Developers Complain OpenAI Codex Is Slower and Buggier as Claude Code Surges Ahead

Multiple developers report OpenAI Codex has been slow and buggy for over ten days, while Anthropic's Claude desktop app and Claude Code deliver a noticeably better experience, with stronger models and quotas.

2026-10-05 ~ 2026-10-05 · 2 related posts

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