@rafaelobitten: After spending way too many tokens with Codex @OpenAIDevs especially Astra over the past week, I ended up adding these …

After spending way too many tokens with Codex @OpenAIDevs especially Astra over the past week, I ended up adding these guidelines to the AGENTS.md in my ~/.codex. They’ve helped a lot with cutting down on overengineering, unnecessary precautions, excessive testing, and rebuilding things that already have solid solutions out there: 1. Prefer reliable, secure open-source libraries over building from scratch; when customization is needed, prefer supported extensions or extension points, and build from scratch only when existing options cannot efficiently meet the project’s requirements. 2. Choose the simplest solution that meets the requirements; avoid overengineering and speculative abstractions. 3. Always check current official API and library documentation; use version-compatible guidance rather than blindly upgrading. 4. Write only tests that provide meaningful confidence and prevent regressions; avoid redundant tests and unjustified release gates.