Claude Code Spent 40 Mins Rejecting an Approach Codex Suggested 2 Hours Later
ProudCordonian · reddit · 2026-08-03
A developer shared an interesting real-world comparison of AI coding assistants: Claude Code spent a full 40 minutes reasoning through and ultimately rejecting a specific implementation approach. However, just two hours later, when the exact same task was given to OpenAI's Codex, it immediately suggested the very same approach that Claude had just dismissed.
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