I find that 2.5 Pro has a higher ceiling of understanding, while Claude writes more maintainable code with better comments. If we want to combine them... well, it should be easier to fix 2.5 than Claude. That said, neither is there yet.

Currently Claude Code is a big value-add for Claude. Google has nothing equivalent; aider requires far more manual work.

Same! I prefer the CLI, way easier when I’m connected via ssh from another network somewhere.