Just an update. As suggested, tried Windsurf and found it to be MUCH better than ChatGPT for web site development. Much faster, much easier to use, far fewer issues. Thanks for the tip!
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GPT-5 is an absolute disaster for coding………………………..
I can access 4.1 through the API–using a small code ChatGPT wrote me where I can “call” it from my laptop’s terminal. Do you want the code? Let me know and I can paste it in, though I’m sure you already know how to do all that. But I’ve been using the same 10$ I paid shortly after getting my key for about 2 weeks now–I’ve only spent 80 cents so far. I use it for writing too. I’ve started tracing how horribly ChatGPT-5 and the current version being used when you don’t log in to ChatGPT answer compared to 4.1–it seems to stem from a lack of the associative logic which made these Chatbots interesting to begin with–the result of overzealous guard rails.
That’s very kind of you. Yes please go ahead and share your solution for the benefit of all.
An API based solution isn’t ideal for me personally since I used ChatGPT from lots of different devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Web) and don’t always have a “terminal” at my disposal.
I’ve since jumped ship to Gemini Pro anyway!
I had Plus until the change, but the coding became terrible and 5 feels lobotomized. It just repeats back what I said. 4o was empathetic, funny, sassy, and creative. 5 is a downgrade in every way that matters.
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Correction - it’s not that it feels like a downgrade, it is a downgrade. Period. I’ll check reviews for the best alternatives. And honestly, the voices are super annoying - the free one was the best. Like a real human. Still shocked this company doesn’t take feedback from its users.
I’ve had enough with this version, at least for now. I found it slow and laggy. My experience shows that it doesn’t respect the rules and specs, and it’s hyper-reactive instead of strategically oriented. Although I am constantly insisting on this, it slipped back after a while. It often ended up with actual regression with the code and the whole building process and, in the end, a lot of wasted time. That is why I’m currently in a process of transferring my coding projects to Claude.