Open source – 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 31, 2024February 1, 2025Snippet of The New Stack article, The New Stack

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. Among developers who regularly use an AI tool for coding and other development-related activities, 85% say these types of tools make them perform their job faster than before. Much of the time savings are incremental, but 46% said they saved at least two hours a week due to these tools. In contrast, only 23% say these tools actually improve the quality of the code and solutions being created.

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.

December 29, 2020February 1, 2025Full article from The New Stack, No longer in TNS site, The New Stack

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 […]

July 14, 2018February 1, 2025Full article from The New Stack, No longer in TNS site, The New Stack

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) […]

May 26, 2018February 1, 2025Full article from The New Stack, No longer in TNS site, The New Stack

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 […]

October 14, 2016February 1, 2025Published in The New Stack Update, The New Stack

Price of an Open Source Ecosystem

Last week we estimated that development costs for the Kubernetes ecosystem were over $120 million. Many people saw this as a bargain, while others questioned the underlying methodology. For example, using lines of code is by general consensus a flawed metric. Multiple readers also asked about the […]