I disagree. I've tried Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and Pi, and I _strongly_ prefer Pi.

I suppose it truly boils down to personal taste? My take[0] on AI including harnesses.

[0]: https://a.l3x.in/ai

Yeah why?

I bounce between codex and cc all the time. There is no moat there.

That's quite surprising, of the set {Claude Code, Codex, Pi, OMP} I must say I find CC to be the worst.

They all have some annoying downsides and I use CC the most, but it's gotten to the point where I'm for sure actively shopping around for better harnesses.

Huh.. well maybe... but I can only assume you are not a developer

I tried the Claude $20 plan for two weeks and burned the rest of it due to how much token anxiety it gave me. And I'm not ready to keep throwing money at it for it to become usable. Gemini models are actually fine for me as an amateur+ I found especially since they have regional pricing and a very generous side items package.

I use the models but not the "harness" though. Not directly anyway. I am still handicapped by the CLI when running in Paseo. Both antigravity and agy are toys compared to what has been available for at least two years.

Why though?