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Non-tech background, choosing between using CLaudeCode and CodeX

A user with a non-technical background seeks advice on choosing between CLaudeCode and CodeX for testing app concepts and website ideas. Commenters suggest starting with cheaper LLMs like Deepseek or Mistral to experiment before investing in state-of-the-art models.

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Primarily looking to test out app concepts and website ideas. What is exactly the main differences or pros\cons with each of these LLM"s when just 'having fun' 'shipping code' ?

None that should matter to you. Maybe you should start with something cheaper instead of SOTA e.g. Deepseek, Mistral, etc. They're not as good but not as bad as some say either. These cheaper LLMs will allow you to experiment much more until you get some sort of workflow on using LLMs and the switch to the expensive ones.

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