DevOpsis a collaborative and multidisciplinary organizational effort to automate continuous
delivery of new software updates while guaranteeing their correctness and reliability. The …

Representative sampling appears rare in empirical software engineering research. Not all
studies need representative samples, but a general lack of representative sampling …

Large Language Models (LLMs), like ChatGPT, have demonstrated vast potential but also
introduce challenges related to content constraints and potential misuse. Our study …

Powered by recent advances in code-generating models, AI assistants like Github Copilot
promise to change the face of programming forever. But what is this new face of …

A variety of research methods and techniques are available to SE researchers, and while
several overviews exist, there is consistency neither in the research methods covered nor in …

Context: DevOps is considered important in the ability to frequently and reliably update a
system in operational state. DevOps presumes cross-functional collaboration and …

Grounded Theory (GT), a sociological research method designed to study social
phenomena, is increasingly being used to investigate the human and social aspects of …

If you have picked up this book, you are likely considering a grounded theory study, or are in
the process of undertaking research using this methodology. For beginning researchers …

DevOps is a set of practices and cultural values that aims to reduce the barriers between
development and operations teams. Due to its increasing interest and imprecise definitions …

The growing literature on affect among software developers mostly reports on the linkage
between happiness, software quality, and developer productivity. Understanding happiness …