if you bounce between claude code and codex, that’s completely normal. the models are good at different things and everyone's workflow is dy…

if you bounce between claude code and codex, that’s completely normal. the models are good at different things and everyone's workflow is dynamic but you’re also paying multiple subscriptions, constantly rebuilding your context, and susceptible to any of the providers randomly nerfing your experience according to "business needs." switching models is easy when everything is stateless, but agents aren't stateless. the harness owns the context, memory, preferences, compaction, tools, workflows, etc therefore instead of asking the question "what model are you using?" , we should ask "who owns the harness around the model?" i think the winning agent UX is model-agnostic, lets you choose the best model for the job, and gives you more control over your context instead of trapping it with one provider

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Source: Harrison Chase (X) | 2026-04-12

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