Claude code is surprisingly good. It's easily another 2x speed up over my previous AI enabled software development (copilot + chatgpt). It's not a replacement

Claude code is surprisingly good. It's easily another 2x speed up over my previous AI enabled software development (copilot + chatgpt). It's not a replacement for a SWE today, but it allows a SWE to get a lot more done. I feel the current system is constrained in 2 dimensions: overall integration ( writing a feature and then using/testing it to make sure all the relevant cases are covered) and still limited context ( in a bigger code base there are utility functions and conventions that it doesn't always follow and so it introduces subtle bugs). However, it's not like a new software engineer would get all of these things right as well. The future of coding seems really to be a lot more review and test based vs. hand crafting all the details. That being said, you should keep your eye on what makes your app unique. Chances are high that it doesn't get these things right without enough guidance.