Category: human performance
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Classification of code updates
Version control systems usually include support for classifying each check-in as being a particular instance of some category, e.g., Adaptive, Corrective, Perfective, or Other (this software maintenance category has a long history). Categories have been studied for over 2,000 years. Categories is the first subject of Aristotle’s six works on logical analysis and dialectic. Categorization…
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Comparing developer/LLM coding performance
Lots of claims are being made about how LLMs will soon outperform developers on coding tasks. Given the lack of any effective measure of developer performance, these claims are meaningless. At some point, lower costs will entice management to accept good enough LLM performance as a replacement for human developers, i.e., LLM don’t need to…