That is about the time I started using Claude Code as a paid account at any level. Previously I was extremely skeptical. Overall, it works and it has sorted out some things I would have probably let go for a lot longer especially with the markup on my very ancient website. Markup issues, template migrations, maintaining stringent preservation going back to HTML that was hand crafted in the late 1990s. I also learned quickly you cannot ask the magic 8 ball to solve things. You have to make it read, and plan, and then review and go back and forth with it. This can legitimately take hours. The difference is I can oft get most of the website modernized rather than just some of it following the more traditional methods. I've also seen how one can hit those limits pretty quickly, if they are going down from here that will make it less useful. And no way I am paying more on a usage credit basis. Prior to this, all my code work had been strictly with local AI as the inference engine and I can go back to that.

Edit to add: As a 3 month experiment, it has been positive. I have gotten things to work that none of the people I have hired and paid over the years took care of. And I myself have been too busy to prioritize. It's a useful tool, but only a fool would think it replaces the judgment of a professional. Not yet anyway.