Claude Code is the best AI coding tool I've used, and I’m not entirely sure if I can recommend it
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Claude Code is praised as the best terminal-based AI coding tool available, but its increasingly restrictive usage limits — even on the $100/month Max plan — make it hard to recommend. The author describes hitting hourly limits mid-session and being locked out for hours, forcing workflow scheduling around resets. Two alternatives are highlighted: OpenAI's Codex, which has improved significantly and offers more generous limits, and OpenCode, a free open-source tool that supports bring-your-own-model (including local LLMs), offering flexibility and privacy that Claude Code can't match. The closed-source nature of Claude Code is also flagged as a concern for developers working with sensitive or proprietary code.
