GPT5-Codex finally is as good as a senior engineer for my specific use case
pkreg01 on Hacker News
40-50% cheaper
In the thread “Claude Code on the web”, replying to this comment
Helped: Codex for clean implementation; Claude for niche domain scaffolding.
Got in the way: Codex lacks niche domain understanding; Claude has placeholder issues.
… Then, I call in Codex to implement actual functionality since Codex does not have the "You're absolutely right" and mocked/placeholder implementation issues of CC, and just generally writes clean, maintainable, well-planned code. It's the first time I've ever really felt the whole "it's as good as a senior engineer" hype - I think, in most cases, GPT5-Codex finally is as good as a senior engineer for my specific use case. I think Codex is a generally better product with better pricing, typically 40-50% cheaper for about the same level of daily usage for me compared to CC. …