{
  "id": 16485407,
  "title": "I built a complex app with Claude Code, Google Antigravity, and Codex, and only one felt like a coding veteran",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/i-built-a-complex-app-with-claude-code-google-antigravity-and-codex",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-25T14:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "XDA Developers",
    "slug": "xda-developers",
    "url": "https://www.xda-developers.com/built-app-with-claude-code-google-antigravity-codex-one-coding-veteran/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Three AI coding tools, Claude Code, Google Antigravity, and OpenAI Codex, were challenged to build a personal finance management app with interactivity, expense tracking, budget management, and functional pages. The author aimed to determine which tool would produce a polished, functional application with minimal manual intervention.\n\nOpenAI Codex, powered by GPT-6 Astra, produced a functional app with a green background and generally followed instructions. However, it exhibited poor typography, small text, and unrefined interfaces, affecting readability and overall polish. The transactions page and Analytics page were particularly disappointing.\n\nGoogle Antigravity, powered by Gemini 3.8, exhibited a significant improvement over Codex. It featured proper sizing of text, natural spacing, and an overall refined presentation. The Savings Goals page was notably well-designed, while the Transactions page needed more attention. Antigravity's icons lacked personality compared to Claude Code's offerings.\n\nClaude Code emerged as the clear winner, handling the app building with an expert touch. Its typography, spacing, and overall design felt polished and professional. Claude Code thoughtfully added data visualizations throughout the application, and its gradients, icons, and animations enhanced the user experience. Unlike Codex and Antigravity, Claude Code implemented elements consistently across the app, creating a cohesive and intuitive interface.\n\nIn conclusion, while all three AI coding tools demonstrated the ability to build a functional app, Claude Code excelled in delivering a refined, professional experience. For future projects, the author is confident in turning to Claude Code as the top choice for building polished, everyday-use applications.",
  "summary": "Only one truly understood my vision.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Top Anthropic engineer says Claude now writes 'literally all' her team's code",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/top-anthropic-engineer-says-claude-now-writes-literally-all-her-teams",
        "published": "2026-10-22T09:00:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dev.to",
        "title": "How I built a Mac app that hands your screen to Claude Code, Codex and Cursor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/how-i-built-a-mac-app-that-hands-your-screen-to-claude-code-codex-and",
        "published": "2026-10-22T17:42:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "Claude flags nearly 500 worrying open source security issues — C, Java, and Python code all at risk as one flaw wasn't spotted for 21 years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/claude-flags-nearly-500-worrying-open-source-security-issues-c-java",
        "published": "2026-10-22T18:35:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}