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Re: Claude Code on the web

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Post by Phlogistique »

hnidiots3 wrote: post #131

I wonder why people don’t just use Amp Code and use the Oracle. It’s Sonnet 4.5 + GPT-5 working together. Codex just isn’t as good as people make it out to be. OpenAI seems to train on a lot of JavaScript/Tailwind to make visuals look more impressive but when it comes to actual backend work it just fails more than it succeeds. Sonnet is much better at chewing through tasks and GPT 5 is great at consulting planning an…

Because Claude is 20 bucks a month, Codex is 20 bucks a month, and any pay by token plan is way more expensive.

Re: Claude Code on the web

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Post by pimterry »

Personally, my one annoyance here is that it requires you to install a GitHub App that gives it direct write permissions to all code in your repos (in addition to issues, PRs, etc).

I'd much rather give it read permissions, have it work in its own clone, and then manually pull changes back through (either with a web review UI somehow, or just pulling the changes locally). Partly for security, partly just to provide a good review gate.

Would also allow using this with other people's repos, where I _can't_ give write permissions, which would be super helpful for exploring dependency repos, or doing more general research. I've found this super helpful with Claude Code locally but seems impossible on the web right now.

Re: Claude Code on the web

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Post by Palmik »

jswny wrote: post #144
mmaunder wrote: post #41

We were heavy users of Claude Code ($70K+ spend per year) and have almost completely switched to codex CLI. I'm doing massive lifts with it on software that would never before have been feasible for me personally, or any team I've ever run. I'll use Claude Code maybe once every two weeks as a second set of eyes to inspect code and document a bug, with mixed success. But my experience has been that initially Claude Co…

I find Codex CLI to be very good too, but it’s missing tons of features that I use in Claude Code daily that keep me from switching full time. - Good bash command permission system - Rollbacks coupled with conversation and code - Easy switching between approval modes (Claude had a keybind that makes this easy) - Ability to send messages while it’s working (Codex just queues them up for after it’s done, Claude injects…

I am not sure copying your competitors feature-by-feature is always a good strategy. It can make the onboarding of your competitor's users easier, but lead to a worse product overall.

This is especially the case in a fast moving field such as this. You would not want to get stuck in the same local minimum as your competitor.

I would rather we have competing products that try different things to arrive at a better solution overall.

Re: Claude Code on the web

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Post by Palmik »

bad_haircut72 wrote: post #204
mmaunder wrote: post #41

We were heavy users of Claude Code ($70K+ spend per year) and have almost completely switched to codex CLI. I'm doing massive lifts with it on software that would never before have been feasible for me personally, or any team I've ever run. I'll use Claude Code maybe once every two weeks as a second set of eyes to inspect code and document a bug, with mixed success. But my experience has been that initially Claude Co…

Im not saying this is a paid endorsement but the internet is dead and I wonder what openAI would pay, if they could, to get such a glowing review as top comment on HN

I'm not saying this was a paid comment, but if we're going to speculate, we could just as easily ask what Anthropic would pay, if they could, to drown out a strongly pro-OpenAI take sitting at the top of their own promotional HN thread.

That said, you're right that the broader internet (Reddit especially) is heavily astroturfed. It's not unusual to see "What's the best X?" threads seeded by marketers, followed by hoard of suspiciously aligned comments.

But without actual evidence, these kind of meta comments like yours (and mine) are just a cynical noise.

Re: Claude Code on the web

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Post by Palmik »

cesarvarela wrote: post #69
mmaunder wrote: post #41

We were heavy users of Claude Code ($70K+ spend per year) and have almost completely switched to codex CLI. I'm doing massive lifts with it on software that would never before have been feasible for me personally, or any team I've ever run. I'll use Claude Code maybe once every two weeks as a second set of eyes to inspect code and document a bug, with mixed success. But my experience has been that initially Claude Co…

Can you share an example of the tasks you found Codex being much better? From my experience Claude Code is much better.

Curiously, you yourself did not provide an example where, from your experience, Claude Code was much ebtter.

Re: Claude Code on the web

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Post by 013 »

mmaunder wrote: post #41

We were heavy users of Claude Code ($70K+ spend per year) and have almost completely switched to codex CLI. I'm doing massive lifts with it on software that would never before have been feasible for me personally, or any team I've ever run. I'll use Claude Code maybe once every two weeks as a second set of eyes to inspect code and document a bug, with mixed success. But my experience has been that initially Claude Co…

What are the usage limits for Codex compared to Claude Code?

Re: Claude Code on the web

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Post by loveparade »

visiondude wrote: post #238
loveparade wrote: post #229

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't feel off to me because that's the exact experience I've had as well. So it's unsurprising to me that many other people share that experience. I'm sure there is a bunch of paid promotion going on for all kinds of stuff on HN (especially what gets onto the front page), but I don't think this is one of those cases.

Oh cool, can you share concrete examples of times codex out performed Claude Code? I’m my experience both tools needs to be carefully massaged with context to fulfill complex task.

I don't really see how examples are useful because you're not going to understand the context. My prompt may be something like "We recently added a new transcription backend api (see recent git commits), integrate it into the service worker. Before implementing, create a detailed plan, ask clarifying questions, and ask for approval before writing code"

Does that help you? I doubt it. But there you go.

Re: Claude Code on the web

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Post by dr_dshiv »

brigandish wrote: post #268
bad_haircut72 wrote: post #204

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Im not saying this is a paid endorsement but the internet is dead and I wonder what openAI would pay, if they could, to get such a glowing review as top comment on HN

The only way to tell human from AI now is disagreeableness, it’s the one thing the GPTs refuse to do. I can’t stand their cloying sycophancy but at least it means that serial complainers will gain some trust, at least for as long as Americans are leading the hunt and deciding to baby us.

On the other hand, formulaic disagreement underpins most of modern media; made by humans or not, it ends up as dehumanizing as a train wreck.

Re: Claude Code on the web

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Post by Arisaka1 »

thecoppinger wrote: post #182
pkreg01 wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I totally agree. I remember the June magic as well - almost overnight my abilities and throughput were profoundly increased, I had many weeks of late nights in awe and wonder trying things that were beyond my ability to implement technically but within the bounds of my conceptual understanding. Initially, I found Codex CLI with GPT-5 to be a substitute for Claude Code - now GPT-5 Codex materially surpasses it in my l…

> trying things that were beyond my ability to implement technically but within the bounds of my conceptual understanding This is a really neat way of describing the phenomenon I've been experiencing and trying to articulate, cheers!

When I was in high school, I would see the algebra teacher work through expressions and go "ohhh, that makes sense". But when I got back home to work with the homework, I couldn't make the pieces fit.

Isn't that the same? Just because you recognize something someone else wrote and makes you go "ohh, I understand it conceptually" doesn't mean that you can apply that concept in a few days or weeks.

So when the person you responded to says:

>almost overnight *my abilities* and throughput were profoundly increased

I'd argue the throughput did but his abilities really weren't, because without the tool in question you're just as good as before the tool. To truly claim that his abilities were profoundly increased, he has to be able to internalize the pattern, recognize the pattern, and successfully reproduce it across variable contexts.

Another example would be claiming that my painting abilities and throughput were profoundly increased, because I used to draw stick figures and now I can draw Yu-Gi-Oh! cards by using the tool. My throughput was really increased, but my abilities as a painter really haven't.

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