A developer proposes measuring code review effectiveness by seeding known-defective changes, inspired by Margaret-Anne Storey's concept of cognitive debt. The method, akin to mutation testing, aims to…
A new report from GetDX, based on data from over 500 companies, shows code maintainability improved 3.8% while change confidence fell 6.1% between Q1 and Q2, suggesting AI-generated code may be creati…
A 25% increase in AI adoption is associated with a 1.5% decrease in delivery throughput and a 7.2% decrease in delivery stability, according to the 2025 DORA State of AI-assisted Software Development …
Human comprehension is an inherent architectural characteristic that must be actively maintained, as a system that is not understood cannot evolve safely, according to an article by participants of th…
A new paper by the creators of the SPACE framework, published in ACM Queue, argues that most AI coding metrics are misleading, citing a 2025 Microsoft study of over 450 engineers showing they spend on…
New research from Microsoft and academia, published in ACM Queue, finds that AI coding tools' impact is limited because developers spend only 14% of their time writing code, and gains vary widely by t…
A study by MIT Media Lab found that users relying on ChatGPT as a primary drafting tool showed 47% reduced neural connectivity compared to those who wrote without AI assistance, a phenomenon called co…
Despite AI accelerating code generation, software projects are not moving faster due to new bottlenecks like code review and cognitive debt. The Triple Debt Model—technical, cognitive, and intent debt…
A senior software engineer warns that AI coding agents, while boosting productivity, erode developers' understanding of their own codebases by breaking the feedback loop between writing and comprehens…
Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career as AI reshapes the profession, according to developers and researchers. The use of AI tools risks cognitive debt and skill atrophy, while the ec…
Anthropic researchers found that junior developers using AI assistants scored 50% on a comprehension quiz versus 67% for those working without AI, a gap termed 'cognitive debt.' Studies from METR, MIT…