Artificial intelligence – Lawrence Hecht

January 7, 2025February 1, 2025Snippet of The New Stack article, The New Stack

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. Many of the 17 experts who answered this question expressed concern that an increase in AI-generated code actually increases developers’ workload because it requires manual review. Several experts worry that inexperienced developers won’t be able to identify when AI spits out bad code. Security and trust were other challenges cited.

December 5, 2024February 1, 2025Snippet of The New Stack article, The New Stack

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.

July 27, 2024February 1, 2025Snippet of The New Stack article, The New Stack

Salary Pressures, Not AI, Vex Developers, Says Stack Overflow

Professional developers’ adoption of AI tools in the development process has risen rapidly, going from 44% in 2023 to 62% in 2024.

June 5, 2024February 1, 2025Snippet of The New Stack article, The New Stack

Data Streaming Platforms: A Prerequisite for Enterprise AI

Data streaming platforms are essential for adopting AI/machine learning at enterprise scale, according to nearly two-thirds of IT leaders

December 5, 2023February 1, 2025Snippet of The New Stack article, The New Stack

JetBrains Developer Survey Tracks Rapid Adoption of AI

51% believe AI-powered code generation will increase demand for professional software developers. However, given the opportunity, 56% of respondents would let an AI assistant write code comments and documentation. In contrast, only 17% would delegate the writing of code to an AI assistant.

November 27, 2023February 1, 2025Snippet of The New Stack article, The New Stack

AI Will Drive Streaming Data Use — But Not Yet, Report Says

While AI/ML gets a lot of attention, it is not the most common use case for data streaming. Real-time analytics is used by 71% of data streamers in the Redpanda survey, followed by 64% supporting e-commerce transactions with streaming data. Internet of Things (IoT), fraud detection and personalization are also commonly supported. A still impressive 47% of survey participants have a situation where AI/ML uses streaming data.

August 23, 2023February 1, 2025Snippet of The New Stack article, The New Stack

How Important Is Open Source to AI Adoption?

Among the whopping survey respondents who are using or planning to use LLMs, only 27% actually expect a commercial version to be used in production. Almost half (47%) of those with no plans to use a commercial LLM cited a desire not to share proprietary information with vendors. In comparison, only 17% said the reason is because commercial LLMs are too expensive to scale.

June 14, 2023February 1, 2025Snippet of The New Stack article, The New Stack

70% of Devs Using or Will Use AI, Says Stack Overflow Survey

44% of developers said they already use AI tools in their development process, and another 26% plan to do so soon. When this group was asked what specific AI-powered developer tools they use, 55% mentioned GitHub Copilot, while 13% use Tabnine and 5% use Amazon Web Services CodeWhisperer. The other seven tools included in the survey were used by no more than 2%.