I'm only familiar with the Anthropic equivalent, but the cognitive load is different as opposed to necessarily better or worse. I have friends who prefer mousing around the UI.

Tabs for long-running often-compacted sessions is a difference I've noticed in emergent UX.

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meerita 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I use Claude Code CLI, Codex Cli. Both are really good, they don't eat memory like the GUI apps.

	▲	ComputerPerson 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I use the CLI, too, but I enjoy watchinng people use the desktop apps. It seems like the desktop apps may be a little bit better suited for human-in-the-loop work. If you're already switching back and forth between a mouse, having an IDE running may make more sense. The best feeling has to be in the CLI, in my oppinion. A low-stakes project where you can let ultracode runaway from you in the CLI is the most fun.