New ChatGPT felt easier than Claude on a large coding project
This is a comparison based on several months of using Claude to build a fairly large project. Claude previously felt clearly better than ChatGPT for this work, but the new ChatGPT with GPT-5.5 changed that view.
Beyond answer quality, ChatGPT appeared to remember the wider project and its goal better, reducing repeated explanations. Its suggestions also fit the existing design instead of pushing unnecessary rewrites.
Claude remained strong for long , but ChatGPT became the more frequently used tool over the following few days because it felt easier to work with. This is a brief personal experience from one project, not a controlled comparison showing that others will get the same result.
Key points
- The new ChatGPT kept track of the large project's goal and structure more effectively.
- Less back-and-forth was needed to explain what the project was trying to achieve.
- ChatGPT's suggestions were more consistent with the existing design and avoided needless rewrites.
- Claude still worked well for long .
- The comparison covers one project and only a few days with the new ChatGPT app.