Comparison

4 posts

Honest side-by-side looks at the tools in this space, including the ones we don't make.

• 13 October 2026

  Claude Code /buddy is gone. These pets replaced it

  Anthropic's /buddy terminal pet lasted a week in April 2026. What happened, whether you can get it back, and the desktop pets that react to Claude Code now.

• 7 October 2026

  Claude Code has no GUI. Here is what people use

  Claude Code is a terminal tool, so every interface around it is third-party. An honest look at the desktop apps, what each is actually for, and how to pick.

• 7 October 2026

  Claude Code vs Gemini CLI vs Codex on a Mac

  Three terminal coding agents, three different temperaments. What each is good at, how they differ day to day, and why you do not have to pick just one.

• 7 October 2026

  Desktop pets for Mac: Shimeji, Bongo Cat and co

  A guide to desktop pets on macOS — the classics, the modern open-source ones, and the new kind that are wired to something real on your machine.