Claude Code vs. Codex: I built a sentiment dashboard from Reddit comments
3 days ago
- #AI-coding-tools
- #sentiment-analysis
- #Reddit-comparison
- A sentiment analysis dashboard was built to compare Claude Code and Codex using 500+ Reddit comments.
- Codex has more positive sentiment (65.3% of comments, 79.9% when weighted by upvotes) compared to Claude Code.
- Claude Code is discussed 4x more than Codex, possibly due to its popularity leading to more criticism.
- Codex outperforms Claude Code in most categories (e.g., problem-solving, code quality) except speed and workflows.
- GLM, a lesser-known Chinese coding agent, emerged as a cost-effective alternative in discussions.
- Methodology involved scraping Reddit comments and using Claude Haiku for sentiment analysis, costing under $1 for 500 comments.
- The dashboard and source code are publicly available for further exploration.