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OpenAI Codex bombards SSDs with needless write operations, costing millions
(www.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2026
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Meanwhile I don’t like the software that saves a rolling three minutes of gameplay so I can instantly save anything cool that happens because I don’t want my SSDs constantly being written, so I just have it load the temp file into drive emulated by RAM instead. Don’t touch my SSDs!
I get what you're saying, but after around 15 years of using all sorts of SSDs - I personally stopped thinking about write wear. I have not had a single SSD fail due to wear, those that failed have always failed at controller.
I keep using Shadowplay 24/7. I'm using an old SSD (840 120gb) for that from god knows what year, but it shows 1% health for 5 years now with no signs of actual degradation happening, only smart warnings for years now.
This disk was also running OS for 4-5 years.