Everything about AI-assisted software development

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: AI-assisted software developmentA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Beyond Code Generation: Reassessing Software Quality in AI-Assisted DevelopmentInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Leadership, Management and Data ScienceThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Insecure by design? A human-centric security perspective on AI-assisted software developmentCited 4 times
5. Go sideways: List of AI-assisted software development toolsA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Automatic programmingA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Insecure by design? A human-centric security perspective on AI-assisted software development

  Magdalena Glas, Christoph Nirschl, Bar Lanyado · 2026 · Computers & Security · 4 citations

• “An Endless Stream of AI Slop”: How Developers Discuss the Burden of AI-Assisted Software Development

  Sebastian Baltes, Marc Cheong, Christoph Treude · 2026 · IEEE Software · 3 citations

• AI-ASSISTED CODE GENERATION AND OPTIMIZATION: LEVERAGING MACHINE LEARNING TO ENHANCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES

  Swamy Prasadarao Velaga · 2020 · International Journal of Innovations in Engineering Research and Technology · 2 citations

• Knowledge Monopoly Risks in Generative AI-Assisted Software Development Lifecycle

  Yanyi Wu, Xinyu Lu, Chenghua Lin · 2025 · Computer · 1 citations

• AI-assisted software development in digital dentistry: A technical innovation report with three open-source applications

  Marcel Reymus, Antonin Tichy, Christian Diegritz · 2026 · Journal of Dentistry · 1 citations

• AI‐assisted software development for brachytherapy seed inventory management

  Tonghe Wang, Joel Beaudry, Antonio L Damato · 2026 · Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics · 0 citations

• Disadvantages of AI-Assisted Code Generation in Software Development

  Feruzbek Azimov, Edip Senyurek · 2026 · IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering · 0 citations

• AI-Assisted Development for Insurance Software: A Technical Review

  Sreenivasaraju Sangaraju · 2025 · Journal of Computer Science and Technology Studies · 0 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Beyond Code Generation: Reassessing Software Quality in AI-Assisted Development

  Laura Diana Cernau · 2026 · Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Informatica · 0 citations

• Beyond the chatbot: AI-assisted software development for plastic surgeons

  Sebastian Holm · 2026 · Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery · 0 citations

• AI-Assisted Software Development and The Change of Organizational Rhythms

  Jarl Tuxen, Morten Boesen, Sarah O'Neill · 2026 · Communications of the IIMA · 0 citations

• AI-Assisted Coding: Evolution or Erosion of Software Development Skills?

  Graduate in Computer Science and Independent Researcher, Augustin NYEMBO MPAMPI, Richard ILUNGA KALANDA · 2025 · International Journal of Mathematics And Computer Research · 0 citations

• A Multi-agent Security Framework for AI-Assisted Software Development

  Deepanjan Mukherjee · 2026 · International Journal of AI, BigData, Computational and Management Studies · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• 📕Leadership, Management and Data ScienceJerry Ramonyai · 2022
• 📕Generative AI-Powered Assistant for DevelopersBehram Irani, Rahul Sonawane · 2024
• 📕AI-Assisted Software Development with GitHub Copilot and ChatGPTChristoffer Noring, Anjali Jain · 2024
• 📕AI-Assisted CodingMichael Kofler, Bernd Öggl · 2025
• Top Job Opportunities in Saudi Arabia for 2025 · 2025

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