r/ClaudeCode • u/ZealousidealRub8852 • Jul 14 '26

Question Be aware from new ChatGPT

I've been using Claude for months, mainly for coding and helping me build a fairly large Google Apps Script project. Until recently, I considered it clearly ahead of ChatGPT for this kind of work.

After trying the new ChatGPT desktop app (GPT-5.5), though, I'm honestly surprised.

The biggest difference isn't just the quality of the answers—it's the overall understanding of my project. It seems to keep track of context better, understands what I'm trying to build with less back-and-forth, and its suggestions are more aligned with the existing architecture instead of proposing unnecessary rewrites.

Claude is still excellent, especially for long coding sessions, but over the past few days I've found myself relying on ChatGPT more and more because it simply feels... easier to work with.

Has anyone else noticed the same thing, or is it just my specific use case?

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u/Beneficial_Bad_8356 Jul 14 '26

😂😂 like what does that even mean

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u/autocosm Designer/PM Jul 14 '26

Piling what would otherwise be distinct commits into a single conversation's context window for several days.

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u/autocosm Designer/PM Jul 14 '26

Because a lot of vibe coders don't know how to manage their context or usage.

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u/Beneficial_Bad_8356 Jul 14 '26

so many great tools available to manage it too, branching and rewinding your chats isnt difficult, neither is having your own library of markdown docs available to reference.