> I used claude code, codex, and pi. Both claude code and codex feel like hot garbage. Codex sometimes hits 100% cpu after I close the terminal I was using it in and stays there until killed. Claude code will say things like 'press escape to cancel this dialog' but when I press escape it leaves the dialog open and interrupts claude instead. The behaviour of both changes from day to day.
> Pi works. I haven't used it heavily enough to have opinions about the design, but it feels like a regular piece of software instead of a fever dream with unit tests. All three are heavily vibe-coded, so I'm curious what the pi folks are doing differently to maintain some baseline level of code quality.
sadly, Anthropic has mistaken the quality of their model for the quality of their tools, so they force their subscribers to stay with their inferior client lest they wish to pay API prices, which I don't understand why anyone would
it sounds like the author (and you?) are using the CLI? I've found the mac desktop app to be great, or at least solve many complaints I had with the terminal version.
> Pi works. I haven't used it heavily enough to have opinions about the design, but it feels like a regular piece of software instead of a fever dream with unit tests. All three are heavily vibe-coded, so I'm curious what the pi folks are doing differently to maintain some baseline level of code quality.
sadly, Anthropic has mistaken the quality of their model for the quality of their tools, so they force their subscribers to stay with their inferior client lest they wish to pay API prices, which I don't understand why anyone would