For developers who live in the terminal and want ChatGPT‑level reasoning plus the power to actually run code, manipulate files, and iterate – all under version control. In short, it’s chat‑driven development that understands and executes your repo.
This sounds like a seriously powerful tool for devs who live in the terminal. Combining ChatGPT-level reasoning with real execution, file manipulation, and version control could really streamline workflows. Excited to see how this evolves for hands-on coding environments!
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Codex keeps shipping new features, but compared to Claude Code's CLI agent, it still lacks that "let the agent handle it" autonomy for multi-step tasks. Hope the team closes the gap soon — healthy competition benefits all developers.
I chose Codex CLI because it fits how I like to build — fast, direct, and execution-focused.
For RaptorCI, I needed something that could quickly generate, modify, and test code in tight loops. Codex leans towards autonomous execution and speed, which made it ideal for rapidly shipping the first version and iterating on real usage.
Claude Code is great for deeper reasoning and structured collaboration, but I found Codex better suited for quickly turning ideas into working systems.
Codex helped us accelerate coding tasks, implementation experiments, and technical drafting during the build process. We chose it because it was useful for turning natural-language ideas into working code and faster iteration.
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OpenAI's answer to Claude Code.
Not be confused with Codex CLI by Microsoft, nor OpenAI Codex, which was launched in 2021!
This sounds like a seriously powerful tool for devs who live in the terminal. Combining ChatGPT-level reasoning with real execution, file manipulation, and version control could really streamline workflows. Excited to see how this evolves for hands-on coding environments!
Codex keeps shipping new features, but compared to Claude Code's CLI agent, it still lacks that "let the agent handle it" autonomy for multi-step tasks. Hope the team closes the gap soon — healthy competition benefits all developers.
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@axindie they might just buy Windsurf instead. For $3B.
I appreciate the CLI integration for devs! 😄