Not my experience at all (30+ years of experience as a professional software developer). I currently work on a very large (multi-million lines) C++ code base a

Not my experience at all (30+ years of experience as a professional software developer). I currently work on a very large (multi-million lines) C++ code base and use Claude Code for the following: 1. I run Claude Code in the background finding bugs, while busy implementing new features. It has so far found and fixed 100+ minor issues and a few major could-crash-the-server-in-production issues that I was really happy to get fixed before a customer found it. 2. I use Claude Code to do massive refactorings that would be really tedious to do by hand. I love the fact that it updates not just the code but also comments and documentation. 3. I use Claude Code to implement features that I frankly am too bored to implement by hand. Excellent! Less boredom at work! 4. I use Claude Code to generate tools to analyse the code and/or generate code. This is a massive quality improvement. It allows me to make the code more maintainable and simpler while adding more features. However I always always always check and verify every change before committing to git. Because the LLM it will occasionally add features or bugs I don't want. The end result is really positive. Lots of productivity improvements, less tedious can't-be-bothered work, lots of bug fixes that otherwise would have triggered production issues etc. etc. while 100% maintaining my understanding of the code and all changes. Love it.