The tool stack fatigue is real. I've been trying to minimize mine down to Claude Code for basically everything, then add specialized tools only when it breaks.
The main finding: they excel at different tasks and the overlap is smaller than the marketing suggests. For copywriting and strategy work, Claude Code's context persistence via CLAUDE.md files changes the workflow completely. Worth testing if you haven't.
The tool stack fatigue is real. I've been trying to minimize mine down to Claude Code for basically everything, then add specialized tools only when it breaks.
Ran a proper comparison between Claude Code and Codex after two months of daily use since everyone keeps asking which one: https://thoughts.jock.pl/p/claude-code-vs-codex-real-comparison-2026
The main finding: they excel at different tasks and the overlap is smaller than the marketing suggests. For copywriting and strategy work, Claude Code's context persistence via CLAUDE.md files changes the workflow completely. Worth testing if you haven't.