How Aider works under the hood
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Codex and Aider look alike from the outside: you type, the model edits your code. Inside they are opposite designs. In Codex the model has tools and explores the repository itself. In Aider the model has no tools at all . The harness decides what the model sees, the model answers in plain text, and…
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- 2026-09-26 12:31 · DEV Community — AI
How Aider works under the hood