RE: https://mstdn.business/@jasongorman/117500491510566700
First of all, a big thanks for your research.
I really like this one, and it's not the first time I see this being mentioned:
"A growing body of research finds a clear correlation between how easy code is for humans to understand and change reliably, and how easy it is for LLMs to do the same. Factors like readability, complexity and duplication have been shown to impact the accuracy of LLM predictions in a similar way to human programmers".
New section in my What Does The Data Say? curated list of some of the best available research into AI-assisted and agentic coding: HARNESS EFFICACY. A growing body of research is finding that, where harnesses are concerned, less is more. A *lot* less. https://codemanship.wordpre
Mastodon For BusinessJason Gorman (@[email protected])New section in my What Does The Data Say? curated list of some of the best available research into AI-assisted and agentic coding: HARNESS EFFICACY. A growing body of research is finding that, where harnesses are concerned, less is more. A *lot* less. https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/08/12/ai-software-development-what-does-the-data-say/