3 papers
cs.SE2026
EngThrive: Make It Fast and Easy to Do Great Work
Brian Houck, Tim Bozarth, David Liu +1
Frameworks such as SPACE, DevEx, and DORA established that developer productivity is inherently multidimensional, but left practitioners with a practical question: what should we m…
cs.SE2026
AI Where It Matters: Where, Why, and How Developers Want AI Support in Daily Work
Rudrajit Choudhuri, Carmen Badea, Christian Bird +3
Generative AI is reshaping software work, yet we lack clear guidance on where developers most need support and how to design it responsibly. We report a large-scale, mixed-methods…
cs.HC2025
The SPACE of AI: Real-World Lessons on AI's Impact on Developers
Brian Houck, Travis Lowdermilk, Cody Beyer +2
As artificial intelligence (AI) tools become increasingly embedded in software development workflows, questions persist about their true impact on developer productivity and experi…