Andrew Wilkinson praises Codex Mac app over Claude
Andrew Wilkinson posted that the Codex Mac app simplifies managing 10-15 tabs compared with Claude Code Mac or Terminal. A former regular Claude Code user, he switched after recommendations from Dan Shipper and Greg Isenberg. Wilkinson shared specific feature requests including AskQuestionTool access in work mode, faster updates, agent naming, cross-device syncing, and interface changes. Dan Shipper quote-tweeted the comparison. Greg Isenberg replied that he will visit OpenAI offices on Monday to relay the details.
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Andrew Wilkinson@awilkinsonThe Codex Mac app rocks. Visually I find it way easier to manage 10-15 tabs than Claude Code Mac or Terminal. The battle rolls on! I was a hardcore Claude Code user and when @gregisenberg and @danshipper pushed me to try it I was skeptical. Impressed. A few pieces of feedback that would make Codex sing (CC: @sama and @fidjissimo): 1. Not having the AskQuestionTool available in work mode (only plan mode) is a travesty! Being able to quickly reply vs get a wall of 15 text based questions that I have to type answers to totally takes me out of my flow. (I updated my settings so that it always switched to plan mode whenever it needs my input, but many users won't do this). 2. I can't explain it, but something about the way it updates on its activity / loads / visually thinks, makes it feel slower. 3. Giving the sub-agents names (like human names) is actually distracting. I would prefer to be able to infer what the agent is/does based on its name (Legal Whiz, NextJS Master, etc). 4. If you could solve preference/environment syncing across multiple Macs, that would be incredible. Current Git-based solutions are very hacky and cause all sorts of errors. If I change my settings on my Mac Studio, I'd love it if it synced to my MacBook. 5. It seems weird that it can't control its own integrated browser and use it to click around sites (unless I'm missing something?) Great work! Super impressed!
@awilkinson @gregisenberg Amazing!! It can def control the integrated browser
Andrew Wilkinson@awilkinsonThe Codex Mac app rocks. Visually I find it way easier to manage 10-15 tabs than Claude Code Mac or Terminal. The battle rolls on! I was a hardcore Claude Code user and when @gregisenberg and @danshipper pushed me to try it I was skeptical. Impressed. A few pieces of feedback that would make Codex sing (CC: @sama and @fidjissimo): 1. Not having the AskQuestionTool available in work mode (only plan mode) is a travesty! Being able to quickly reply vs get a wall of 15 text based questions that I have to type answers to totally takes me out of my flow. (I updated my settings so that it always switched to plan mode whenever it needs my input, but many users won't do this). 2. I can't explain it, but something about the way it updates on its activity / loads / visually thinks, makes it feel slower. 3. Giving the sub-agents names (like human names) is actually distracting. I would prefer to be able to infer what the agent is/does based on its name (Legal Whiz, NextJS Master, etc). 4. If you could solve preference/environment syncing across multiple Macs, that would be incredible. Current Git-based solutions are very hacky and cause all sorts of errors. If I change my settings on my Mac Studio, I'd love it if it synced to my MacBook. 5. It seems weird that it can't control its own integrated browser and use it to click around sites (unless I'm missing something?) Great work! Super impressed!
@awilkinson @danshipper going to the openai offices monday! hopefully i can relay this info :)
Andrew Wilkinson@awilkinsonThe Codex Mac app rocks. Visually I find it way easier to manage 10-15 tabs than Claude Code Mac or Terminal. The battle rolls on! I was a hardcore Claude Code user and when @gregisenberg and @danshipper pushed me to try it I was skeptical. Impressed. A few pieces of feedback that would make Codex sing (CC: @sama and @fidjissimo): 1. Not having the AskQuestionTool available in work mode (only plan mode) is a travesty! Being able to quickly reply vs get a wall of 15 text based questions that I have to type answers to totally takes me out of my flow. (I updated my settings so that it always switched to plan mode whenever it needs my input, but many users won't do this). 2. I can't explain it, but something about the way it updates on its activity / loads / visually thinks, makes it feel slower. 3. Giving the sub-agents names (like human names) is actually distracting. I would prefer to be able to infer what the agent is/does based on its name (Legal Whiz, NextJS Master, etc). 4. If you could solve preference/environment syncing across multiple Macs, that would be incredible. Current Git-based solutions are very hacky and cause all sorts of errors. If I change my settings on my Mac Studio, I'd love it if it synced to my MacBook. 5. It seems weird that it can't control its own integrated browser and use it to click around sites (unless I'm missing something?) Great work! Super impressed!