You don't have to give anything up to use Claude Code, and it may make programming a lot easier for you.

If you have a Claude subscription (and given the brutal limits on the free plan, you probably have one), you've likely used Claude Code. You don't need to be a developer or even "technical" to use it.

With the proper setup and guidance, you can have Claude Code, Codex, Posit Assistant, and other coding agents writing R code ...

Anthropic's Claude Code for VS Code has surpassed OpenAI's Codex extension in Visual Studio Code Marketplace installs and review volume despite launching later. OpenAI positions Codex as an IDE ...