Akond Rahman

Comprehension effort and programming activities

2018

Researchers have observed programmers to allocate considerable amount of effort in program comprehension. But, how does program comprehension effort relate with programming activities? We answer this question by conducting an empirical study using the MSR …

Snakes in Paradise?: Insecure Python-Related Coding Practices in Stack Overflow

2019

Despite being the most popular question and answer website for software developers, answers posted on Stack Overflow (SO) are susceptible to contain Python-related insecure coding practices. A systematic analysis on how frequently insecure coding practices …

What questions do developers ask about Julia?

2022

The programming language Julia is designed to solve the 'two language problem', where developers who write scientific software can achieve desired performance, without sacrificing productivity. Since its inception in 2012, developers who have been using …