Many readers building with AI will choose between two camps: Anthropic (Claude CoWork & Claude Code) and OpenAI (Codex). This isn't a verdict — it's an honest map of the fork, so you can see where your own priorities point.
Tap the things that are true for you. The needle below shows where your priorities lean — not who's “better.”
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I'll be plain about my own position: I use the Anthropic side (CoWork) and I don't actively use Codex. That's not a judgment that one is better — it's where I landed, learned deeply, and stayed, because switching mid-project costs more than it saves. The honest answer for you depends on your own research and working habits.
If you want the case for Codex from someone who chose it, the brief points to Nate B. Jones' YouTube videos from around mid-June 2026. Curious what an agent with “hands and legs” actually does? See Inside an AI Agent.