15 papers
Restructure This: Using AI to Restructure Onboarding Documents to Reduce Cognitive Overload
Zixuan Feng, Prashant Tandan, Igor Steinmacher +2
Onboarding documentation is critical for attracting and retaining newcomers in open source software (OSS). However, it is often presented as dense, inconsistently structured, and f…
The Fast and Spurious: Developer Productivity with GenAI
Sadia Afroz, Zixuan Feng, Tyler Menezes +4
Generative AI (GenAI) tools are increasingly being adopted in software development as productivity aids, since there is evidence that GenAI tools can improve individual aspects of…
Forecasting Developer Environments with GenAI: A Research Perspective
Raula Gaikovina Kula, Christoph Treude, Xing Hu +28
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) models are achieving remarkable performance in various tasks, including code generation, testing, code review, and program repair. The ab…
Charting Uncertain Waters: A Socio-Technical Roadmap for Sustaining Open Source Communities in the Age of GenAI
Zixuan Feng, Reed Milewicz, Emerson Murphy-Hill +4
Open Source Software (OSS) communities face a wave of uncertainty as Generative AI (GenAI) rapidly transforms how software is created, maintained, and governed. Without clear frame…
What Needs Attention? Prioritizing Drivers of Developers' Trust and Adoption of Generative AI
Rudrajit Choudhuri, Bianca Trinkenreich, Rahul Pandita +5
Generative AI (genAI) tools promise productivity gains, yet miscalibrated trust and usage friction still hinder adoption. Moreover, genAI can be exclusionary, failing to adequately…
A Comparison of Conversational Models and Humans in Answering Technical Questions: the Firefox Case
Joao Correia, Daniel Coutinho, Marco Castelluccio +6
The use of Large Language Models (LLMs) to support tasks in software development has steadily increased over recent years. From assisting developers in coding activities to providi…