Yes, this is my experience as well. I've found the key is having the AI create and maintain clear documentation from the beginning. It helps me understand what it's building, and it helps the model maintain context when it comes time to add or change something.

You also need a reasonably modular architecture which isn't incredibly interdependent, because that's hard to reason about, even for humans.

You also need lots and lots (and LOTS) of unit tests to prevent regressions.