I use mine as if it's an infinitely patient, relatively competent junior/medior level developer that I constantly give small chunks of programming to do (typically a function at a time), and occasionally consult on architecture/design/other things.

I don't use integrated coding tools, so my workflow isn't super fast, but that's not what I'm really aiming for - more that I want to save my brain's energy from low level drudgy boilerplate or integration code, so I can focus it on the more important decisions and keep business-side context in my head.

It's been a huge help for me this way across multiple projects in multiple domains.