Been using both daily since launch. The competition is pushing both tools forward fast.

Codex's speed advantage is real for iteration. But Claude Code's reasoning depth and frontend design instincts still win for anything beyond quick prototyping. The "also good" framing is accurate—it's not "better," it's "differently good."

Wrote a head-to-head comparison after 2 months of daily use: thoughts.jock.pl/p/clau…

The interesting part isn't which model wins. It's how the ecosystem around each shapes the actual developer experience.