I've read a lot of comments about using AI for coding, and my experience has been very different.

I work on large C++ applications used by international airlines. If this software failed, it would make national headlines.

Claude Code with Opus 4.8 is great at handling the boring code I don't want to write myself. It gets it right almost every time.

However I still review every change and test everything before committing.

Trust, but verify.