fabricated video is now cheaper than recording reality.

2 min

Apr 16, 2025Essay

OpenAI talked a ~$3B Windsurf deal. I use Claude Code and Cursor; the story that matters is who owns the IDE relationship, not the model API.

1 min

Apr 14, 2025Data note

GPT-4.1's benchmark jump showed up in my Windsurf and Cursor use as cleaner diffs and fewer back-and-forth retries.

2 min

Apr 14, 2025Data note

A leaked OpenAI lineup showed five models, but the mini and nano pricing mattered more to me than another flagship.

2 min

Mar 6, 2025Essay

A 2025 report put specialized OpenAI agents at $2k–$20k a month. Even as a reported figure, that belongs in a labor budget—not a footnote.

1 min

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