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The new tools, up close
OpenAI Codex in late 2026: CLI, cloud, IDE and mobile. What it does well, what it costs, and how it compares to Claude Code day to day.
01Codex up close: what OpenAI actually installs on your machine
OpenAI Codex in late 2026: CLI, cloud, IDE and mobile. What it does well, what it costs, and how it compares to Claude Code day to day.
02Grok Bot up close: a cloud computer that holds your passwords
SpaceXAI's Grok Bot: what it does on its own, what it costs when sources disagree, where it breaks, and the open-source alternative.
03ChatGPT up close: the features engineers leave switched off
Projects, memory, canvas, deep research, agent and connectors in ChatGPT: what each one does, where it breaks, and what to turn on this week.
04Claude Design up close: the tool that reads your repo and draws you a deck
Anthropic's Claude Design: what it builds, how it learns your design system from code, what it costs, where it fails, and when Open Design or Figma win.