One day back on Codex after Claude Code: a stark gap in practice
Captain_Forge · reddit · 2026-08-23
A developer who has used Claude Code exclusively for 6+ months switched back to Codex (Sol) after burning through the 20x Claude Max weekly limit on hobby projects — and was shocked by the difference after just one day:
- Solves the wrong problem: described a serious bug, Codex latched onto a much more minor one and needed four redirections to get back on track.
- The Codex Linux GUI ANRs constantly, forcing several restarts.
- Poor recovery after restart: Codex insists its subworkers are still running when they died, until explicitly told otherwise.
- Spins its wheels more: explores wrong directions, loses the main objective, and needs far more steering.
- Weaker UX/product intuition: Sol leaves things messier than where it started.
The author caveats this is a small sample — about a day across four side projects — but the gap was stark enough that they're considering a second Anthropic subscription to dodge weekly limits, and asks other dual users whether this matches their experience.
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