6 papers
What Are Developers Actually Discussing When Visual Regression Tests Fail?
Miku Watanabe, Kosei Horikawa, Brittany Reid +2
Visual Regression Tests (VRTs) are widely adopted as a mechanism for detecting unintended visual changes in user interfaces. By design, VRTs operate on rendered pixel output, and t…
On the Use of Agentic Coding: An Empirical Study of Pull Requests on GitHub
Miku Watanabe, Hao Li, Yutaro Kashiwa +3
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly being integrated into software development processes. The ability to generate code and submit pull requests with minimal human interve…
Agent READMEs: An Empirical Study of Context Files for Agentic Coding
Worawalan Chatlatanagulchai, Hao Li, Yutaro Kashiwa +8
Agentic coding tools receive goals written in natural language, break them down into specific tasks, and write or execute code with minimal human intervention. Central to this proc…
An Empirical Study of Security-Policy Related Issues in Open Source Projects
Rintaro Kanaji, Brittany Reid, Yutaro Kashiwa +2
GitHub recommends that projects adopt a security file that outlines vulnerability reporting procedures. However, the effectiveness and operational challenges of such files are not…
Detecting and Characterizing Low and No Functionality Packages in the NPM Ecosystem
Napasorn Tevarut, Brittany Reid, Yutaro Kashiwa +4
Trivial packages, small modules with low functionality, are common in the npm ecosystem and can pose security risks despite their simplicity. This paper refines existing definition…
On the Use of Agentic Coding Manifests: An Empirical Study of Claude Code
Worawalan Chatlatanagulchai, Kundjanasith Thonglek, Brittany Reid +5
Agentic coding tools receive goals written in natural language as input, break them down into specific tasks, and write/execute the actual code with minimal human intervention. Key…