Yeah I am using a mix of claude.ai and copilot (mostly chat gpt 4.1) via vsc.
The latest Claude is very good for coding!
I wish I had that on vsc instead of chatGPT.
All free versions so far so there are some limitations. I might subscribe to claude in the future. But I am not a professional programmer so it's just, as you said, a hobby. Hobby money.
Happy coding!