Some people state that "there is no vendor lock in" as a plus, and then don't have a product.
The author then uses this to make the argument that anyone claiming that has no product.
They say "If OpenAI weren't a model lab they wouldn't really even give the user the option of a model picker. The job is to hand the user the result. They do that no matter which model is selected underneath."
I would absolutely use claude code with other models. And people absolutely like to customize their environment and not get hit with a ton of random system prompts; there is value in the harness not being bad. The author even mentions T3 code.
I think codex/claude code are good harnesses. That doesn't preclude other ones from existing. If it weren't for the crazy subsidization, it would even make sense to use those harnesses on other models.
knollimar · · focus · HN ↗
Some people state that "there is no vendor lock in" as a plus, and then don't have a product.
The author then uses this to make the argument that anyone claiming that has no product.
They say "If OpenAI weren't a model lab they wouldn't really even give the user the option of a model picker. The job is to hand the user the result. They do that no matter which model is selected underneath."
I would absolutely use claude code with other models. And people absolutely like to customize their environment and not get hit with a ton of random system prompts; there is value in the harness not being bad. The author even mentions T3 code.
I think codex/claude code are good harnesses. That doesn't preclude other ones from existing. If it weren't for the crazy subsidization, it would even make sense to use those harnesses on other models.