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The open-source ecosystem built to reduce tech debt

The Stack Overflow Podcast

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Balancing AI Assistance and Developer Agency

This chapter examines the challenges of 'toil work' faced by developers, including unit tests and documentation, and its effect on their coding focus. The speakers also discuss the role of AI tools like GitHub Copilot in enhancing productivity and the difficulties in measuring true developer output against time saved.

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