[milancurcic]

> The industry had reason to be optimistic that 2025 would prove pivotal. In previous years, AI agents like Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex had become impressively adept at tackling multi-step computer programming problems.

Both of these agents launched mid-2025.

[bpavuk]

don't forget Aider from 2023

[outofpaper]

Still working hard and now we also have Aider-ce.

[LPisGood]

I’m confused. Claude is a few years old.

[advisedwang]

The parent comment specifically referenced Claude Code, which launched in Feb 2025 [1] and went GA May 2025 [2]. Codex also launched May 2025 [3].

[1] https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-3-7-sonnet

[2] https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-4

[3] https://openai.com/index/introducing-codex/

[bpavuk]

but not Claude Code. it was released just this summer (I guess?)

[userbinator]

That makes me wonder how much of the article is true, and how much was hallucinated by an AI.