![]() Fundamentally, the core competing ecosystems (OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google's Bard, Meta's LLaMA, Amazon's Bedrock among others) featured heavily in our discussions. Much current experimentation involves prompting chat-like user interfaces such as ChatGPT or Bard. Large language models (LLMs) form the basis for many modern breakthroughs in AI. We suspect that at least some of this resurgence of interest concerns the impact of AI-assisted software development, which raises the inevitable question: is it having a positive impact? While measurements may be gaining some nuance, real measurements of productivity are still elusive. However, many leaders continue to refer to developer "productivity" in a vague, qualitative way. Instead of focusing on an individual's activities, we should focus on the sources of waste in the system and the conditions we can empirically show have an impact on the developer's perception of "productivity." New tools such as DX DevEx 360 address this by focusing on the developer experience rather than some specious measure of output. Instead, the industry has started focusing on engineering effectiveness: rather than measure productivity, we should measure things we know contribute to or detract from the flow. However, alternative ways to measure the A ("Activity") of the SPACE framework, such as number of pull requests or issues resolved, are still poor indicators of productivity. Fortunately, the industry has moved away from using lines of code as a measure of output. We discussed many modern tools and techniques for this Radar that take more nuanced approaches to measuring the creative process of building software yet still remain inadequate. Our chief scientist, Martin Fowler, wrote about this topic as long ago as 2003, but it hasn't gone away. Software development can sometimes seem like magic to non-technologists, which leads managers to strive to measure just how productive developers are at their mysterious tasks. At the same time, we hope developers use all of these tools responsibly and stay firmly in the driver's seat, with things like hallucinated dependencies being just one of the security and quality risks to be aware of. We're also excited about how open-source LLMs for coding might shake up the tooling landscape, and we see great promise in the explosion of tools and capabilities for assistance beyond coding as well, such as user story writeup assistance, user research, elevator pitches and other language-based chores. As part of the Radar, we therefore discussed many coding assistance tools, like GitHub Copilot, Tabnine and Codeium. As a software consultancy with a history of pioneering engineering practices like CI and CD, one of the categories of particular interest to us is using AI to assist in software development. For the first time ever, we needed a visual guide to untangle the different categories and capabilities (something we never had to resort to even in the heyday of chaos in the JavaScript ecosystem). He can also be seen regularly on NBC’s Dateline.To no one's surprise, AI-related topics dominated our conversation for this edition of the Radar. ![]() Morrison is no stranger to the podcast industry and has already topped the Apple Podcast charts with his true crime offerings including Murder in Apartment 12, The Thing About Pam,and The Girl in the Blue Mustang. It’s the perfect way to add some cheer to your holiday season. Season 2 of Morrison Mysteries is out now and available anywhere you normally listen to your podcasts. Where can you listen to Morrison Mysteries? In a video teaser, Morrison is seen seated in an overstuffed chair, surrounded by holiday decorations and reading from a large book that sits in his lap. The holiday classic is told over five separate episodes, each focusing on a distinct aspect of the centuries-old story. Season 2 takes a more festive approach with A Christmas Carol, although fans can still expect some ghostly visitors and a foreboding warning about a terrifying possible future if Scrooge can’t change his ways. RELATED: Colin Jost, Heidi Gardner, and More SNL Faves Star in a New Scripted Podcast ![]() The podcast’s first season, which premiered October 23, provided a chilling new narration of Washington Irving’s haunting classic The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, told over three episodes. What happens on Season 2 of Morrison Mysteries? Keith Morrison arrives at the Dateline Season 24 Premiere Event.
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