Codex has been an excellent workhorse - doesn't feel like I have to dance around the guardrails, doesn't lose _everything_ when it compacts, and doesn't litter the workspace with a million and one planning to plan files

ibramGaunt on Hacker News

token usage on Claude models has dropped by 83% over the last month

In the thread “A week of using Codex more than Claude”, replying to this comment

Helped: Codex avoids guardrail dancing, data loss on compaction, and cluttered planning files.

Got in the way: Claude Opus enters cyclic loops; security constraints prevent using Fable.