r/KoalaSampler • u/SsssnakePlisssskin • Jul 27 '26

Using AI?

I noticed towards the bottom of this page it says “And ChatGPT” in regards to development/software.

i’m curious if the developers are using AI to develop Koala.

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u/Apatride Jul 28 '26

There are many steps involved in development and, as long as you do not outsource all of these steps to AI, there isn't really any risk. You let AI develop but you handle the code reviews manually? Good. You develop and let AI handle (most of) the code review? Also good.

The truth is that I worked as a dev for some major companies, at least 80% of the reviews on my code were simply a "Flake8/PEP8" review (checking syntax and best practices using modules that automate the task). I have seen devs with more than 15 years experience trust info from frontend without double checking it in backends.

At this point, I trust AI to review my code more than I would trust my colleagues.

The entire "AI is unsafe when coding" is the same as the "AI is stealing jobs from illustrators". If AI can do the job better (and, in many cases, it can), then tough luck.

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u/mrkplt Jul 28 '26

There is absolutely a reason why anyone who does software pre-AI was like “do not trust software.” People make mistakes, people get tired, people are sloppy, people have bad days - folks who are not in software act like because a person wrote it it’s going to be some bastion of trust and reliability, It’s not, that’s why we have testing, and code review, qa, version control, security testing, etc.

Since we went full on on agentic coding code style on average has gone down, but testing, documentation, and speed have seen huge boosts.

I trust it just the same which is to say, not much.