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NoClaude Code, Codex · 9 Apr 2026

At work Claude Code has turned into an absolute dog

alexjplant on Hacker News

In the thread “Reallocating $100/Month Claude Code Spend to Zed and OpenRouter”, replying to this comment

Helped: Switching to Codex CLI restored previous quality levels.

Got in the way: Claude Code ignores instructions and lacks architecture or tests.

For personal use I've noticed Claude (via the web-based chat UI) making really bizarre mistakes lately like ignoring input or making completely random assumptions. At work Claude Code has turned into an absolute dog. It fails to follow instructions and builds stuff like a lazy junior developer without any architecture, tests, or verification. …