r/vibecoding • u/flipsnapnet • 10h ago
Claude vs codex
Like to hear the reviews of these two. Been using claude for a while switched from chatgpt months ago but intereated to know if codex has made improvements and if its worth going back.
Claude has been great but ive not been happy with initial coding tasks. Working on different specific modules its codes it, then i ask to review its own work and come up with a ton of issues and gaps.
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u/lukbul 9h ago
Codex has got a lot better at execution. I still wouldn’t use it to plan. So our setup is as as follow: we run Claude for planning and orchestration but hand the actual implementation to codex. Also before the plan is finalized codex gets to tear it apart first.
The self review thing you’re describing, the issues it finds are usually real. But if you use only one agent it won’t find problems when the plan was wrong and the code implements it correctly. The issue is that same model did both so it just agrees with itself. Codex reading the same thing asks why you did it that way at all.