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Study reveals growing technical debt in AI age
Bill Doerrfeld | February 19, 2025
The alarms are starting to sound about declining code quality in the AI age.
The 2nd annual code quality report from GitClear analyzed 211 million changed lines of code and found 10x more duplicated code than two years ago and fewer signs of code reuse than ever before. Check out my full analysis, published today on LeadDev.
I covered this study the first year it was conducted, in 2024 for DevOps.com. I think the quantitative data finally proves what many of us have been hearing anecdotally. There are gaps in AI-generated code, at least for now.
Getting into why AI-generated code isn't good enough, and how we can improve, is an area I plan to cover with a broader feature story soon — stay tuned!
My feature on InfoWorld explores the state of Kubernetes usability, highlighting various advancements across workload types, support for edge and AI, and new features like observability and security.
It's up to leadership to help prioritize large-scale engineering updates that keep software running smoothly. Kent Wills, Director of Engineering at Yelp, provides insight on the latest DirectorPlus.
Italian for “tapestry,” Arazzo is aptly named since it can be used to weave together sequences of API calls to illustrate a specific business pattern.
I caught up with CTO Itiel Shwartz about leveraging finely tuned models like Komodor’s KlaudiaAI agent for ultra-specific DevOps challenges, like Kubernetes error diagnosis and remediation challenges.
Rolling out AI is all about framing it in a positive light, says GitLab's CTO, Sabrina Farmer. I interviewed her for the latest edition of DirectorPlus for LeadDev, which is out today.
Surmounting risks are encouraging CIOs to future-proof and update their resilience strategies. My latest feature for CIO.com explores resilience head-on.
Today, DX debuted a new developer productivity framework, DX Core 4. Excited to break the news with LeadDev, interviewing one of the designers of the framework.
In this issue of DirectorPlus, Gus Fune shares the story behind reverse engineering a monolithic e-commerce platform following MACH principles, which stands for microservices, APIs, cloud-native, and headless.
Having good API documentation is one thing. Being specification-first is next level. Here are the benefits a specification-driven, git-based approach to documentation can bring to partner API integrations.
75% of APIs stray from their OpenAPI specifications. My feature explores why API drift is so common and how engineering leaders should mitigate this issue.
