Dev on tool choice: Codex for known tasks, Claude for high-level conceptual exploration
menhguin · x · 2026-10-16
Developer menhguin explains his token split: most volume goes to Codex because when he roughly knows what to do (most of the time), Codex is extremely thorough — sometimes too thorough. But for rare high-level conceptual exploration, Claude is way better.
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