The latest articles on DEV Community by David Cirnici (@david_cirnici_79). https://dev.to/david_cirnici_79 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3928183%2Fd286d2d0-db2b-46b9-a358-776783fb6f63.jpg https://dev.to/david_cirnici_79 en David Cirnici Mon, 18 May 2026 15:29:42 +0000 https://dev.to/david_cirnici_79/technical-debt-and-ai-coding-tools-research-study-1ie7 https://dev.to/david_cirnici_79/technical-debt-and-ai-coding-tools-research-study-1ie7 <p>I’m writing my bachelor thesis at ESADE on a question the literature has not yet explored in depth: How do organisations realise productivity gains from AI coding tools without quietly accumulating technical debt at the same pace?</p> <p>If you’ve worked professionally with Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or a similar AI coding tool for six months or more, your perspective would meaningfully strengthen our analysis.</p> <p>The survey takes around six minutes. Responses are confidential, and findings will be shared on request.</p> <div class="crayons-card c-embed text-styles text-styles--secondary"> <div class="c-embed__content"> <div class="c-embed__cover"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehQ78my83Z_nf7XgoI8igkaMr3Y0qq0IwgE2_iwqiUcDAzug/viewform" class="c-link align-middle" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <img alt="" src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Flh6.googleusercontent.com%2Flqn3yv2WGZKmgsp-LdQt4V-P2fXhcO_FhJDjA8pt9_0TpbY6qkejKjDMAsRWZSSbpJ7P5AfxCMGoR4c%3Dw1200-h630-p" height="630" class="m-0" width="1200"> </a> </div> <div class="c-embed__body"> <h2 class="fs-xl lh-tight"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehQ78my83Z_nf7XgoI8igkaMr3Y0qq0IwgE2_iwqiUcDAzug/viewform" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="c-link"> AI-Assisted Software Development (Productivity, and Technical Debt) </a> </h2> <div class="color-secondary fs-s flex items-center"> <img alt="favicon" class="c-embed__favicon m-0 mr-2 radius-0" src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fssl.gstatic.com%2Fdocs%2Fspreadsheets%2Fforms%2Ffavicon_qp2.png" width="16" height="16"> docs.google.com </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Forwards would be very appreciated. Thank you very much in advance!</p> <p>Supervised by Esteve Almirall and Joan Rodon, ESADE.</p> <p>David Cîrnici, Pietro Senzasono, Takis Kirkis</p> ai productivity programming webdev