I feel like the Claude guy tends to overproduce, like it just loves to go beyond the spec, add embellishments we didn't ask for
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Helped: Codex produces less unnecessary code than Claude.
Got in the way: Claude adds embellishments beyond spec, generating unnecessary code.
… We are reasonably serious about delivering work that has been reviewed and tested with humans who are at a minimum steering that process, at maximum doing it the good old fashioned way. I feel like the Claude guy tends to overproduce, like it just loves to go beyond the spec, add embellishments we didn't ask for, all this generates a ton more code which may or may not be necessary, and in certain areas of the product like UX this may be fine but in sensitive business logic it's a hard no, we need to throw it out and rewrite. I see much less of this with Codex and I look forward to trying an open model when we have time. …