9 papers
At What Cost? Software Developers' Well-Being in the Age of GenAI
Mariam Guizani, Maduka Subasinghage, Sherlock A. Licorish +1
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is rapidly reshaping software development, with growing emphasis on accelerating productivity and optimizing performance. However, excess…
Do Good, Stay Longer? Temporal Patterns and Predictors of Newcomer-to-Core Transitions in Conventional OSS and OSS4SG
Mohamed Ouf, Amr Mohamed, Mariam Guizani
Open Source Software (OSS) sustainability relies on newcomers transitioning to core contributors, but this pipeline is broken, with most newcomers becoming inactive after initial c…
Same Project, Different Start: How Contribution Events Shape Activity and Retention in Open Source
Mohamed Ouf, Mariam Guizani
Open source projects depend on newcomers who stay, yet most leave after a single contribution. Contribution events such as Google Summer of Code, LFX Mentorship, Hacktoberfest, and…
The Impact of LLM-Assistants on Software Developer Productivity: A Systematic Review and Mapping Study
Amr Mohamed, Maram Assi, Mariam Guizani
Large language model assistants (LLM-assistants) present new opportunities to transform software development. Developers are increasingly adopting these tools across tasks, includi…
An Empirical Analysis of Community and Coding Patterns in OSS4SG vs. Conventional OSS
Mohamed Ouf, Shayan Noei, Zeph Van Iterson +2
Open Source Software for Social Good (OSS4SG) projects aim to address critical societal challenges, such as healthcare access and community safety. Understanding the community dyna…
From Commits to Confidence: Towards Stability-Informed Risk Assessment in Open Source Software
Elijah Kayode Adejumo, Mariam Guizani, Brittany Johnson
Open source software (OSS) generates trillions of dollars in economic value and has become essential to the technical infrastructures that power organizations worldwide. As these s…