The Stack Overflow podcast is a weekly conversation about working in software development, learning to code, and the art and culture of computer programming. Hosted by Paul Ford and Ben Popper, the series features questions from our community, interviews with fascinating guests, and hot takes on what’s happening in tech. Founded in 2008, Stack Overflow is empowering the world to develop technology through collective knowledge. It’s best known for being the largest, most trusted online community for developers and technologists. More than 100 million people come to Stack Overflow every month to ask questions, help solve coding problems, and develop new skills.
Is AI making your code worse?
GitClear is a developer-friendly code review tool that aims to deliver higher developer satisfaction and faster releases. Check out their blog or find them on GitHub.
GitClear’s research focuses on how AI code-gen tools have impacted code quality (and not in a good way).
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Background of the Research
06:09 Business Model of GitClear
09:46 Copy Pasted Code
10:26 Churn Code
12:21 Code Readability
14:12 Code Suggestions and Auto-Completion
16:34 Drop in Moved Code
23:18 Larger Token Windows
26:31 Improving Gen AI
28:46 Conclusion