10 papers
When is Generated Code Difficult to Comprehend? Assessing AI Agent Python Code Proficiency in the Wild
Nanthit Temkulkiat, Chaiyong Ragkhitwetsagul, Morakot Choetkiertikul +2
The rapid adoption of AI coding agents is fundamentally shifting software developers' roles from code authors to code reviewers. While developers spend a significant portion of the…
Staying or Leaving? How Job Satisfaction, Embeddedness and Antecedents Predict Turnover Intentions of Software Professionals
Miikka Kuutila, Paul Ralph, Huilian Sophie Qiu +13
Context: Voluntary turnover is common in the software industry, increasing recruitment and onboarding costs and the risk of losing organizational and tacit knowledge. Objective: Th…
The Software Infrastructure Attitude Scale (SIAS): A Questionnaire Instrument for Measuring Professionals' Attitudes Toward Technical and Sociotechnical Infrastructure
Miikka Kuutila, Paul Ralph, Huilian Sophie Qiu +19
Context: Recent software engineering (SE) research has highlighted the need for sociotechnical research, implying a demand for customized psychometric scales. Objective: We define…
Exploring the SECURITY.md in the Dependency Chain: Preliminary Analysis of the PyPI Ecosystem
Chayanid Termphaiboon, Raula Gaikovina Kula, Youmei Fan +4
Security policies, such as SECURITY.md files, are now common in open-source projects. They help guide responsible vulnerability reporting and build trust among users and contributo…
AILINKPREVIEWER: Enhancing Code Reviews with LLM-Powered Link Previews
Panya Trakoolgerntong, Tao Xiao, Masanari Kondo +4
Code review is a key practice in software engineering, where developers evaluate code changes to ensure quality and maintainability. Links to issues and external resources are ofte…
The Impact of COVID-19 and Remote Work on Software Development in Thailand
Chaiyong Ragkhitwetsagul, Morakot Choetkiertikul, Srisupa Palakvangsa-Na-Ayudhya +2
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the way of working, including software development. During the pandemic, software companies were forced to work remotely, and many companies have bee…