Developers say computer use is where Codex now leaves Claude Code far behind
signulll · x · 2026-11-05
After @YuchenjUW claimed 'the biggest gap between Claude Code and Codex now is computer use. Codex is just miles ahead here. I literally can't live without computer use,' signulll asked what the biggest use case is.
The exchange captures an emerging view among coding-agent power users: OpenAI's Codex has pulled clearly ahead of Anthropic's Claude Code on computer use (directly operating a machine to complete tasks), a capability some now consider indispensable.
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