Dev complains about Claude Code TUI, touts self-building IDE 'bb'

Developer jtaby criticized Claude Code's terminal TUI experience as far worse than Codex's desktop app, though he still switched back for the model. In the discussion, another developer recommended 'bb', a self-building IDE where everything can be customized with a single prompt plus plugins.

2026-09-26 ~ 2026-09-26 · 2 related posts

• Developer rants: Claude Code's TUI is far worse than Codex's app, but he'll switch back anyway — jtaby · 2026-09-26
• bb, the IDE that builds itself: add any feature with a single prompt via plugins — msg · 2026-09-26