I regularly use both Claude Code and Codex; work pays for Claude, my personal sub is for Codex.
Opus 4.7 and GPT 5.5 seem equally competent. They have distinct “feels” when interacting, and perhaps each have strengths and weaknesses, but I don’t really see one as better than the other.
I don't use the harness anymore, but it was fine. I switched to an agnostic harness that uses a multitude of models -- often the GPT ones.
Anyone that cares about quality first and foremost switches harnesses pretty fast, the features are just insane. I want to be able to dictate the models that do vision versus code, for example. I want agentic memory that I can manage. I want better permissions controls than CC or codex, I want better file editing and reversion; better harnesses out there for all of these points.
The problem with Codex is that Codex is largely only for code due to its more aggressive sandboxing. Claude can do pretty much everything for your computer out of the box. It is not insurmountable, but it is a big barrier to convince anyone to use it for anything beyond code review.
Take this with a pinch of slat, but look at the subreddits:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/ 1m Weekly visitors, 19K Weekly contributions
https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/ 372K Weekly visitors, 11K Weekly contributions
Looks like it's 2nd place, but still popular.
Codex is great, both the CLI and Codex.app.
I regularly use both Claude Code and Codex; work pays for Claude, my personal sub is for Codex.
Opus 4.7 and GPT 5.5 seem equally competent. They have distinct “feels” when interacting, and perhaps each have strengths and weaknesses, but I don’t really see one as better than the other.
start with claude
use it 2 make the plan
use it 2 implement
when u hit the limit switch 2 codex
use codex to code review the implementation
never ask codex to implement its own feedback (wait for claude)
go between codex (review) and claude (respond 2 review with changes) until u get no issues found
then u commit
and greptile will maybe complain
use /greploop to close greptile gripes
winning
the harness or the model?
I don't use the harness anymore, but it was fine. I switched to an agnostic harness that uses a multitude of models -- often the GPT ones.
Anyone that cares about quality first and foremost switches harnesses pretty fast, the features are just insane. I want to be able to dictate the models that do vision versus code, for example. I want agentic memory that I can manage. I want better permissions controls than CC or codex, I want better file editing and reversion; better harnesses out there for all of these points.
are you using opencode ?
I’ve switched almost all my usage to codex. For the simple reason that it’s more reliable.
I have mostly seen people using claude code, never heard anyone using Codex.
Yes. Pretty sure you’re falling for marketing
The problem with Codex is that Codex is largely only for code due to its more aggressive sandboxing. Claude can do pretty much everything for your computer out of the box. It is not insurmountable, but it is a big barrier to convince anyone to use it for anything beyond code review.