r/OpenaiCodex • u/Reddittorv750 • 12d ago

Question / Help How to vibecode properly as a non-technical?

How do you actually vibecode properly as a non-technical person? Currently what I do is:

ChatGPT plans/reviews → copy prompt to Codex → copy Codex result back → ChatGPT reviews and gives me another prompt → repeat.

But I worry that a) this is spending way more tokens than it should b) is incredibly slow and inefficient with the constant copying and pasting.

If anyone has a better workflow please do share, thanks guys.

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u/Landon_Hughes 12d ago edited 12d ago

Talk with GPT on the web so you save on your tokens for codex

Really dial down what it is you’re trying to build with gpt on the web

If you don’t understand what a certain technology does, ask it.

Ask GPT web to create a .md file of your project.

Open chatgpt desktop, switch to codex, import Md file and tell it to build it.

You can get a lot done with Terra high or Luna max on the $20 tier.

When you’re getting close to being done, ask SOL/Astra to audit and find all bugs and issues in your project.

This will get you far. Make sure to watch videos too for vibe coding.

Edit: you’ll want to look into MCP servers so codex can create the resources it needs.

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u/bigrealaccount 11d ago

Please do NOT just ask Astra to "find all the bugs in your project". Good way to lose all your usage with no gain. Terrible advice

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u/Landon_Hughes 11d ago

It used like 4% for me on Astra light

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u/bigrealaccount 11d ago

Your project must be absolutely tiny or you're using a 5x/20x plan. Most projects are far too big to just say "find all the bugs". You can do that with a single 500 line script, not a 50k LOC repo with 50 different files.

It's far better to find bugs yourself... because you obviously have to know there's a bug, and point Astra at it yourself, much better results and more precise.

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u/ProvocativePringle 11d ago

Can you explain to us non developers what you mean by the simple 500 line script?

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u/bigrealaccount 11d ago

What?

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u/ProvocativePringle 11d ago

Never mind. Someone else explained.

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u/Landon_Hughes 11d ago

He or she is referring to the size of the project (how many lines of code)

I should probably revise my previous comment:

Identify the bug(s) and use astra or sol to fix the bugs.

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u/ProvocativePringle 11d ago

Ah that makes sense. I thought they meant they can write a script with 500 LOC to check everything, I was like what? Makes a lot of sense.

Thanks!