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OpenAI Codex CLI: Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal

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514 points mfiguiere | 2 comments | 16 Apr 25 17:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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cube2222 ◴[16 Apr 25 19:47 UTC] No.43709576[source]▶
Fingers crossed for this to work well! Claude Code is pretty excellent.

I’m actually legitimately surprised how good it is, since other coding agents I’ve used before have mostly been a letdown, which made me only use Claude in direct change prompting with Zed (“implement xyz here”, “rewrite this function with abc”, etc), so very hands-on.

So I’ve went into trying out Claude Code rather pessimistically, and now I’m using it all the time! Sure, it ends up costing a bunch, but it’s easy to justify $15 for a prompting session if the end result is a mostly complete PR, done much faster.

All that is to say - competition is good, fingers crossed for codex!

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retinaros ◴[16 Apr 25 19:56 UTC] No.43709674[source]▶
too expensive. I cant understand why everyone is into claude code vs using claude in cursor or windsurf.
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newlisp ◴[16 Apr 25 21:01 UTC] No.43710341[source]▶
Why is using cursor with sonnet cheaper than using claude code?
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1. therealmarv ◴[16 Apr 25 21:05 UTC] No.43710387[source]▶
probably because cursor is betting on many paying people not using their tool to full extend. Like people paying on their gym memberships but not going to the gym.

Or they are burning VC money.

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2. cube2222 ◴[16 Apr 25 21:11 UTC] No.43710424[source]▶
I've read anecdotal evidence that it uses tokens more sparingly than Claude Code - supported by the, likewise anecdotal, evidence that Claude Code is more effective in practice. However, that would be reasonable, as basically 1-3 sessions with Claude Code cost what a whole month of Cursor costs.