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The next realization will be that Claude isn't clearly(/any?) better than Google's coding agents.
by xnx 10mo ago
The next realization will be that Claude isn't clearly(/any?) better than Google's coding agents.
- Analemma_ 10mo agoI think Gemini 3.0 the model is smarter than Opus 4.5, but Claude Code still gives better results in practice than Gemini CLI. I assume this is because the model is only half the battle, and the rest is how good your harness and integration tooling are. But that also doesn't seem like a very deep moat, or something Google can't catch up on with focused attention, and I suspect by this time next year, or maybe even six months from now, they'll be about the same.
- overfeed 10mo ago> But that also doesn't seem like a very deep moat, or something Google can't catch up on with focused attention, and I suspect by this time next year, or maybe even six months from now, they'll be about the same. The harnessing in Google's agentic IDE (Antigravity) is pretty great - the output quality is indistinguishable between Opus 4.5 and Gemini 3 for my use cases[1] 1. I tend to give detailed requirements for small-to-medium sized tasks (T-shirt sizing). YMMV on larger, less detailed tasks.
- SilverSlash 10mo agoClaude is cranked to the max for coding and specifically agentic coding and even more specifically agentic coding using Claude Code. It's like the macbook of coding LLMs.
- nmfisher 10mo agoClaude Code + Opus 4.5 is an order of magnitude better than Gemini CLI + Gemini 3 Pro (at least, last time I tried it). I don't know how much secret sauce is in CC vs the underlying model, but I would need a lot of convincing to even bother with Gemini CLI again.
- cageface 10mo agoThat hasn’t been my experience. I agree Opus has the edge but it’s not by that much and I still sometimes get better results from Gemini, especially when debugging issues. Claude Code is much better than Gemini CLI though.