Why hackers moved from Codex to Claude
1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“I recently switched from Codex to Claude”RestartKernel, 2026-09-16original comment ↗
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Codex vs Claude
| Codex | Claude | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 18 | 24 |
| Hackers who criticize | 4 | 25 |
| Moved away from it | 1 | 13 |
| Moved to it | 12 | 11 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of Codex
“I could not figure out how to require Codex to ask me before editing files.”ferris-booler, 2026-08-10original comment ↗
“Lots of customers fled to Codex and they got crunched as well.”jeremyjh, 2026-04-23original comment ↗
“Codex (GPT 5.4 / High) where it was unflinchingly gaslighting me about undesired behavior still occurring after a change it made”toraway, 2026-03-14original comment ↗
Praise for Claude
“those apps while not the best gui apps, already infinitely better than tui”nsonha, 2026-10-01original comment ↗
“I absolutely love Claude's coding capabilities”pid0x17, 2026-09-15original comment ↗
“claude was able to diagnose that the 2013 rail is around 11.44v (outside of the 10v range iirc)”jlawrence6809, 2026-09-02original comment ↗
“So far all the suggestion that Opus 5.0 offered me, always aligned with what i wanted.”benjiro29, 2026-08-13original comment ↗
“Clause writes scaffolds quick and flawless anyway”search_facility, 2026-07-26original comment ↗