Standardizing AI Tools Doesn't Make Sense Now

Codex is damn good. So good that I canceled Claude Code and switched. Funny thing is, I remember doing something similar just a few months ago by switching to Claude Code from Cursor. And GitHub Copilot before that.

Each cycle of using a tool is getting shorter and shorter. We might have used Copilot for many months, Cursor for a few months, and Claude Code for a couple of months. Not sure how long Codex is going to last.

That brings me to everyone’s favourite question: do foundation models have a moat, or will they just become infrastructure given enough time?

As a user, I don’t care. It doesn’t matter. I don’t have affinity or loyalty toward any of them. Sure, I enjoyed Claude Code until it became annoying. But whatever lets me ship that next feature faster is the only loyalty.

If the rate of change is so intense, how do you standardize any tool at a company? We cannot and should not.

We decided to give everyone at Actalyst a free hand to subscribe to any AI tools, up to USD 200 per month. Users should choose what’s best for their workflow.