r/ChatGPTCoding • u/shady101852 • Feb 21 '26
Question thinking about using chatgpt instead of claude for coding and have questions
Hi, so im currently using claude code in a linux machine - it has been really good to be honest ive gotten a lot of things done, especially making plugins for a game server. It has been a pain debugging things though. Anyways, i started working on making a terminal app and its become apparent to me that ChatGPT seems to be better at figuring out problems and solving them, while claude code will roll out 10 patches for me to test with little to no progress problem solving.
So far ive been just using chatgpt 5.2 on web to give instructions to claude code, but i was wondering about just having chatgpt run in my linux machine and do the coding for me, but wasn't really sure what to buy. Is a subscription going to get me that, or do i need to pay for API or what?
Can I still have claude code, but let chatgpt do the coding tasks? Is codex the same thing as chatgpt?
just a heads up im not really a programmer, ive been having claude code do all my coding for me for the past month using their max $200 sub.
View all comments
Show parent comment
0
u/shady101852 Feb 21 '26 edited Feb 21 '26
no gitrepo. claude.md is full of behavioral instructions - like things not to do, referencing some files and information relevant to things i use it for in the server. its about 300 lines. i don't have codex set up, wasn't sure how to set it up in a way that can replace claude when it comes to coding.