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Developers report switching from Claude Code to Codex after quality concerns

Multiple developers on Hacker News report abandoning Anthropic's Claude Code for OpenAI's Codex or other providers after experiencing what they describe as a quality decline over the last 2-3 months, raising questions about Claude's viability as a primary coding assistant.

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Developers report switching from Claude Code to Codex after quality concerns
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Multiple developers on Hacker News report abandoning Claude Code for Codex or other providers after experiencing what they describe as quality decline over the last 2-3 months, according to discussion threads. The reports raise questions about Claude's viability as a primary coding assistant.

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