Developer Productivity: Who’s Tracking It? Not Many
Only 35% of these engineers responsible for developer productivity and/or experience actually follow and stay informed of the latest trends and discussions related to developer experience and developer productivity.
What’s Ahead for AI-Assisted Coding, Open Source and More
AI-assisted development will challenge developers as they review the quality of the code generated and integrate tools into their workflows. There is concern that 1) an increase in AI-generated code actually increases developers’ workload because it requires manual review, and 2) inexperienced developers won’t be able to identify when AI spits out bad code.
What 2024’s Data Told Us About How Developers Work Now
Time savings and increased productivity, not code quality, are why developers are using AI. 85% of developers who regularly use an AI tool for coding and other development-related activities say these tools help them perform their job faster. Only 23% say these tools actually improve the quality of the code and solutions being created.
Observability and AI
24% of a New Relic survey use AIOps capabilities, down from 41% when the same study was conducted in 2023. The drop may be a response to AIOps’ bad reputation, and a rebranding to AI-powered observability better picks up actual usage patterns.
Direct Contribution, Indirect Financing Most Effective for Open Source
Throwing money at a problem is not the best way to get things done, whether in business, charity, or the open source economy. Two recent studies prove the point. Non-monetary reasons for contributing topped the list when over a thousand contributors to free and open […]
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Information Security Spending: Don’t Be Fooled by Overconfidence
Spending on information security continues to increase, but those gains may decelerate as companies become more confident in their security posture. Maybe too confident. Although many reports show that cybersecurity is a top driver of technology spending, Scale Venture Partners’ recent survey of 300 executives […]
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ICOs Reveal Weakness in Open Source Blockchain Business Models
The blockchain and cryptocurrency world provides quantifiable proof that open source can both help and hurt a project’s likelihood of financial success, according to Early Evidence on the Role of Disclosure in the Unregulated Crypto Market, which quantifies the success of 776 initial coin offerings (ICOs) […]
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Open Source Policies for Dependencies
Have you ever read a survey report that claims that a certain percentage of companies use open source? We think those findings are almost always misleading. Practically every company in the world is using an open source component in their software stack. A better approach […]
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