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I use both Codex and Claude models in it, often interchangably - sub agents from one to the other as needed. (Bias, I'm more familiar with Codex than Claude as I worked on Codex when I was at OpenAI, but mainly on the", "context": "former OpenAI employee who worked on Codex", "use_case": "AI coding with Codex and Claude models", "switched_from": "", "story": "T3 Code now synced between GitHub and GitCafe"}, {"id": 799152032, "item_id": 49947002, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49947002", "by": "fratellobigio", "date": "2026-10-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Seems to work quite well with my Claude subscription", "excerpt": "I use a T3 Code pod in a kubernetes Deployment (sadly no official Docker image), with a PVC so configs and cloned repos survive pod restarts. Seems to work quite well with my Claude subscription (no GPU in my homelab yet)", "context": "runs a homelab", "use_case": "coding agent in Kubernetes homelab", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Pi pod \u2013 Run your pi coding agent in sandboxes on your own server"}, {"id": 791809393, "item_id": 49488087, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49488087", "by": "jackjeff", "date": "2026-08-29", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "when I use codex/claude/t3 code, but usually via GUI", "excerpt": "Thanks for the reply. That makes sense. It\u2019s sort of what I do too when I use codex/claude/t3 code, but usually via GUI. The in-editor context review is something that does not seem long for first world. Sadly. Maybe I\u2019ll be forced to make a zed extension or something, maybe on top of jujustu\u2026", "context": "", "use_case": "coding agents", "switched_from": "", "story": "Our decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX"}, {"id": 790266832, "item_id": 49391677, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49391677", "by": "nzoschke", "date": "2026-08-21", "stance": "compare", "quote": "How does this compare to https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code or https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo?", "excerpt": "How does this compare to https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code or https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo? Is there a good resource indexing all the coding agent tools / harnesses? Every awesome list I've found so far seems very incomplete, but I'm sure its impossible to keep up. My daily drivers are still: - exe.dev + Shelley + terminal multiplexer (https://zmx.sh/ or tmux) + `codex` CLI - Conductor.build I would love an op", "context": "", "use_case": "coding agent harness", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Proliferate- open-source, self-hostable Codex for any coding agent"}]}