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title: "Andrew Ng is using Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI."
slug: andrew-ng-is-using-claude-code-openai-codex-gemini-cli
date_published: 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
original_url: https://www.tigzig.com/post/andrew-ng-is-using-claude-code-openai-codex-gemini-cli
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# Andrew Ng is using Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI.

My analyst and data scientist friends - are you?

And no, I don't mean copy-pasting from ChatGPT. I mean Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI - the agentic AI coding tools.

## What they let you do

Build full analytics apps. React frontends, database backends, multi-user dashboards. Deploy on your company VPN or bundle as single-file HTML. Go way beyond Excel/VBA. Large codebases get done many times faster. Even for ML model work, Mito AI works inside Jupyter - proper agentic iteration.

I've taken client projects I would've declined two years ago. Built [www.tigzig.com](https://www.tigzig.com) - a portal with 30+ micro-apps covering database AI, quants tools, GPTs, automations. Right now building a 20-user internal AI tool with React + PHP backend. Pre-AI coders, I couldn't have done this.

I use Claude Code as primary, Cursor as backup, Gemini CLI when I don't need the heavy lifting.

## But isn't that a developer's job?

I have spent over 25 years doing models, automations, dashboards. My world used to be SAS, Python, SQL, Power BI. That time is gone. You don't have that luxury anymore.

## Where to start

Pay $20/month for Cursor or Claude Code. From your pocket if needed.

Want to test free first? Google Antigravity ([antigravity.google](https://antigravity.google)) has Gemini 3 Pro + Claude Sonnet 4.5 on free tier. Then move to Cursor or Claude Code. Add in Gemini CLI (free) for lighter work. Mito AI for notebooks.

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## Andrew Ng's posts

[https://lnkd.in/gR--KyGH](https://lnkd.in/gR--KyGH) [https://lnkd.in/gQSFRH8y](https://lnkd.in/gQSFRH8y)

## YouTube guides

* Volo Builds: [youtube.com/@VoloBuilds](https://youtube.com/@VoloBuilds)
* Leon Van Zyl: [youtube.com/@leonvanzyl](https://youtube.com/@leonvanzyl)

## My posts on AI coders

* [The 6 rules I follow](https://www.tigzig.com/post/ai-coders-give-you-the-edge-the-6-rules-i-follow-when-working-with-ai-coders)
* [Coding by hand is obsolete](https://www.tigzig.com/post/coding-by-hand-is-becoming-obsolete-andrew-ng-i-disagree)

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Explore: [How I Work](https://www.tigzig.com/how-i-work), [Browse All Apps](https://www.tigzig.com/browse-apps), [MCP Hub](https://www.tigzig.com/apis)

More posts: [AI Coders give you the edge.The 6 Rules I Follow When Working with AI Coders.](https://www.tigzig.com/post/ai-coders-give-you-the-edge-the-6-rules-i-follow-when-working-with-ai-coders), [Coding by hand is becoming obsolete - Andrew Ng. I disagree.](https://www.tigzig.com/post/coding-by-hand-is-becoming-obsolete-andrew-ng-i-disagree), [Google Antigravity just launched. For analysts and data scientists: Worth adding to your toolkit](https://www.tigzig.com/post/google-antigravity-just-launched-for-analysts-and-data-scientists-worth-adding-to-your-toolkit)

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Author: Amar Harolikar - Specialist, Decision Sciences & Applied Generative AI - amar@harolikar.com - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amarharolikar
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