Hacker News with Generative AI: Human Factors

What makes code hard to read: Visual patterns of complexity (2023) (seeinglogic.com)
Not long ago, I was auditing a codebase for work (looking for bugs) when I realized that despite the quality of the code, I was becoming mentally fatigued extremely quickly and had a hard time working on it for long stretches of time…
Code Readability, Software Development, Human Factors, Cognitive Science
414 points by homarp 23 days ago | 370 comments
Identifying factors contributing to "bad days" for software developers (arxiv.org)
Software Development, Research, Human Factors
85 points by andrewdutton 159 days ago | 62 comments
Cognitive Load (minds.md)
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Cognitive Science, Learning, Memory, Information Processing, Human Factors
10 points by thunderbong 168 days ago | 0 comments
Illusions of Competence in Monitoring One's Knowledge During Study [pdf] (2005) (haifa.ac.il)
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Cognitive Science, Education, Research, Human Factors, Psychology
50 points by JustinSkycak 187 days ago | 3 comments
No matter what they tell you, it's a people problem (2008) (codinghorror.com)
Software Development, Programming, Human Factors
86 points by mooreds 283 days ago | 34 comments
New earplugs won't amplify the sound of your own voice (scientificamerican.com)
Audiology, Hearing Protection, Technology, Human Factors
48 points by sohkamyung 309 days ago | 32 comments