top | item 45893222 (no title) williamstein | 3 months ago > Some models (looking at you, GPT-5-Codex) seemed to mistake “more complex” for “better.”That's what working with GPT-5-Codex on actual code also feels like. discuss order hn newest gh0stcat|3 months ago YES, and the sad truth is that the only person who can write good, simple code is likely the one who doesn't need an AI helper. ;( aurareturn|3 months ago Funny because I've felt that way and have switched back to Claude Sonnet 4.5 for agentic coding.If Sonnet doesn't solve my problem, sometimes Codex actually does.So it isn't like Codex is always worse. I just prefer to try Sonnet 4.5 first. pinbender|3 months ago So it's an accurate simulation of a programmer then
gh0stcat|3 months ago YES, and the sad truth is that the only person who can write good, simple code is likely the one who doesn't need an AI helper. ;(
aurareturn|3 months ago Funny because I've felt that way and have switched back to Claude Sonnet 4.5 for agentic coding.If Sonnet doesn't solve my problem, sometimes Codex actually does.So it isn't like Codex is always worse. I just prefer to try Sonnet 4.5 first.
gh0stcat|3 months ago
aurareturn|3 months ago
If Sonnet doesn't solve my problem, sometimes Codex actually does.
So it isn't like Codex is always worse. I just prefer to try Sonnet 4.5 first.
pinbender|3 months ago