Codex CLI with the gpt-5 family is ambient and reliable
CompoundEyes on Hacker News
In the thread “Claude.ai and API unavailable [fixed]”
Helped: Codex CLI reliability and lack of disconnections allow for sustained, effective work sessions.
Got in the way: Claude Code felt like an end in itself rather than a means to complete tasks.
… you this since like gpt-5 man!” “I know I know…” I have not spent much time with the recent Sonnet and Opus models, but from my experience using Sonnet 4 for 3 months all day everyday (no handwritten code) last summer to make a large Playwright suite was — using Claude Code and those models becomes more about using Claude Code than doing things with it. Codex CLI with the gpt-5 family is ambient and reliable. It’s not orange, there is no little sprite guy, emojis, whimsy, and humor. …