Khazix compares Claude and Codex on a spreadsheet automation task
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Khazix, a Chinese tech commentator posting as @Khazix0918 on X, says he compared Claude and Codex on the same task: downloading 20 weekly Excel files and merging them.
According to his post, Codex wrote a mouse-automation script with error handling and retries, while Claude noticed the files came from one database and wrote an SQL query that produces the final report directly. Khazix presents this as a contrast in approach. The post is a single account, and the report does not include any measured results beyond the two responses described.
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Khazix@Khazix0918XKhazix compares Claude and Codex through a spreadsheet automation exampleAIKhazix describes a user asking for a script to download 20 weekly Excel files and merge them by hand. GPT writes a mouse-automation script with error handling and retries, while Claude notes the files come from one database and writes an SQL query that generates the final report directly.
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