GPT-6 in Codex: Choosing Between Astra, Sol and Luna

GPT-6 Astra, Sol and Luna with their list prices and the Codex configuration setting that assigns each one: review model, default model and subagent model

GPT-6 Astra, Sol and Luna are all in Codex and differ in price by a factor of a hundred. What has been published about them, what an agent session costs under the new caching and long-context rules, and what Codex CLI actually sends when each kind of work is given its own model.

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The IDE Wars Are Over: How Visual Studio 2025 and Modern Developer Tools Changed Everything

🎓 AUTHORITY NOTE Based on 20+ years using every major IDE from Visual Studio .NET 2003 to today’s AI-powered tools. This represents hands-on experience leading teams through multiple IDE migrations and tool standardizations. Executive Summary Remember when developers would argue passionately about whether Visual Studio, VS Code, JetBrains, or Vim was the “right” choice? Those […]

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