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by Aurornis 147 days ago
It's really not that hard.

Codex = The model trained specifically for programming tasks. You want this if you're writing code.

GPT5.2 = The current version. You don't have to think about this, you just use the latest.

High Reasoning = A setting you select for balancing between longer thinking time or quicker answers. It's usually set and forget.