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11,800 | 11,801 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 8 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Manufacturing | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 2 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 80,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;MATLAB;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;OCaml;Python;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Express;Node.js;Vue.js | Vue.js | Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;iPadOS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Answer a question
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NA | Security or privacy concerns
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NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Podman | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;WordPress | Node.js | Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | MacOS | Coda;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
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NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
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NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access | MariaDB;Microsoft Access | MariaDB;Microsoft Access | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | notepad32, rad studio
NA | Delphi 12+ Athens | Delphi 12+ Athens | Delphi 12+ Athens | null | null | Windows | Windows | Clickup | GitHub | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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Ability to migrate away in the future | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
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NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | c++23;RAG | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Debian;Arch | Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Arch | Coda;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Redmine;Wikis | Wikis | Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes, to some extent, but very heavily depends on the task in particular. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Marketing;Cybersecurity | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Cursor agent mode | Ollama | Cursor agent mode | Sentry | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Learning to identify where AI is useful and where it's not, and then using it to take advantage as much as possible. | 92,812 | 10 |
11,804 | 11,805 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 40 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 40 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | Manufacturing | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 120,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;JavaScript;Lisp;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Lisp;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Lisp;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;SQLite | InfluxDB;SQLite | InfluxDB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Make | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Make | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Deno | Deno | Deno | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | emacs
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Debian | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian | null | null | null | org-mode
NA | Discord;Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work) | null | null | irc
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | troubleshooting, debugging | 120,000 | 10 |
11,805 | 11,806 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 28 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 35 | Architect, software or solutions | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
Robust and rapid development | Poor usability
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 2 | Italy | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | JavaScript;Python;SQL | JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Dynamodb;IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database | BigQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Heroku | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++ | Notepad++ | Notepad++ | AWS Lambda function VSCode
NA | null | null | null | null | null | ChromeOS | Windows | Confluence;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Trello | Trello | NA
NA | YouTube;Medium | Medium | Medium | NA
NA | null | Amazon Titan models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
I'd like to answer or write comments but for an unknown reason you refused an answer I sent and from that point I've never been able to answer anymore :-( never been able to get support. Thus I lost interest in Stack Exchange community life | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Data modeling, overall solution architecture and problem understanding | null | null |
11,806 | 11,807 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 3 | Developer, mobile | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular | Angular;Next.js;Node.js | Angular | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | uv | hostinger | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Android;iOS | GitHub;GitLab | Azure Devops | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Language processing | Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 7 |
11,807 | 11,808 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 28 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 34 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 210,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;Scala;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;Scala;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;Scala;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;Redis | Databricks SQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Databricks SQL;Redis | etcd
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Workspace;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | Shortcut
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Documenting code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | Ollama;LangChain;Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Creating innovative works. Working with complex requirements | 210,000 | 9 |
11,808 | 11,809 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
11,809 | 11,810 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other (please specify): | 1 | Product manager | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
11,810 | 11,811 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 8 | Developer, game or graphics | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 20 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 1,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;pnpm | Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;pnpm | Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;pnpm | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio;Xcode | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Notion;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Notion;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Notion;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No at all, ai just a tool in a professionals hands | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics;Customer service support | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Nothing will change, developers should constantly improve themselves and research new tools, like ai | 24 | 4 |
11,811 | 11,812 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 11 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Manufacturing | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 99,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | R;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Redis;Supabase | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Rider | null | qodo
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | Notion;Obsidian | null | wiki.js
NA | Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | I recently transitioned to trying to only use prompts to an AI. I do consider a part of what I do "Vibe Coding", but I need to understand what it's doing so I can give it better prompts and make sure that it doesn't spit out crap code. If you don't know what it's doing, I think that is bad and can produce more junk than not. I prompt, review and determine if I need to refine my prompt or the code generated further. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | Pinecone | null | null | Cursor | null | null | null | cursor, qodo | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;Other (please specify): | I look at AI tools as more of an aid that helps increase my efficiency developing. I think you still need to know the language and what the AI is doing or else you'll get junk out of it. Communication is very important, you need to know how to communicate with the AI tools to get what you want out of them. You need to know how things work so you can provide good peer reviews even if the code is AI generated. You can direct it in ways that are not great if you're not careful and or understand what it's doing. | 99,000 | 8 |
11,812 | 11,813 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 26 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges | 33 | Engineering manager | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 50 | 5 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 220,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lisp;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | Lisp;TypeScript | Lisp;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch | Dynamodb | Dynamodb | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Make;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | emacs
emacs | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Asana;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News | Reddit;Hacker News | Reddit;Hacker News | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation | Language processing;MCP servers;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | Ollama;Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;Amazon Codewhisperer | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Logical thinking, architectural overview, how the code implements business logic. | 255,232 | null |
11,813 | 11,814 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 6 | Project manager | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 58,000 | Yes | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Dart | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Django;Flask;Laravel;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | Node.js;React;Vue.js | Node.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;hostinger | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Predictive analytics | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation | Language processing | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | CrewAI;Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | I don't know and it's frightening | 42,316 | 7 |
11,814 | 11,815 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 37 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 43 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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11,815 | 11,816 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (part-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 53 | Student | null | null | null | null | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 53 | 4 | Myanmar | MMK Myanmar kyat | 23,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | A few times per week | I don't use Stack Overflow | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 11 | null |
11,816 | 11,817 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify):;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 8 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | School | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 9 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 17,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Dart;Go;Java;Kotlin;MATLAB;Python;SQL | MicroPython;Rust | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Make;Pacman;Pip;Splunk | Kubernetes | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Next.js;Spring Boot;Vue.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Monday.com;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Not right now | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Designing concepts, Debugging, also writing code on more complex projects | 19,722 | null |
11,817 | 11,818 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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11,818 | 11,819 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 14 | Student | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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11,819 | 11,820 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | null | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 3 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 2 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 85,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;npm;Pip;Poetry;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;Netlify;New Relic;npm;Pip;Poetry;Vite;Yarn | Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;npm;Pip;Poetry;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Node.js;React | Astro;FastAPI;Node.js;React;WordPress | FastAPI;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic | Odoo;Pydantic | Pydantic | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | knowing the basics so that we can effectively judge what AI has output | 62,015 | 9 |
11,820 | 11,821 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 14 | Student | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Collaboration and support from a team
office environment and freedom | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 25,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Cosmos DB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Cosmos DB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js;WordPress | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Microsoft Planner;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion | clickup
clickup | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Substack | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | Vector databases for AI applications | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;Other (please specify): | null | 34,035 | 3 |
11,821 | 11,822 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 5 | Academic researcher | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 2 | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | null | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Node.js | Django;WordPress | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Zed | Neovim;Sublime Text;Vim | Neovim;Sublime Text;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Pop!_OS | Pop!_OS | Obsidian | Obsidian | Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | Telegram, Telegram Groups, Telegram Channels
Telegram, Telegram Groups, Telegram Channels | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;Other (please specify):;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | idc | null | 8 |
11,822 | 11,823 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other (please specify): | 12 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
Flexible schedules | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 30 | 10 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 600,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;PHP;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Supabase | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker | Composer;Docker | Composer;Docker | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;Laravel;Node.js;React;WordPress | Laravel;Node.js;React;WordPress | Laravel;Node.js;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Neovim;PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Zed | Cursor;PhpStorm;Vim | Cursor;PhpStorm;Vim | NA
NA | Odoo;Large Language Model;Ollama | hostinger;Large Language Model;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | Airtable;GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Reddit;YouTube | Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code | Generating content or synthetic data | Deployment and monitoring | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Other (write in): | Yes, vibe coding is now part of my professional development work. I now feel comfortable shifting my programmer's role from manual coding to guiding, testing, and refining the AI-generated source code. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | ChromaDB | null | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Bolt.new;Lovable.dev | Cursor | When I want to compare different solutions | To be able to use AI tools effectively. Prompt engineering. Overcome the high pricing barriers to use the best AI tools. | 31,583 | 8 |
11,823 | 11,824 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 24 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 29 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Monday.com;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Communication | 109,438 | 6 |
11,824 | 11,825 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 15 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 700,000 | Yes | C++;Python;Rust;TypeScript | C++;Python;Rust;TypeScript | C++;Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Cline and/or Roo;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu | Google Workspace | Google Workspace | Google Workspace | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in): | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Weighing cost-benefits of various solutions in practice, determining customer needs and making them feel valued. Architecting software cohesiveness. | 510,708 | 8 |
11,825 | 11,826 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 34 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Other (please specify):
AI endorsement | Other: | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 9 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);Erlang;Go;Java;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Python | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Terraform;Vite | Cargo;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Podman;Terraform | Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Podman;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;React | React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | React | Apache Wicket
Apache Wicket | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;WebStorm | CLion
CLion | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, although management tries to promote it. Colleagues leaning towards vibe coding produce horrendous results that violate all quality standards we built over the past 10 years. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | communication & social interaction, maintaining an objective overview, code review | 69,609 | 6 |
11,826 | 11,827 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Blogs or podcasts | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Government | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 120,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite | Digital Ocean;npm;Vercel;Vite | Digital Ocean;npm;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Coding challenges | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | At the very least, checking AI code, which is almost as complicated as writing it in the first place | 120,000 | 6 |
11,827 | 11,828 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 35 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 25 | 5 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 56,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | Dart | null | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Netlify;npm;Pip;pnpm;Splunk;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Express;jQuery;NestJS;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Android;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear;Markdown File;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | barely | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Understanding problems, envisioning and describing solutions | 64,968 | 9 |
11,828 | 11,829 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 11 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Healthcare | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 1 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 1,730,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | Python;Rust | Python | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Podman | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Pip | NA
uv | Yes | Django;jQuery | Django;FastAPI;Axum | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;RustRover;Windsurf | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;RustRover;Windsurf | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;uv | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS;Fedora | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | absolutely no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Thinking and analysis of complex systems | 41,462 | 7 |
11,829 | 11,830 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 50 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 86,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Spring Boot;WordPress | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PhpStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Windows;Android | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Language processing | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Creativity, finding solutions off the beaten track. | 99,773 | 6 |
11,830 | 11,831 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 17 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 22 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | null | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 370,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Terraform | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Terraform | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask;Node.js;WordPress | Node.js | Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Business analysis, communication with stakeholders and helping them to understand technical reality, deep understanding of domain, system design and architecture, deep understanding of technology that backs up solutions I work on, project planning evaluation and execution, mentoring | 100,973 | 7 |
11,831 | 11,832 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 22 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Government | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 15 | 10 | Argentina | ARS Argentine peso | 45,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);COBOL;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Prolog;SQL;TypeScript | Python;R;Scala | null | Wollok
Wollok | Yes | MongoDB;Oracle | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MongoDB | ADABAS
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Terraform | Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Terraform | Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Django;jQuery;Next.js;React | AngularJS;React | AngularJS;React | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | Large Language Model;RAG | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu;Android | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Vibe coding is a problem for non experienced programmers | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Reading code. Understanding code. Developing architectural solutions. Understanding of the problem and the parts involved. Everything but specific algorithms. Stuff that need context | 38,388 | null |
11,832 | 11,833 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 34 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 36 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 195,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python;TypeScript | C#;MATLAB;Python | C#;MATLAB;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;Oracle | MongoDB | MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;NuGet;Vite | Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Node.js | Astro;Blazor;Node.js | Astro;Blazor;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Linqpad
Linqpad | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Workspace;Monday.com | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | Neutral | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Interacting with other developers and communication skills. Brain-storming, idea generation. | 195,000 | 6 |
11,833 | 11,834 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 3 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | School | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
11,834 | 11,835 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 8 | Academic researcher | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Poor usability
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 11 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 47,000 | Yes | C;C++;Lisp;MATLAB;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C;C++;MATLAB;Python | C;C++;MATLAB;Python | Max, SuperCollider
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | Elasticsearch;Neo4J;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;Neo4J;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Poetry | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Poetry | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Arduino IDE
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat;Fedora | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per week | Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, but I don't really trust AI to generate accurate code. I'd rather write code myself so I really understand it than try to debug AI-generated code. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Language processing | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | I think AI will be great at simple, building-block coding tasks but will still lack the context to create more complex, high-level chunks of code. Writing good code is all about understanding the context and needs of the stakeholders, and AI is going to take a long time to become good at understanding complicated social and business scenarios in a way that will make it really competent and accurate at writing more complex, high-level code. | 47,000 | null |
11,835 | 11,836 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 22 | Developer, mobile | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 6 | Poland | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL;Swift | HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;SQL;Zig | HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;SQL | Nickel
NA | Yes | DuckDB;SQLite | DuckDB | DuckDB | Presto (Athena)
NA | Yes | Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Maven (build tool);Ninja | Cargo;Datadog;Ninja | Cargo;Datadog;Ninja | NA
NA | Yes | Axum | Axum | Axum | Yew, Falcon
Yew | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Android;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | programming.dev (Lemmy instance)
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Other (write in): | Other (write in):
Visiting StackExchange's "Hot questions" for entertainment. | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;Other (please specify): | Experience in designing and debugging complex systems (including those requiring math knowledge);
Knowledge in how to deal with legacy code that may be not a part of typical learning datasets of AIs;
Ability to explain things to people, individually adapting them for better understanding;
Ability to apply experience gained in one area to other fields. | null | 4 |
11,836 | 11,837 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | 25 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 20 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 150,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;F#;GDScript;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Garnet, FASTER
Garnet, FASTER | Yes | Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Railway;Vite;Yarn | Cloudflare;Kubernetes;Railway;Supabase | Cloudflare;Railway | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno;Svelte | ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno | ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno | Lit
Lit | Yes | Bolt;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Claude Code;Cursor;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Azure Devops;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | Azure Devops;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | Azure Devops;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | sort of........ mainly smaller coding tasks instead of full blown software vs foundational stuff | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | MCP servers | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | GitHub MCP Server;pgvector | Semantic Kernel, LM Studio | Semantic Kernel | LM Studio | null | null | Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;OpenHands (formerly OpenDevin);Bolt.new | Augment | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Computer Science topics such as data structures and their associated algorithms. General knowledge of networks + HTTP, etc. | 150,000 | 5 |
11,837 | 11,838 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 33 | System administrator | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Other: | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 5 | Peru | PEN Peruvian sol | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Rust;SQL | JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Google Cloud | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;WordPress | Node.js | null | Smarty templates
NA | null | Sublime Text | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Arch;ChromeOS | GitHub;Trello | Azure Devops | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
11,838 | 11,839 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 16 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 96,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;Valkey | PostgreSQL | UniVerse
UniVerse | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Make;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Make;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | Blazor;Node.js;React | Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Red Hat | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Problem solving and flexibility | 96,000 | 8 |
11,839 | 11,840 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 8 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | 240,000 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;Zig | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Gradle;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Gradle;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Angular;Deno;Django;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js | Angular;Django;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
SolidJS, Web components | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Vim;VSCodium;Zed | Android Studio;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;VSCodium;Zed | Android Studio;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;VSCodium;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Shadcn/ui;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic | null | null | Windows;Android;Arch | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;Arch | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | Plane
Plane | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Meta Llama (all models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Meta Llama (all models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Message Boards;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Nope | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | Debugging | 2,790 | 7 |
11,840 | 11,841 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Other (please specify): | Retired | None of the above | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other (please specify): | 45 | System administrator | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
MUST BE FUNN | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | null | Yes | Assembly;C;C++;Erlang;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | null | GitHub;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code | Other (write in): | NO Im 65 Y old | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;Other (please specify): | Human 2 Human Contacts whit all te erors and glitches it provides | null | null |
11,841 | 11,842 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 35 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 |
11,842 | 11,843 | I code primarily as a hobby | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 31 | Academic researcher | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 18 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Perl;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Perl;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | MariaDB | MariaDB | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Maven (build tool);MSBuild | Docker;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;Webpack | Docker;Maven (build tool);MSBuild | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Java Servlets
Java Servlets | Yes | Eclipse;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio | Eclipse;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio | Eclipse;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio | NA
NA | Large Language Model | c++23;Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | Confluence;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | Confluence;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitLab,Zulip
GitLab,Zulip | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | Yes, as we often generate code witjout deeper knowledge | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Knowledge of concepts and reading code | null | null |
11,843 | 11,844 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 21 | Architect, software or solutions | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | null | null | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 230,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Go;SQL | C#;Go;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;npm;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 230,000 | 6 |
11,844 | 11,845 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 5 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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11,845 | 11,846 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 18 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 20 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | null | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | GDScript;Lua | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Deno;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Svelte;Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Sublime Text | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | Fedora | MacOS;Android;Debian | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | null | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, vibe code is to coding as AI art generators are to artists - a synthetic replacement with mixed ability and questionable legality. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Not really. As it's growth slows it's answers are not getting dramatically better anymore and it's still a slow and overly verbose tool that produces mixed results at best. I don't see that changing baring some sort of paradigm shift in how it's developed/trained/implemented. | null | 3 |
11,846 | 11,847 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 85,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Redis | MySQL;Redis | MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Composer;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;Prometheus;Terraform;Webpack | APT;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Prometheus;Terraform | APT;Composer;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;Prometheus;Terraform | rspack
rspack | Yes | Laravel;React | Blazor;Laravel;React | Laravel;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Rider;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Rider;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Rider;Vim | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 115,720 | 3 |
11,847 | 11,848 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 20 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 6 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 120,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Elixir;Erlang;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Elixir;GDScript;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Elixir;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Cockroachdb;Valkey | PostgreSQL | mnesia,lashup
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Podman;Prometheus | Ansible;APT;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Ansible;APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Podman;Prometheus | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | c++23 | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Ubuntu;Red Hat | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | mattermost,matrix/element
mattermost,matrix/element | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | fuck off, no. it is terribly bad | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;Other (please specify): | deep detail understanding and knowledge, big picture overview, correctness, planning, leadership, debugging, knowing a lot of context, acting cost efficient | 139,218 | 7 |
11,848 | 11,849 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 16 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 16 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 530,000 | Yes | Elixir | Elixir | Elixir | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | atom
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | null | null | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 530,000 | null |
11,849 | 11,850 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | null | null | null | null | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Ethical concerns
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
11,850 | 11,851 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
11,851 | 11,852 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 20 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
work from home | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 90,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Python;Rust | HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | H2;IBM DB2;MySQL;PostgreSQL | H2;IBM DB2;PostgreSQL | H2;IBM DB2;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Podman;Webpack | Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Podman | Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;VSCodium | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 104,413 | 9 |
11,852 | 11,853 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | null | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C;C#;C++;Java | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | YouTube | YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | null |
11,853 | 11,854 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 37 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 38 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Manufacturing | Other (please specify):
Hybrid working | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 5 | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | 160,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite | Firebird
Firebird | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Delphi
NA | Delphi 12+ Athens | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Redmine | GitHub;GitLab;Redmine | GitHub;GitLab;Redmine | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | copilot
copilot | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | At times yes, if it worked better then would use it more | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Working on large legacy code bases. | 96,377 | 2 |
11,854 | 11,855 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Higher Education | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 143,100 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Starlark
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL | Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | npm;pnpm;Vite | npm;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Lit, Closure
Lit | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Zed | Windsurf;Zed | Windsurf;Zed | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | MacOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Workspace;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No not really | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Devin AI | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | The ability to learn | 143,100 | 8 |
11,855 | 11,856 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 8 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Manufacturing | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 94,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;Make;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Make;MSBuild;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Make;MSBuild;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Neovim;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Shadcn/ui | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Logic games/puzzles;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, every time I've tried vibe coding, I end up wasting time. It can be good for one off things but then I'm back to manually editing code in between prompts. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Communicating with stakeholders to identify problems and come up with solutions is the core ability of a developer that creates value for a company. How they are implemented is less consequential. | 94,000 | 7 |
11,856 | 11,857 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 2 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 4 | India | INR Indian rupee | 600,000 | Yes | C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | Go;Java;TypeScript | null | Yes
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Heroku;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip | null | null | Yes
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Spring Boot | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows | Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unsure | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Going deep | 6,974 | 5 |
11,857 | 11,858 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 20 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
Flexible to address requirement in various stage of a project | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 170,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 170,000 | 9 |
11,858 | 11,859 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Data or business analyst | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 3 | 3 | Mexico | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C;C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MATLAB;PHP;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | C;C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MATLAB;PHP;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | C;C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MATLAB;PHP;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Google Workspace;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Vibe coding is a good tool, but it is important make good prompts, prompts are my job. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Write good prompts, integration of AI responses with the process and create a strong security enviroment. | null | null |
11,859 | 11,860 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Egypt | EGP Egyptian pound | 32,000 | Yes | Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;H2;MongoDB;Redis | Elasticsearch;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm | Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Yarn | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm | Jenkins
Jenkins | Yes | Angular;Drupal;Node.js;Spring Boot | Angular;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Angular;Node.js;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;iOS;iPadOS | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Notion;Obsidian | null | null | IBM JTS
NA | Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Requirement analysis and finding problems in requirements before integrating with existing code | 639 | 8 |
11,860 | 11,861 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 27 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 29 | System administrator | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Insurance | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 16 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 108,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;COBOL;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;NuGet | APT;Homebrew | APT;Homebrew | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, and I hope it never is. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Critical thinking. LLMs will be able to bang out code that looks like other code they've been fed, but that will be the extent of their usefulness. | 108,000 | null |
11,861 | 11,862 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 11 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 17 | Data engineer | null | null | null | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 2 | France | EUR European Euro | 80,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | C++;Go;Java;Lua;Python | Java;Python | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery | BigQuery;Cassandra;DuckDB | BigQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;Terraform | Google Cloud | Google Cloud | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Miro;Monday.com | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Vie coding is not part of my work. Some IDE integrated tools are nice and time saving, but for complicated tasks it's just not worth it. | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Algorithm, understanding how languages work, etc. | 92,812 | 2 |
11,862 | 11,863 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 3 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | School | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 5 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 30,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5,461 | 10 |
11,863 | 11,864 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 26 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 31 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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11,864 | 11,865 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 9 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 80,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 80,000 | 8 |
11,865 | 11,866 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 25 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 6 | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 48,000 | Yes | C#;Go;Python;SQL | C#;Go;Rust;SQL | C#;Go;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server | ASE (sybase)
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Rider;Visual Studio Code | Rider;RustRover | Rider | goland
goland | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | Other (write in): | not yet | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 48,000 | 5 |
11,866 | 11,867 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 8 | Developer, mobile | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | School | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | Egypt | EGP Egyptian pound | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
11,867 | 11,868 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | 8 | Student | I don’t know | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 8 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pacman | APT;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pacman | APT;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pacman | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;jQuery | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Troubleshooting, Creative Thinking | null | null |
11,868 | 11,869 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 22 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 22 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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11,869 | 11,870 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 8 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Healthcare | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 890,000 | Yes | C;C#;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | Cloud Firestore;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite | Docker;Firebase;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;NuGet | Docker;Firebase;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Workspace | null | null | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Committing and reviewing code | null | Testing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 41,657 | 7 |
11,870 | 11,871 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 39 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 39 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Other: | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 125,000 | Yes | Java;JavaScript;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | Neo4J | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;npm | Composer;Kubernetes;Vite | null | NA
NA | Yes | React;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;Jira;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | I have done this for one-off scripts in Python. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Strong communication skills, excellent vocabulary, and ability to think outside the box. | 125,000 | 8 |
11,871 | 11,872 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 22 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 125,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Amazon Redshift | SQLite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Netlify | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Angular | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | null | Confluence;GitHub;Stack Overflow for Teams | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | Documenting code;Predictive analytics | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Marketing | Language processing | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | new solution to new problems | 145,018 | 5 |
11,872 | 11,873 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 100,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Splunk;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Splunk;Vercel;Vite | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Splunk;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iPadOS | Windows | Airtable;Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Colab;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Colab;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Colab;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Not currently | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | System design, Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving, creativity, innovation | 100,000 | 7 |
11,873 | 11,874 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 4 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Albania | ALL Albanian lek | null | Yes | C;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | Cloud Firestore;MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Next.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | Astro;Deno;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;NestJS;Node.js;React;Svelte | React | NA
Preact, Solid, React Router, Tanstack Start/Router | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | null | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Nope, not at all, AI code needs a ton of human supervision. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Bolt.new;Lovable.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Architectural designs should be made by humans, as AI still cannot make the right decisions. I AI can solve small problems easily but the more broad the problem is the less likely it is that you can trust the AI with the decision | null | 7 |
11,874 | 11,875 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 19 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 19 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 8 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 720,000 | Yes | Python;TypeScript | TypeScript | TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;npm;pnpm;Poetry;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Heroku;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | Docker;Heroku;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Miro | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;v0.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | scaling an AI built mvp into a real product that can be maintainable | 131,066 | 9 |
11,875 | 11,876 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | 13 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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11,876 | 11,877 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 7 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 5 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Game Maker Language
NA | Yes | MariaDB | MariaDB | MariaDB | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vue.js | Vue.js | Vue.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Knowing the full context for your project.
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11,877 | 11,878 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 22 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 27 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 88,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C# | C# | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | BigQuery;Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | BigQuery;Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Next.js;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Miro;Monday.com;Notion | GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | NA
NA | Discord;YouTube;Twitch | Discord;YouTube;Twitch | Discord;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | 119,805 | 7 |
11,878 | 11,879 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 25 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js | Django;Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js | Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text | Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;YouTrack | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;YouTrack | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | daily.dev
daily.dev | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Prompting | null | 7 |
11,879 | 11,880 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 23 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
AI integrations and/or marketing | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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11,880 | 11,881 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 27 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 30 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 1 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 100,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | Go;HTML/CSS;Java;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;SQL | CFML (Adobe ColdFusion)
BoxLang | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET | Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Twitch | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Twitch | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Twitch | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase | Committing and reviewing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Architecting data and software and workflow/logical decision making. | 100,000 | 8 |
11,881 | 11,882 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Coding Bootcamp | 6 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 9 | Lithuania | EUR European Euro | 4,000 | Yes | C;C#;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
Python, Typescript, Java | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Supabase | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Ninja;npm;Pip;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Firebase;Google Cloud;Ninja;npm;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Yarn | Firebase;Google Cloud;Ninja;npm;Pip;Supabase;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Svelte;WordPress | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Django;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Spring Boot;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Django;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Bolt;Cursor;Lovable.dev;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Odoo;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | null | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Monday.com;Stack Overflow for Teams | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Less than one year | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations;Customer service support | Language processing;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Redis;GitHub MCP Server;supabase;Pinecone | null | AutoGen (Microsoft);OpenRouter;LangChain;Zapier;Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | Galileo;Metero | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT;Auto-GPT;Replit;v0.dev;Bolt.new;Lovable.dev | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Best Solution for solving world issues and Implement business logic | 4,641 | 8 |
11,882 | 11,883 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Developer, front-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 68,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Microsoft Azure;npm;Vite;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Documenting code | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Writing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 78,890 | 10 |
11,883 | 11,884 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 17 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 210,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | Go;JavaScript;Python;Rust | JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;Amazon Redshift | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js | FastAPI | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model;Pydantic;uv | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;MacOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Notion;Trello | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Not typically. Maybe for hack-a-thons or proofs-of-concept | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Systems thinking, design, and architecture. Understanding the software holistically and making sure that AI contributions are adhering to standards. Making sure that if something breaks, someone can know how to troubleshoot the code and not just hope that AI will be able to fix it. | 210,000 | 8 |
11,884 | 11,885 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 40 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 40 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 50,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);COBOL;Delphi | Bash/Shell (all shells);COBOL;Delphi | Bash/Shell (all shells);COBOL;Delphi | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | Interbase
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes | Docker;Kubernetes | Docker;Kubernetes | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Delphi 12+ Athens | Delphi 12+ Athens | Delphi 12+ Athens | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;AgentGPT | null | When I want to learn best practices | null | 58,007 | 9 |
11,885 | 11,886 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 31 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | null | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 6 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 1,500,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Java;MATLAB;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Java;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | filesytem based db
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Yarn | Cargo;Docker;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;React | Angular;AngularJS;React;Spring Boot | Angular;AngularJS;React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers;Other (write in): | null | null | Other (write in): | no | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Coding | 70,208 | 6 |
11,886 | 11,887 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Games or coding challenges | 8 | Founder, technology or otherwise | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 20 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 130,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;JavaScript;Python;R;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;New Relic;Ninja;npm;Pip;Poetry;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Node.js;React;Svelte | Angular;Astro;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | FastAPI;Node.js;React;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Nano;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Nano;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Claude Code;Nano;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Amazon Bedrock | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock | Amazon Bedrock | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Other (write in): | Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | It is not essential, but It is clear that it's becoming more and more prevalent. I do not like the term 'vibe coding' because it does not capture the essence of it, which in my words is mostly an AI coding pair. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 130,000 | 7 |
11,887 | 11,888 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 8 | Data scientist | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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11,888 | 11,889 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 12 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 15 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Other (please specify):
we code our own tools | Other (please specify):
it is not my code | Software Development | Other (please specify):
code my own logic without standards | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;R;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | XML
xml | Yes | MySQL | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Composer;Digital Ocean;npm | APT;Composer;Digital Ocean;npm | APT;Composer;Digital Ocean;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm | PhpStorm | PhpStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | write my own algorithsm/tools | write own algorithms/tools | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Company-sponsored forums | Company-sponsored forums | Company-sponsored forums | Official Docs
Official Docs | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Other (write in): | Other (write in):
read content | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | Other (write in): | that is the stupidest thing I have ever heard.... | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | the spaghetti assembly monster is coming for you all... the rogue programmer coding closer to the metal is coming to poop on your socialist apocalyptic dystopia. | null | 10 |
11,889 | 11,890 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 40 | Other (please specify): | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
actual quality | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
overcomplexity | Healthcare | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 49,000 | Yes | C;C++;Python | C;C++;Python | C;C++;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | null | null | c++ builder 5.5, Rad Builder
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
general browsing | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | not currently a part and probably never will be | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;Other (please specify): | creativity not based on unreliable and opinionated training. for example all solutions merging into 1 as in car design. | 66,709 | 7 |
11,890 | 11,891 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 8 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 6,144 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Swift;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Swift;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Swift;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Homebrew;pnpm;Vercel | Homebrew;pnpm;Vercel | Homebrew;pnpm;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;WordPress | Next.js;Node.js | Next.js;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;SwiftData;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;SwiftData;Shadcn/ui;visionOS | Tailwind CSS 4;SwiftData;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;MacOS | null | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion;YouTrack | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Discord;YouTube | Discord;YouTube | Discord;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Testing code | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, not really. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Problem solving | 7,128 | null |
11,891 | 11,892 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Attending school (part-time) | 36 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Other (please specify):;Books / Physical media | 36 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | Solving real-world problems
NA | null | null | null | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Python | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Doxygen;GitHub | Stack Overflow for Teams | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Creativity, understanding human contexts, taking responsibility for quality outcomes, the ability to maintain complex code bases, understanding requirements regardless of how unclear they may be. | null | 9 |
11,892 | 11,893 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
11,893 | 11,894 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Insurance | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 6 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 49,000 | Yes | Ada;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows;MacOS | Asana;Google Workspace | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Predictive analytics | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I haven’t encountered any problems | Na | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Business process automation;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Human mind. | 66,709 | null |
11,894 | 11,895 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 17 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 6 | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | 120,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;F#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Redis | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Redis | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Django;Node.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js;WordPress | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Asana;Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian | Asana;Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira;Notion;Obsidian | Asana;Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | null | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No, I may use AI to partially solve a problem or check code for quality but I never use AI that I don't fully understand and can comprehend. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Infrastructure creation and management, technical knowledge of a domain, understanding and debugging code | 72,282 | 7 |
11,895 | 11,896 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 15 | System administrator | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 1 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 95,000 | Yes | C;C#;Java;JavaScript | C;Java | C;Java | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker | null | null | meson
meson | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Visual Studio | Eclipse | Eclipse | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Debian | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Markdown File | null | null | sourcehut
sourcehut | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | nope | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Not turning into prompt engineering script kiddies | 95,000 | null |
11,896 | 11,897 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | Rust;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | null | MongoDB;MySQL;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);npm;Vercel;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Lovable.dev;Trae;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | null | GitHub;Google Colab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work) | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something | null | null | null |
11,897 | 11,898 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;jQuery;WordPress | Django | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Android | Airtable;Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | Teams
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | interpreting business requirements into functional solutions | 100,000 | 2 |
11,898 | 11,899 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
11,899 | 11,900 | I code primarily as a hobby | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Retired | Volunteering (regularly) | 40 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 53 | Retired | null | null | null | null | null | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 4 | France | EUR European Euro | 0 | Yes | C;C++ | C;C++ | C;C++ | Raku
Raku | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | I'm programming for the fun. Asking AI to write the code for me is not fun: it's like buying an already written code (and maybe a more or less buggy code). | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | To be able to understand the code written by an AI tool. | null | null |
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