It's still quite necessary for everything beyond junior grade code.

Which, for PMs trying to test MVPs and write deep specifications, is exactly what you need.

I certainly can be bothered, because it’s great fun. But when Claude Code can do the same thing 20% faster, I’m a fool for not applying that.

The trick is: when.

Not always.

And hardly at all in “yolo mode”.

It's nice if you enjoy coding, I agree. I don't enjoy it, so I just have Claude do everything. I have to review all the code it writes, of course, or at the very least the function signatures and general architecture, but I can't be arsed looking up API/library docs myself ever again.