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"2023-04-23T22:07:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce6-31f7-73a1-9d8f-409af5fdf9de", "title": "Distribution of binary operator results", "url": "https://shape-of-code.com/2023/04/16/distribution-of-binary-operator-results/", "published_at": "2023-04-16T21:40:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce6-5274-7275-9e05-ff2a439194c3", "title": "How much productive work does a developer do?", "url": "https://shape-of-code.com/2023/04/09/how-much-productive-work-does-a-developer-do/", "published_at": "2023-04-09T22:32:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce6-5274-7275-9e05-ff2a442f39f3", "title": "Percolation of the impact of coding mistakes through a program", "url": "https://shape-of-code.com/2023/04/02/percolation-of-the-impact-of-coding-mistakes-through-a-program/", "published_at": "2023-04-02T22:41:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce6-5274-7275-9e05-ff2a44ed7368", "title": "Analysis of when refactoring becomes cost-effective", "url": 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Modelling estimate/actual including uncertainty in the estimate original ↗

20 Oct 2024

if statement conditions, some basic measurements original ↗

13 Oct 2024

MC/DC a step towards safety critical Open source software original ↗

6 Oct 2024

Modeling program LOC growth with recurrence equations original ↗

29 Sept 2024

Discussing new language features is more fun than measuring feature usage in code original ↗

22 Sept 2024

Number of statement sequences possible using N if-statements original ↗

15 Sept 2024

Measuring non-determinism in the Linux kernel original ↗

8 Sept 2024

Survival of CVEs in the Linux kernel original ↗

1 Sept 2024

1970s: the founding decade of software reliability research original ↗

25 Aug 2024

The units of measurement for software reliability original ↗

18 Aug 2024

Student projects for 2024/2025 original ↗

11 Aug 2024

Memory bandwidth: 1991-2009 original ↗

4 Aug 2024

The 2024 update to my desktop system original ↗

28 Jul 2024

A new NASA software dataset from the 1970s original ↗

21 Jul 2024

Program fault reports are caused by its users original ↗

14 Jul 2024

Confidence intervals: my one recommended practice original ↗

7 Jul 2024

Techniques used for analyzing basic performance measurements original ↗

30 Jun 2024

Learning General relativity at a rudimentary mathematical level original ↗

23 Jun 2024

Distribution of program sizes original ↗

16 Jun 2024

Quantity of source in a given language original ↗

9 Jun 2024

Obtaining source code for training LLMs original ↗

2 Jun 2024

Sampling error in software engineering original ↗

26 May 2024

A surprising retrospective task estimation dataset original ↗

19 May 2024

Workshop on data analysis for software developers original ↗

12 May 2024

Survey papers: LLMs will restore some level of usefulness original ↗

5 May 2024

Chinchilla Scaling: A replication using the pdf original ↗

28 Apr 2024

Relative sizes of computer companies original ↗

21 Apr 2024

Average lines added/deleted by commits across languages original ↗

14 Apr 2024

Software companies in the UK original ↗

7 Apr 2024

Census of general purpose computers installed in the 1960s original ↗

31 Mar 2024

A paper to forget about original ↗

24 Mar 2024

Finding reports and papers on the web original ↗

17 Mar 2024

What is known about software effort estimation in 2024 original ↗

10 Mar 2024

The Whitehouse report on adopting memory safety original ↗

3 Mar 2024

Extracting named entities from a change log using an LLM original ↗

25 Feb 2024

A distillation of Robert Glass’s lifetime experience original ↗

18 Feb 2024

Some information on story point estimates for 16 projects original ↗

11 Feb 2024

Why did organizations fund the creation of the first computers?original ↗

4 Feb 2024

Agile and Waterfall as community norms original ↗

28 Jan 2024

How did Agile become the product development zeitgeist?original ↗

21 Jan 2024

Median system cpu clock frequency over last 15 years original ↗

14 Jan 2024

Documentation as a signal of program size original ↗

7 Jan 2024

2023

My 2023 in software engineering original ↗

31 Dec 2023

Sample size needed to compare performance of two languages original ↗

24 Dec 2023

Patches for the code of Peter Turchin’s Attrition Warfare Model original ↗

17 Dec 2023

Christmas books for 2023 original ↗

10 Dec 2023

Software engineering’s F word original ↗

3 Dec 2023

Rounding in reported task implementation time original ↗

26 Nov 2023

Rereading The Mythical Man-Month original ↗

19 Nov 2023

Analyzing mainframe data in light of the IBM antitrust cases original ↗

12 Nov 2023

Evidence-based Software Engineering book: the last year original ↗

5 Nov 2023

Relative performance of computers from the 1950s/60s/70s original ↗

29 Oct 2023

Design of the Whetstone benchmark original ↗

22 Oct 2023

Likelihood of encountering a given sequence of statements original ↗

15 Oct 2023

Criteria for increased productivity investment original ↗

8 Oct 2023

Hardware/Software cost ratio folklore original ↗

1 Oct 2023

LLMs and doing software engineering research original ↗

24 Sept 2023

Some data on the size of Cobol programs/paragraphs original ↗

17 Sept 2023

Optimal function length: an analysis of the cited data original ↗

10 Sept 2023

Halstead & McCabe metrics: The wisdom of the ancients original ↗

3 Sept 2023

Readability of anonymous inner classes and lambda expressions original ↗

27 Aug 2023

Local variable naming: some previously unexplored factors original ↗

20 Aug 2023

Motivation and software development original ↗

13 Aug 2023

Accuracy of Function Point estimates original ↗

6 Aug 2023

Who are the famous academics in software engineering?original ↗

30 Jul 2023

Benchmarking fuzzers original ↗

23 Jul 2023

Research ideas for 2023/2024 original ↗

16 Jul 2023

The lifetime of performance coding issues original ↗

9 Jul 2023

Predicting the size of the Linux kernel binary original ↗

2 Jul 2023

Anthropology and building software systems original ↗

25 Jun 2023

WebAssembly vs JavaScript performance: 2023 edition original ↗

18 Jun 2023

Perturbed expressions may ‘recover’original ↗

11 Jun 2023

Distribution of add/multiply expression values original ↗

4 Jun 2023

An evidence-based software engineering book from 2002 original ↗

28 May 2023

von Neumann’s deduction that biological reproduction is digital original ↗

21 May 2023

Conference vs Journal publication original ↗

14 May 2023

The difference is significant original ↗

7 May 2023

Computer: Plot the data original ↗

30 Apr 2023

Is the code reuse problem now solved?original ↗

23 Apr 2023

Distribution of binary operator results original ↗

16 Apr 2023

How much productive work does a developer do?original ↗

9 Apr 2023

Percolation of the impact of coding mistakes through a program original ↗

2 Apr 2023

Analysis of when refactoring becomes cost-effective original ↗

26 Mar 2023

My new laptop original ↗

19 Mar 2023

Modular Reasoning, Knowledge and Language systems original ↗

12 Mar 2023

2023 in the programming language standards’ world original ↗

5 Mar 2023

Small team estimating in story points; a project dataset original ↗

26 Feb 2023

Human reasoning is generally not logic based original ↗

19 Feb 2023

Software engineering as a hedonistic activity original ↗

12 Feb 2023

Many Butterfly collections are worthless original ↗

5 Feb 2023

A comparison of C++ and Rust compiler performance original ↗

29 Jan 2023

Frequency of non-linear relationships in software engineering data original ↗

22 Jan 2023

Coding mistakes made by ChatGTP original ↗

15 Jan 2023

Evaluating Story point estimation error original ↗

8 Jan 2023

Focus of activities planned for 2023 original ↗

1 Jan 2023

2022

The commercial incentive to intentionally train AI to deceive us original ↗

28 Dec 2022

My 2022 search for software engineering data original ↗

25 Dec 2022

Analysis of Cost Performance Index for 338 projects original ↗

18 Dec 2022

Christmas books for 2022 original ↗

11 Dec 2022

C++ deprecates some operations on volatile objects original ↗

4 Dec 2022