I'm not the one who's claiming to be above the latest models in some aspect of coding in this interaction.

No one at all claimed that, certainly not the person you responded to. They're talking about how to use these tools in a way that gives you insight into what they produce. So, as an engineer, you know the shape of the output, before it's made.

That's it. Maybe you should go re-read?

Why is that so hard to believe? I don't always do this, but I do course-correct Claude on almost every big change. YOLOing it would superficially look fine, until the latent issues catch up with you.

Maybe they are?