{"slug": "ask-hn-do-you-use-claude-code-codex-or-something-else", "title": "Ask HN: Do you use Claude Code, Codex, or something else?", "summary": "A Hacker News user asked which AI coding tools developers use, with commenters reporting they use Claude Code or Codex depending on employer access and preferences, noting trade-offs in laziness, guidance needs, and design intuition.", "body_md": "Hacker News\nnew\n | \npast\n | \ncomments\n | \nask\n | \nshow\n | \njobs\n | \nsubmit\nlogin\nAsk HN: Do you use Claude Code, Codex, or something else?\n3 points\n by \nJohnDSDev\n \n32 minutes ago\n \n | \nhide\n | \npast\n | \nfavorite\n | \n2 comments\nDo you use Claude Code, Codex, or a different vibe coding/agentic engineering tool for most of your work? Why?\n\nratio53\n \n6 minutes ago\n \n | \nnext\n \n[–]\n\nAt work we only have access to claude / kiro. I only use it via cli since I find this to be the most flexible setup as claude can find stuff anywhere, read, write and run programs etc.\nreply\nblinkbat\n \n30 minutes ago\n \n | \nprev\n \n[–]\n\nclaude - org pays for it.\norg used to pay for both, and i preferred codex back then (~3mo ago).\ni find claude to be significantly lazier or require significantly more guidance. it does, however, have better design and ui/ux intuition.\nreply\n\nGuidelines\n | \nFAQ\n | \nLists\n | \nAPI\n | \nSecurity\n | \nLegal\n | \nApply to YC\n | \nContact", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-do-you-use-claude-code-codex-or-something-else", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48612758", "published_at": "2026-06-20 20:34:56+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-20 21:08:09.306555+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "large-language-models", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Claude Code", "Codex", "Claude", "Kiro"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-do-you-use-claude-code-codex-or-something-else", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-do-you-use-claude-code-codex-or-something-else.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-do-you-use-claude-code-codex-or-something-else.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-do-you-use-claude-code-codex-or-something-else.jsonld"}}