Andrew Macvean

Accessibility of Command Line Interfaces

2021

Command-line interfaces (CLIs) remain a popular tool among developers and system administrators. Since CLIs are text-based interfaces, they are sometimes considered accessible alternatives to predominantly visual developer tools like IDEs. However, there is no systematic …

Understanding Documentation Use Through Log Analysis: An Exploratory Case Study of Four Cloud Services

2023 · arXiv (Cornell University)

Almost no modern software system is written from scratch, and developers are required to effectively learn to use third-party libraries or software services. Thus, many practitioners and researchers have looked for ways to create effective …

What Do Developers Want From AI?

2024 · IEEE Software

The evolution of AI is a pivotal moment in history, but it’s not the first time we have experienced technological advances that have changed how humans work. By looking at the advances in automobiles, we …