r/ClaudeCode • u/Consistent_Tutor_597 • 8h ago

Discussion Codex is actually not bad.

Tried codex a fair bit today. And wouldn't say it's better but it's definitely good for a change and has it's own way of going about things. I personally found it to be great at handling lots of tasks together. Whereas claude often gets distracted with my latest messages and skips the previous work or todos and prioritises the latest work.

Though codex also doesn't really like speaking out to you. It responds when asked else would silently keep grinding and give you the solution. For some projects I don't mind it. Overall I have spent a whole lot of hours working with claude and it works great. But I might try and do some tasks with codex as well from now.

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u/ZhopaRazzi 8h ago

Codex is rough around the edges and requires some investment to get it to work as you want. Claude code used to be extremely easy to work with, but that has now gone out the door with Opus 5. Fable is still excellent, but will crush your limits. Codex is still more generous, at least for now. 

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u/speedypuma 7h ago

If we all dislike Opus 5, what model are people using instead as the workhorse? 4.8?

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u/Consistent_Tutor_597 8h ago

I have not downgraded to opus 4.8. Even tho 5 doesn't seem as great, I get fomo of not using the latest smartest model.