Short answer: Jordan Metzner says big software goes to Cursor, Claude Code or Codex, quick throwaway apps needing a database to Replit or Lovable, and gimmick demos to Google AI Studio, Lovable or Bolt. Sam Nadler uses AI Studio for fast demos.
Watch this answer from Episode 38 (starts at 15:09) · Episode 38 notes and transcript
From Episode 38: We Built an AI Tool That Replaced a Week of Work, starting at 15:09.
Sam Nadler [15:08]: So how do you think about you know, obviously, you use Claude Code a lot. You use Codex. You use Google AI Studio. Back in the day, we've demoed things we've built on Bolt and Lovable that, we're not really using anymore. But how do you think about which tool to pull out and which tool to use? I mean, for me, it's like, is it kinda throwaway? Is it something that's like a quick and easy, really fast demo I wanna build? I'd I'm typically doing it in Google AI Studio. Otherwise, I'll probably start it in Claude Code and then eventually transition to Codex or vice versa. How are you thinking about kind of which tool to use?
Jordan Metzner [15:47]: I think it's kind of the same. I think, like, each of these tools kind of, in my opinion, lives in, like, a different vertical. So, if I'm building something that's like a big piece of software, then it's gonna fall into the vertical of, like, cursor, Claude Code, or OpenAI or codex. You know? If I'm building something that I need a quick database and I need it to live for a little bit, but then I'm gonna throw it away, Then it kinda falls into that, like, kinda like Replit lovable ish world. And then if I'm just building a demo to show someone a gimmick, then it kinda falls into that, like, first column of, like, the Google AI studio or Lovable or Bolt or something else to kinda build something quickly like that. But, as you get more comfortable with each of them, you kinda see their, like, strengths and weaknesses. I still really love this Google, like, AI Studio for just building out little web apps because it's it's so fast and so clean and gives you good inspiration. But as you know, all these tools are just building stuff so so well. And even sometimes, like, I use the chat.
Jordan Metzner [16:45]: Like, I use Claude just in the browser to have it build me something as it does a great job there as well.
