With Opus 5.5 strong at code, Claude fans no longer have to hide their preference
menhguin · x · 2026-10-21
A lighthearted take on AI model fandom: with Opus 5.5 now strong at coding, the author says she can openly like Claude without being judged by "Codex nerds" — a joke that captures the tribal rivalry between Claude and Codex user communities over coding benchmarks.
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