I’m currently pulling together a bunch of sources – that are mostly recent – on the topic of LLMs and their use in software development. Some are peer-reviewed studies. Some are i…

studies show a clear trend – output is up (more code, more commits, bigger diffs), but outcomes don’t reflect that trend. If anything, the average team is taking longer to ship worse software

  • Feyd@programming.dev
    62·
    6 hours ago

    output is up (more code, more commits, bigger diffs)

    We’ve known measuring output by lines of code is counterproductive for a long time.

    • jtrek@startrek.website
      21·
      6 hours ago

      Has management known that?

      A lot of problems seem to be downstream from “management are idiots and assholes”

      • Feyd@programming.dev
        3·
        3 hours ago

        I’m sure there were pockets but it legitimately seemed like that dragon had been slain until recently. Trying to assign more meaning to scrum points has been in vogue for a while though.

        • jtrek@startrek.website
          1·
          3 hours ago

          My team assigns both hours and points to tasks. I’ve never seen the points used for anything but they still spend time on it.