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Claude Code vs Aider in 2026: Six Months of Daily Use on Real Codebases

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We've run Claude Code and Aider daily for six months across a 150k-line Python backend, a TypeScript monorepo, and a Go microservices stack — two terminal-first AI coding agents that reject the IDE-sidebar approach entirely. No ghost text, no chat panel: a prompt, and an AI that reads and edits you…

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  1. 2026-09-13 09:28 · DEV Community — AI
    Claude Code vs Aider in 2026: Six Months of Daily Use on Real Codebases

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