[Oni]

AI was actually used for certain aspects of the site's relaunch, including template edits and certain tedious operations. Even with ~15 years of experience using MyBB, I am not a full-time PHP developer.

Codex turned a multi-week project into just a few days. There's obviously some things you absolutely do not let AI handle... For example, I'd never trust it with user data or security-specific features. However, it was amazing for diff-checking core file changes across versions, and consolidating changes that MyBB made over the years. It was also great at identifying deprecated PHP, as the forum was originally for PHP 6-7.

I was originally quoted by an older MyBB developer roughly ~$350 (a very fair quote) to update the site. This included updating 30-40 plugins and updating the board from MyBB 1.8.26 all the way to 1.8.40. Rather than pay the developer (and risking data exposure), I ended up doing the work myself in less than 3-4 days.