4 papers
What Slows Down FMware Development? An Empirical Study of Developer Challenges and Resolution Times
Zitao Wang, Zhimin Zhao, Michael W. Godfrey
Foundation Models (FMs), such as OpenAI's GPT, are fundamentally transforming the practice of software engineering by enabling the development of \emph{FMware} -- applications and…
Leveraging Reviewer Experience in Code Review Comment Generation
Hong Yi Lin, Patanamon Thongtanunam, Christoph Treude +3
Modern code review is a ubiquitous software quality assurance process aimed at identifying potential issues within newly written code. Despite its effectiveness, the process demand…
An Empirical Study of GenAI Adoption in Open-Source Game Development: Tools, Tasks, and Developer Challenges
Xiang Echo Chen, Wenhan Zhu, Guoshuai Albert Shi +1
The growing capabilities of generative AI (GenAI) have begun to reshape how games are designed and developed, offering new tools for content creation, gameplay simulation, and desi…
An Empirical Study of Dotfiles Repositories Containing User-Specific Configuration Files
Wenhan Zhu, Michael W. Godfrey
Storing user-specific configuration files in a "dotfiles" repository is a common practice among software developers, with hundreds of thousands choosing to publicly host their repo…