Dev says Codex writes the most unreadable output — he auto-queues 'explain in plain English'

willdepue · x · 2026-10-24

willdepue adds that both Codex and Claude write unreadable technical jargon, but Codex is clearly worse: he doesn't even read most of what it tells him and immediately queues an 'explain in plain English' follow-up instruction.

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