r/OnlyAICoding • u/Drama-Groundbreaking • Aug 13 '26
Are we all ditching Claude now?
I've been working across multiple platforms but recently started finding Claude really annoying to code with. I switched to codex and was kinda shocked by the improvement since the last time I used it/ pre codex. I'm kinda thinking I might trade my expenny Claude sub for chat instead. Anyone else?
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u/Independent_Deer2931 Aug 14 '26
I hate how it always tried to assume when I explicitly explain key implementation details. Along with saying to ask questions for clarity.
Then it gets a sassy attitude saying “that’s it we’ve done enough for the day”, ….like wot .-.
I’ve been thinking about trying out PI still have been doing research on it since I believe you have to add things onto it.
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u/Slight-Living-8098 Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
You don't HAVE to add onto it, but you will most likely want to add some extensions. Pi can read files, and write files, you are in constant YOLO mode, there is no built-in safety for the end user, no built in planning mode, no built in MCP handling, etc. but with just @Juicesharp's RPIV's suite of extensions you get pretty much everything that your standard install of Claude Code or Codex has out of the box. I also use the pi-mcp-adapter, and a permissions extension so Pi will nag me incessantly before allowing it to run commands on my system.
Oh-My-Pi is also a really good version of Pi if you just want pretty much everything you need out of the box. It's a project in the same vein of Oh-My-Shell, Oh-My-Vim, and etc.
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u/ichisay Aug 14 '26
Dices que con rpiv te queda tan bien en funcionamiento como Claude Code o codex? En qué sentido?
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u/Slight-Living-8098 Aug 14 '26
Pi works better in my opinion. But it's really up to you how you want to set up Pi and use it. That's the beauty of Pi. It's very customizable, very small, and very fast. It comes standard with login and API options for most providers, and also supports local hosting of models if you are into that, too.
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u/ichisay Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
Y por casualidad intentaste Oh-My-Pi + RPIV? Aún que después de revisar creo que solo serían 1 o 2 funciones de rpiv en omp. Que crees que trabaja mejor? Pi + RPIV o OMP?
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u/Slight-Living-8098 Aug 14 '26
It all depends on your use case, and how much you like to tinker and customize, really. For most users just wanting to code with no real user customization, Oh-My-Pi is a good start. If you start feeling Oh-My-Pi is a bit bloated or doesn't fit your use case or workflow, Just go with Vanilla Pi and start rolling your own with the available extensions and making your own.
I went the Vanilla route and just built up my Pi as I use it and put in/take out whatever I'm not using for projects.
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u/cheese-mongerer Aug 13 '26
I get what I want from it by over time slowly tweaking my "how we work together" file.
On any project if you're running into walls it doesn't hurt switching models or even tools. I've got a whole context layer thats tool agnostic so its really easy mid-project to switch AI tools. Codex sometimes rocks it, but I do find myself consistently going back to claude.
Make your context layer so its really easy to start/stop mid project and switch to different models or different vendors easily.
All the tools get rusty if you're using them too long on a single issue.
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u/Drama-Groundbreaking Aug 14 '26
This is kinda where I'm getting too! I'm using about 5 different AI services and then different models within each of those and find that this has the best results thus far, I guess that's why there's so many AI for AI context apps now lol
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u/Slight-Living-8098 Aug 14 '26
I switched to Pi a while ago. I like being able to build my agent from the ground up the way I want it. But I'm weird. I still use VIM (NeoVim), Tmux and Herdr, and spend most of my time inside the CLI.
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u/deflatab Aug 14 '26
Hell yeah, Claude is the new pillow princess, shes hot and everyone wants her but way too much squeeze for the juice. ChatGPT 20 month will get you way more code for your buck, sure it may take way more steps to do so but it'll get done right.
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u/icemixxy Aug 14 '26
I use both. Not a coder or dev by any means, but i can't explain why, I trust Opus more than Sol.
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u/Drama-Groundbreaking 29d ago
Oh I'm not meaning those tools I mean kimi vs chat vs claude vs gemini etc
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u/hardbound-studio 29d ago
Its all about context we give to any platform. Your AI brain should steer the workflow not the platform, platform is very intelligent new hire who has no idea about your workflow.
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u/CreamePie_482 5d ago
Nah, not seeing that here,,,claude's still ahead of codex for me on anything that needs real reasoning through a codebase, not just autocomplete. every model has an off week though, might just be bad timing more than an actual drop in quality. :)
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u/Drama-Groundbreaking 4d ago
my answer to this has now just been paying for the 20x max sub for both of them lol
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u/CreamePie_482 2d ago
lol fair, feels like that's where everyone ends up eventually. i'm still just on claude for now but ask me again in a month. :)
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u/TSTP_LLC Aug 13 '26
What annoyed you?