Code Confined: Developer Velocity Undersieged by Documentations, Reviews, and Yes… Testing!

Developer Velocity: A Nightmare on Code Street

Developer velocity takes a slippery slide down when it rubs shoulders with its gruesome fellows: code review, writing documentation, and testing. Picture it, a shark going through a tax return – anxiety-ridden, isn’t it? Imagine shipping out code at the speed of a snail doped on tranquilizers because of these cumbersome processes. It’s a bitter pill that developers have to swallow.

Deadly Duo: Technical Debt and Nonfunctional Code

And to add a cherry on top of this nightmarish sundae, we have technical debt and nonfunctional code. These sinister twosome have quite the err… ‘debt’ side manner, making developers squander a whopping 17.3 hours per week. Yes, that’s the equivalent of watching the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, extended versions, twice! Talk about getting stuck in Mordor.

Here’s the thing about technical debt: it’s as relentless as your granny insisting that you’ve slimmed down. And nonfunctional code is the very epitome of an idle teen sprawled on the couch, being good for nothing. It just sits there, contributing to inefficiencies at will. Not cool, code, not cool.

Hot Take:

Imagine a world where shipping code is as swift as Usain Bolt, where documentation and testing are just delightful undertakings and nonfunctional code is as rare as a unicorn sighting. laughable, isn’t it? Well, at least there’s plenty of time to binge-watch your favorite shows while waiting for your code to compile. Hang in there, developers. May the force (and coffee) be with you!

Original article: https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/02/factory-wants-to-use-ai-to-automate-the-software-dev-lifecycle/