We need more than a metaphor: here are testable diagnostics for comprehension debt
Do we understand our code? I think we need to get past symptoms and into causes. Here's a field-tested measure of one organizational condition that can erode comprehension (Overproduction Pressure) you can use to find out which world your team is living in.
Software research must become more reusable
This month I gave two invited talks that as paired pieces form a kind of bracket to hold together several
How Not to Measure the ROI from AI in your Software Organization
You did your best, but it happened: somebody told you that you are the one who has to measure the
Can we make Security Empirical, and why might we want to?
There's a paper I recently came across by Mohammad Tahaei and colleagues called Privacy Champions in Sofware Teams:
Are developers slowed down by AI? Evaluating an RCT (?) and what it tells us about developer productivity
Seven different people texted or otherwise messaged me about this study which claims to measure “the impact of early-2025
Unfortunately, you have to think about cause
So somebody came to you (maybe it was your own mind, that traitor!) and said you need to think about
