This program is tentative and subject to change.
Software development builds digital tools to automate processes, yet its initial phases, up to deployment, remain largely manual. There are two reasons: Development tasks are often under-specified and transitions between tasks usually require a translator. These reasons are mutually reinforcing: it makes little sense to specify tasks when you cannot connect them and writing a translator requires a specification. LLMs change this cost equation: they can handle under-specified systems and they excel at translation. Thus, they can act as skeleton keys that unlock the automation of tasks and transitions that were previously too expensive to interlink. We introduce a recipe for writing development workflows as software (polymer) to further automate the initial phases of development. We show how adopting polymer at ACME, a large automotive manufacturer, to automate testing saved 2–3 FTEs at the cost of two months to develop and deploy. We close with open challenges when polymerizing development workflows.
This program is tentative and subject to change.
Tue 24 JunDisplayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change
14:00 - 15:30 | |||
14:00 10mTalk | Non-Knowledge as a New Lens on Software Engineering Ideas, Visions and Reflections Jacob Krüger Eindhoven University of Technology, Xenia Marlene Zerweck Harz University of Applied Sciences, Sol Martinez Demarco Harz University of Applied Sciences, Alena Bleicher Harz University of Applied Sciences, Thomas Leich Harz University of Applied Sciences, Germany | ||
14:10 10mTalk | To Co-locate or Not to Co-locate? On the Impact of Hybrid Work to Software Design Process Ideas, Visions and Reflections Tommi Mikkonen University of Jyvaskyla, Mahum Adil Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Ilenia Fronza Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy, Gennaro Iaccarino Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano, Petri Ihantola University of Jyväskylä | ||
14:20 20mTalk | “Ok Pal, we have to code that now”: Interaction Patterns of Programming Beginners with a Conversational Chatbot Journal First Alina Mailach Leipzig University, Dominik Gorgosch Chemnitz University of Technology, Norbert Siegmund Leipzig University, Janet Siegmund Chemnitz University of Technology | ||
14:40 20mTalk | Revolutionizing Newcomers' Onboarding Process in OSS Communities: The Future AI Mentor Research Papers Xin Tan Beihang University, Xiao Long , Yinghao Zhu Beihang University, Lin Shi Beihang University, Xiaoli Lian Beihang University, China, Li Zhang Beihang University DOI Pre-print | ||
15:00 20mTalk | OurCode: Experiences Transitioning University Research into a Developer Tools Startup Industry Papers Consuelo Lopez OurCode Inc., Sahar Mehrpour George Mason University, USA, Austin Henley Carnegie Mellon University, Thomas LaToza George Mason University | ||
15:20 10mTalk | Polymer: Development Workflows as Software Ideas, Visions and Reflections Dhasarathy Parthasarathy Volvo Group, Yinan Yu Chalmers University of Technology, Earl T. Barr University College London | ||