Testing 8 AI coding tools in a week: A turbulent time for devs
aidenybai · x · 2026-08-20
Aiden Bai shared a list of 8 AI coding tools he used for more than 2 hours each in the past week: Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, OpenCode Desktop, Pi, Cursor, Devin, Grok Bot, and T3 Code.
He noted that it is a very turbulent time to choose a main AI coding tool.
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