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Quick impressions: A week of using Codex more than Claude

SteadyVane has taken 36 readings of Quick impressions: A week of using Codex more than Claude since Aug 21, 2026: 60 points at the first reading, 245 at the latest (+185). Its biggest one-day gain was +133 on Aug 23, 2026.

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first seen points

245

peak points

245

latest points

observations

first seen Aug 21, 2026 · last seen Aug 26, 2026 · published Aug 21, 2026

Day by day

Day (UTC)	points	Change
Aug 26, 2026	245	+3
Aug 25, 2026	242	0
Aug 24, 2026	242	+12
Aug 23, 2026	230	+133
Aug 22, 2026	97	+33
Aug 21, 2026	64	+4

Each day's last reading. Change: against the day before (after days with no reading: since the last day that has one); the first day shows the change within that day.

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