A Week of Using Codex More Than Claude: Quick Impressions
Quick impressions: A week of using Codex more than Claude
After a week of using OpenAI's Codex more than Anthropic's Claude, a developer shares personal observations. Key takeaways: Codex produces cleaner, more minimal code with fewer comments, but Claude excels at understanding intent and handling complex branching. Codex feels more like a technical tool, while Claude is more like a collaborative colleague. The author also notes differences in plugin support, debugging comfort, and MCP integration, concluding that Claude goes above and beyond while Codex does exactly what's asked.
I think the main difference I feel between Claude and Codex is that Claude tries to go above and beyond what is asked and guess what you might want and then directly do it, while Codex is more like a companion that does what you tell it but will not overdo it.