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title: "I replaced Claude Code with Codex, but not for smarter AI"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-claude-code-with-codex-but-not-for-smarter-ai-jk7fb9wb3
source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-replaced-claude-code-with-codex-but-not-for-smarter-ai
type: article
source: "XDA Developers"
published: 2026-05-30T16:34:15.711Z
updated: 2026-05-30T16:35:51.925Z
tags: ["llm", "ai-coding", "claude-code", "codex"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 1
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# I replaced Claude Code with Codex, but not for smarter AI

**[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

A freelance developer shares their experience switching from Claude Code to OpenAI's Codex as their primary AI coding tool — not because Codex is smarter, but because it better fits their workflow. Claude Code excels as a high-context collaborator and project planner, but its large context window leads to significant token costs during long sessions. Codex, by contrast, feels like a quiet senior engineer: less conversational, more execution-focused, and practical for developers who already know what they want to build. The key takeaway is that workflow fit matters as much as raw AI capability or benchmark scores.

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Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@kipkemoiphilipe** · 0 upvotes

> I have experienced this claude effect. You prompt it to give you a simple line of code then it goes a head and generate a whole folder setup 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

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