Why hackers moved from Claude to Qwen3-Coder-Next
1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“I switched from Claude to Qwen3-Coder-Next for day-to-day on dev projects and don't see a big difference.”redwood_, 2026-02-05original comment ↗
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Claude vs Qwen3-Coder-Next
| Claude | Qwen3-Coder-Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 24 | 2 |
| Hackers who criticize | 25 | 0 |
| Moved away from it | 13 | 0 |
| Moved to it | 11 | 1 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of Claude
“But yet they can afford to pay Anthropic $200/mo forever?”lrvick, 2026-10-30original comment ↗
“I've mostly switched from Claude to Codex because I find the harness so buggy and annoying that I avoid it when I can.”overgard, 2026-10-14original comment ↗
“at the end both models swore that the code is perfect and well designed and nothing is lacking.”username_my1, 2026-09-28original comment ↗
“Claude always spoke to me with a suspicious side eye as if I was trying to do something naughty.”declan_roberts, 2026-09-22original comment ↗
“after I cancelled my Claude subscription because it found tge responses verbose, condescending.”andsoitis, 2026-09-20original comment ↗
Praise for Qwen3-Coder-Next
“Given its speed, large context window, and willingness to experiment like you mentioned I think it might actually be the best option for agentic coding on the 395+ for…”read full quote
“Given its speed, large context window, and willingness to experiment like you mentioned I think it might actually be the best option for agentic coding on the 395+ for now.”