Patel reports kernel programmers use Codex to generate code then Opus to clean it, not the reverse workflow.
“But you can't go the other way around. You can't have Opus write the thing and then have Codex fix this.”
Patel reports kernel programmers use Codex to generate code then have Opus rewrite it, not reverse.
“I think it was tree down. Tree down is like, yeah, dude, Codex is like so dumb, but I always just have it created and then this and it works and it's smarter, but the code is sloppy, I have Opus rewrite it. But you can't go the other way around.”
Patel says continuous AI spend is small; steady total reflects constant new project work across team.
“It's actually just like people doing new work always, which then because we have enough people, it kind of levels out to be like a pretty steady amount of spend.”