Did you try claude code and spend actual time going back and forth with it, reviewing it's code and providing suggestions; Instead of just expecting things to work first try with minimal requirements?

I see claude code as pair programming with a junior/mid dev that knows all fields of computer engineering. I still need to nudge it here and there, it will still make noob mistakes that I need to correct and I let it know how to properly do things when it gets them wrong. But coding sessions have been great and productive.

In the end, I use it when working with software that I barely know. Once I'm up and running, I rarely use it.