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12,000 | 12,001 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 14 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 17 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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 | 4 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 500,000 | Yes | C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Snowflake | Snowflake | Snowflake | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | React | FastAPI;React | React | Tornado
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;uv | Large Language Model;uv | Large Language Model;uv | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
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NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
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NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | Yes | Django;jQuery | Django | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio | Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio | Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
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NA | Ethical concerns
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Julia | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | DuckDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Vim;Visual Studio | null | null | RStudio IDE
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Windows;Ubuntu | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
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NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server | MongoDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Microsoft Azure;npm | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Cloudflare | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;React;Ruby on Rails | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Vim | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Pop!_OS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;Pop!_OS;NixOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira | GitLab;Obsidian | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Videos;Coding challenges;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 | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | I use AI to help me, but I am not okay with "vibe coding" | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | 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. | 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 | 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 | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT | 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 | I don't think any skills will ever lose their value, developers will just learn to use AI like any other tool. You still need to be a good person, have good reasoning skills, a desire to learn, and anything else you've needed to be a good engineer for the past few decades | 120,000 | 5 |
12,004 | 12,005 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 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);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;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 | null | Connected to an open-source project
Low resource usage | Ethical concerns
No FOSS implementations; nonfree specification | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 50 | 100 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;MATLAB;Python;Rust;SQL;Zig | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;MATLAB;Perl;Python;Rust;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;MATLAB;Python;Rust;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Docker;Ninja;npm;Pacman;Pip;Poetry;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Docker;Pacman;Pip;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Docker;Pacman;Pip;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | XBPS
XBPS | Yes | Node.js;Svelte;WordPress | Svelte | Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Notepad++;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Notepad++;RustRover;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Notepad++;RustRover;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | Markdown File | Markdown File | Markdown File | rustdoc, docusaurus, git, subversion
rustdoc, docusaurus, git | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;Bluesky | IRC, Various independent forums
IRC, Various independent forums | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | 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 | 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 | 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 | No, and it's extremely harmful in my field of study (cybersecurity) | 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 | 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.;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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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 | Most or all - LLMs are fundamentally incapable
Whether LLMs will continue to advance at the rate they have been is still in question. Eventually adoption will plateau and funding will dry up | null | null |
12,005 | 12,006 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 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 | Other (please specify): | 9 | Developer, back-end | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | 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 | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 7 | Bulgaria | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | JavaScript;Lua | JavaScript;Lua | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vite | APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Supabase | APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React;Svelte | Svelte | Svelte | Bun
Bun | Yes | Nano;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;VSCodium;Zed | Nano | Nano | Replit
Replit | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | Windows;MacOS;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | Replit,Google Sheets
Replit,Google Sheets | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI);Other (write in): | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Highly distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Committing and reviewing code | null | Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | 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 weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing | 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. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | 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. | 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 | 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 | Google Gemini;Replit;v0.dev;Bolt.new;Lovable.dev | null | When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | Critical thinking and problem solving | 116,015 | 10 |
12,006 | 12,007 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 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);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;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Data or business analyst | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 17 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | spl, promql
spl, promql | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Prometheus;Splunk | Prometheus | Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++ | Notepad++ | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Ollama | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing 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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | not yet | No, but I 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. | 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.;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 want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | The ability to gather precise requirements, fail fast, perform quality and performance testing, storytelling, etc. | 100,000 | null |
12,007 | 12,008 | I am a developer by profession | 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) | null | null | null | null | null | null | Architect, software or solutions | 100 to 499 employees | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 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 |
12,008 | 12,009 | 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 | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 |
12,009 | 12,010 | 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 | 33 | 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;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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 40 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | null | 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 | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 2 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 55,000 | Yes | C;C#;C++;PowerShell;Rust | C;C#;C++;Rust | C;C#;C++;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | 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;Coding challenges | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations | 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. | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | 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.;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. | GitHub MCP Server | null | Llama Index | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | solving problems with a focus on customers requirements | 63,808 | 4 |
12,010 | 12,011 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 28 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 28 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 24 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;R;SQL;Swift | null | null | Raku
NA | Yes | SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | My Own Libraries
NA | Yes | Xcode | null | null | BBEdit
NA | Large Language Model;RAG | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | 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 | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics | 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.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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 | 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. | 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. | 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 | Testing, program design | null | 7 |
12,011 | 12,012 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 40 | 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 | 49 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Healthcare | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 3 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 1,500,000 | Yes | C#;SQL | C#;SQL | C#;SQL | FoxPro
FoxPro | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | FoxPro
FoxPro | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;jQuery | ASP.NET;jQuery | ASP.NET;jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual FoxPro
Visual FoxPro | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS | Windows;iOS | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | Visual Source Safe
Visual Source Safe | Discord;LinkedIn | Discord;LinkedIn | Discord;LinkedIn | Experts Exchange
Experts Exchange | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | 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;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 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. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | AI is still not able to provide new and non-standard ideas | 70,208 | 8 |
12,012 | 12,013 | 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 | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 19 | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;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;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 | 33 | Founder, technology or otherwise | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | 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
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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 |
12,013 | 12,014 | I am learning to code | 25-34 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Norway | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;PHP;Rust;TypeScript | C++;F#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Python;Rust;Scala;Swift;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Rust;TypeScript | Haskell
Haskell | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Axum | Deno;Svelte;Axum | Axum | NA
Servant (Haskell framework) | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | Tailwind CSS 4;Polars | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Substack | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | null | Mistral Chat
Mistral Chat | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Other (write in): | Other (write in):
Copy & paste question and answers to a LLM for more elaborated answer. | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, I use LLM to ask about programming definitons and explaination term vocabulary.
Also, about explaining syntax.
Also, helps as documentation aid | 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.;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 | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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;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 | Quick to set up a working project, and deploy it fast, without help from documentation or LLM tools.
Nothing can replace a skilled developer.
| null | null |
12,014 | 12,015 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 32 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 32 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | 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 | Government | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 14 | 16 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;SQL;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;SQL;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;SQL;VBA | XML
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | 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 | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Windows | Azure Devops;Jira | Azure Devops;Jira | Azure Devops;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;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 | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | I know what I want and asking AI to generate small portions of codes for mini-tasks to safe my time or come up with parsing | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | 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.;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 | When I want to compare different solutions;Other (please specify):;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | General programming logic, knowing methods and functionality. Reducing complexity and have a performance as a goal. | 200,000 | null |
12,015 | 12,016 | 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 | 18 | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 15 | Engineering manager | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 176,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;R;Swift;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;R;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;R;Swift | SAS, Blaise/Pascal
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;npm;NuGet;Vite | Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Vite | Docker;npm;NuGet;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | MacOS | Windows | GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | Smartsheet
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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 | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unsure | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Not really? I typically tell Copilot what I want done, not what the problem is I'm trying to solve. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | 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 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | 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. | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | Copilot Agent | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot | 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 | I think that there is an art to listening to a client and figuring out what they are actually trying to get that AI won't be able to do. "Art" is the key word there. Yeah, AI's have done fascinating things with Art, but only with strong direction. They do not possess the capability to spawn entirely new things, it's all derivative. Maybe one day they will be able to, but I don't think that's anytime soon. Soft skills are going to become more and more valuable. | 176,000 | 7 |
12,016 | 12,017 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 7 | 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 | 10 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | null | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Republic of Moldova | EUR European Euro | 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 | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | 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 | null | Search for answers | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 0 |
12,017 | 12,018 | 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) | 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;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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 14 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | 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 | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 215,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | Elixir;Erlang;Go;Python;Rust;TypeScript;Zig | Go;Python;TypeScript | NA
Gleam | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Supabase;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Supabase;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Supabase;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;Spring Boot | Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf | NA
NA | Ollama;uv | uv | uv | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS;Pop!_OS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | 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 monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;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 | Only for small sub tasks or time saving measures like formatting data correctly | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | 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. | 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 | null | 215,000 | 7 |
12,018 | 12,019 | 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 | 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) | 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) | 6 | Data or business analyst | 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
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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 |
12,019 | 12,020 | 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 | Engaged in paid work (20-29 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;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 20 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | RavenDB
RavenDB | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;NuGet;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
12,020 | 12,021 | 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 | 16 | 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 | 23 | Developer, full-stack | null | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
Presence of AI or AI agents | Other: | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 30 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 50,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;Fortran;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL;Gleam | Assembly;Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Lua;Python;Ruby;Rust;TypeScript;Zig;Gleam | Assembly;Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Ruby;Rust;Gleam | Janet, Haskell, Elm
Janet, Haskell, Elm | Yes | null | null | null | Automerge
Automerge | Yes | Bun;Cargo;npm;Vite | Bun;Cargo;npm;Vite | Bun;Cargo;npm;Vite | Nix
Nix | Yes | Deno;Svelte | Deno;Svelte | Deno;Svelte | Lume
Web components | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
Helix | Ollama | null | null | null | null | NixOS | NixOS | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | Markdown File;Wikis | Markdown File;Wikis | Hedgedoc, Etherpad, Cryptpad
Hedgedoc | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | null | null | Codeberg
Codeberg | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | 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.);Direct messaging of users;Other (write in): | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | 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;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): | Writing code | 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 | Nope. I think it's silly and dangerous, and makes my brain rot. | 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. | 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: | 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 | 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 | Empathy, communication, ethics, caring, having fun together. | 58,007 | 8 |
12,021 | 12,022 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 2 | Student | 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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12,022 | 12,023 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Other (please specify): | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 5 | System administrator | 20 to 99 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 | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 10 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 27,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Make;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Vite | Docker;Prometheus | Docker;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Drupal;Laravel;Vue.js;WordPress | Drupal;Laravel | Drupal;Laravel | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Debian | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 1 and 3 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 | 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 | null | 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.;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 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.;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 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 | null | 31,324 | null |
12,023 | 12,024 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | 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);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 | 35 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | null | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 5 | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | null | Yes | C#;C++ | Assembly;C++;Rust | C++ | Haskell
Haskell | Yes | Oracle | SQLite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;MSBuild;NuGet | Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Ninja | Docker | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;RustRover;Visual Studio | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Doxygen;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis;YouTrack | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis;YouTrack | GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles;Coding challenges | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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.;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. | 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): | Common sense and critical thinking will always remain relevant.
Hopefully more people will come back to their senses after few software caused disasters happen, caused by someone lazily accepting AI-generated code without understanding what they were doing. | null | 6 |
12,024 | 12,025 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 14 | 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;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 | 15 | Academic researcher | 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 | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 46,565 | Yes | Fortran;Python;Rust | Fortran;Python;Rust;Mojo | Fortran;Python;Rust | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Make;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Podman | Docker;Make;Pip | pixi,
uv, | 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 | Emacs
Emacs | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Polars;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards | 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 | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Committing and reviewing code | null | null | 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 | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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. | 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 | 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.;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 | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;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 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 | Architecture, creativity, reading documentation, writing tests that actually cover all edge cases, analysis, etc | 63,394 | null |
12,025 | 12,026 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 29 | 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 | 39 | DevOps engineer or professional | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | Ireland | EUR European Euro | 105,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis;Valkey | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Kubernetes;New Relic;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Kubernetes;New Relic;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Kubernetes;New Relic;Terraform | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Vim | Notepad++;Vim | Notepad++;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | null | null | null | 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 | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | 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 | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | 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 | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | 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 | no | 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.;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 want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | anything that requires creativity, out of the box thinking, and efficiency as in fast and low resource utilization coding. As well as code which is somewhat future proof, that has some forward thinking done and was code with some vision of where and how can it evolve. | 121,815 | 8 |
12,026 | 12,027 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 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 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);Blogs or podcasts | 35 | Other (please specify): | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Poor usability
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 42,000 | 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 | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | 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 | 42,000 | null |
12,027 | 12,028 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 25 | 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 | 30 | Applied scientist | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 4 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;SQL | Rust | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Fedora | MacOS;Fedora | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;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 | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | 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;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): | Testing code | 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, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 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.;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. | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Problem solving; applying the most suitable solution to a problem; requirements engineering | 130,019 | 9 |
12,028 | 12,029 | 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 | 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);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) | 7 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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 | 3 | 1 | Kosovo | EUR European Euro | 35,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | null | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;FastAPI | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS | GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | 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 | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code | Project planning | Testing code | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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 | 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 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 improved collaboration within my team. | 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.;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 | Langfuse | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | 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 | system design | 40,605 | 8 |
12,029 | 12,030 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 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);Blogs or podcasts | 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 | 30 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 4 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 630,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;SQL | C#;SQL | VB6
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Terraform;Webpack | Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | Azure Devops;Jira | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube | 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 | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | 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 | 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 | 66,038 | 7 |
12,030 | 12,031 | 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.) | 15 | 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 | 20 | Developer, back-end | 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 160,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;PostgreSQL;Redis | BigQuery;PostgreSQL;Redis | BigQuery;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;Pip;Terraform | Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI | Django;FastAPI | Django;FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic | Pydantic | Pydantic | null | null | MacOS;Android;iPadOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No - I am not interested in vibe coding, as the act of writing the code myself is important to my thought process and flow, as well as in practicing and understanding what I am doing. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 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.;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 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 | Being able to understand and have a mental model of complex systems. Understanding business priorities. Understanding desired output and bugs that 'compile' or 'pass tests'. Understanding how to structure code to be readable and modifiable. | 116,733 | 9 |
12,031 | 12,032 | 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 | 30 | 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 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 | 40 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 6 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | 65,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;Dart;Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;MicroPython;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NIM
NIM | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cassandra;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite | Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;NuGet;Pip;Terraform;Vite | Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite | Scaleway
Scaleway | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Express;FastAPI;Node.js;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;FastAPI;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;FastAPI;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Delphi
Delphi | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Windows;Ubuntu;ChromeOS | GitHub;Jira;Trello | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Hackaday
Hackaday | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | ollama
ollama | 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.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Generating content or synthetic data | null | 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 | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Data and analytics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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 helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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 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. | 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 | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | experience | 75,410 | 9 |
12,032 | 12,033 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);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);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);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) | 20 | Founder, technology or otherwise | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 8 | 8 | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | pl/pgsql
pl/pgsql | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Composer;Docker;npm;Splunk;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Docker;Podman;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Docker;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Next.js;Node.js;React;Axum | Astro;Node.js;Axum | Astro;Node.js;Axum | SolidJS, SolidStart
SolidJS, SolidStart | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;RustRover;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;RustRover;WebStorm;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;RustRover;WebStorm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | 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.);Chat (bot/AI) | 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 | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No, not at all. I'm skeptical about "vibe coding". It's not mature enough yet to use for production. | 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.;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.;Write in the most significant challenge 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 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;Other (please specify): | Figuring out the best ways to explain to machines what we want from them. | null | 10 |
12,033 | 12,034 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 5 | 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) | 6 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
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12,034 | 12,035 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 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);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);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 | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
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 | 20 | 15 | Argentina | ARS Argentine peso | 38,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Vite
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | MacOS;Debian | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Google Workspace;Trello | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;X;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | 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 | 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 | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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 | 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.;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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Real world solving problems | 32 | 8 |
12,035 | 12,036 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 45 | 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);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;Books / Physical media | 30 | Data scientist | null | 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 | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Government | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | 100,000 | Yes | Python | Python | Python | NA
NA | Yes | Snowflake;SQLite | Snowflake;SQLite | Snowflake;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | uv | Pydantic;uv | uv | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Obsidian | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I haven’t encountered any problems | No. AI can provide a code sample/example that is often a good starting point. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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 | 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.;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 | GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;Perplexity | 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;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | Focused creativity. The ability to design innovative and pragmatic solutions, using software and predictive approaches, that address business problems | 60,235 | null |
12,036 | 12,037 | 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 | None of the above | 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);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 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 20 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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12,037 | 12,038 | 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 | 9 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 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) | 14 | AI/ML engineer | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | null | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 31,000 | Yes | C#;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL | null | null | Azure AI Search
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core | React | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | 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 daily | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;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;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | I sometimes use it to generate small deterministic functions like string transformation and regex. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | 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. | 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 want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Writing system requirements, designing architecture and contact with the business. | 8,460 | 7 |
12,038 | 12,039 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 25 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 20 to 99 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 40 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 285,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;R;TypeScript | Go;Java;Python;TypeScript | Go;Java;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Clickhouse;Amazon Redshift;Valkey | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;uv | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | null | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose 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 | Less than once per month or monthly | null | null | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Not really, I don't just dive in usually, I try to make sure I have an engineered solution to problems | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics;Customer service support | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;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 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 | 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 | 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. | 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. | null | Redis;LanceDB;Neo4j;GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB;pgvector;Pinecone | null | AutoGen (Microsoft);Ollama;LangChain | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | 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 | thinking and deciding what should be done as it relates to the business core value adds | 285,000 | 8 |
12,039 | 12,040 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 31 | 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);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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 43 | Architect, software or solutions | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | null | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | 236,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | not yet | 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.;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 | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 142,155 | 7 |
12,040 | 12,041 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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;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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
NA | null | null | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Israel | ILS Israeli new shekel | null | Yes | C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Go;Python;R | Python | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL | SQLite;Amazon Redshift | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker | null | null | google cloude
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;Express;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | null | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Neutral | 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 | Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | yes | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | 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. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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. | 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;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | null |
12,041 | 12,042 | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | Colleague or on-the-job training | 20 | AI/ML engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
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 | 21 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 190,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;Java;Kotlin;Python | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Java;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Pip;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Pip;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Django;Flask | Django | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Pop!_OS | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Discord | Stack Overflow;Discord | 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 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | 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 | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | 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.;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 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. | 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 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 | Accurately grasping customer requirements. | 190,000 | 5 |
12,042 | 12,043 | 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 | 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);Coding Bootcamp | 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, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Chile | CLP Chilean peso | 35,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Dart;Go;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Heroku;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Splunk;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Heroku;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;jQuery;NestJS;Node.js;React | Angular;Express;FastAPI;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;NestJS;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Cursor;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Trello | Airtable;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
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 | Writing code | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation | Integration with external agents and APIs | 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 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 | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Lovable.dev | 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 | null | 37,111 | 7 |
12,043 | 12,044 | 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 | 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
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12,044 | 12,045 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 5 | 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;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 | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Government | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 2 | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | 94,000 | Yes | R | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | 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
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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 | 56,621 | null |
12,045 | 12,046 | 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 | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 34 | Data engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 6 | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | 100,000 | Yes | JavaScript;SQL;VBA | SQL;VBA | SQL;VBA | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server | Databricks SQL;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Copliot
Copilot, Databricks | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Copilot
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | Generating content or synthetic data | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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. | 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;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Communication skills. Knowing what clients actually mean | 60,235 | 8 |
12,046 | 12,047 | 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 | 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);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 | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Good brand and public image
Anything other than AI capabilities | Other (please specify):
Over-use (or focus on) AI | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 10 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 105,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP | Python;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Netlify;npm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm;Sublime Text;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Notion;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Medium | null | null | 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 | Job board | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | 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;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | 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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Not in the slightest. | 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. | 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 | Other (please specify): | None. | 68,260 | 8 |
12,047 | 12,048 | 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 | 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;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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify):;Books / Physical media | 16 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 50 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 69,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;COBOL;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lisp;Lua;Perl;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Java;Lua;Perl;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Java;Lua;Perl;Python | NA
jax | Yes | Elasticsearch;IBM DB2;MySQL;SQLite | IBM DB2 | IBM DB2 | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Ninja;npm;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Terraform;Yarn | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Ninja;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Terraform | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Ninja;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Terraform | paru, CMake, dnf, yum
paru, CMake, dnf | Yes | Angular;Django;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim | NA
NA | c++23;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | c++23;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | c++23;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | weights&biases | weights&biases | Windows;Android;Arch | Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Red Hat;Fedora | Airtable;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Monday.com;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | Airtable;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro;Trello;Wikis | Airtable;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro;Trello;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Hell No. AI speeds up certain tasks and augments human work. Generating the whole thing will quickly lead to quality degeneration. It's a tool not a way of coding. Agentic efforts are equally misguided for writing complex software autonomously. Humans excell at complexity and adaptability, context awareness and many more aspects that are absolutely crucial to programming and the development of our software infrastructure. An LLM will take decades of development to be able to write a working c++ compiler or the rust compiler that is fully featured as bug free as our reference implementations and develop it in a reasonable and useful way as we humans do. Not even with 12345567909754 agents | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Customer service support | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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 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. | 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. | 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 | 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 | High level guidance, requirements, quality assurance, performance, complex mathematical code, the special spark | 80,050 | 7 |
12,048 | 12,049 | 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);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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 11 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Healthcare | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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12,049 | 12,050 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 16 | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 30 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | null | France | EUR European Euro | 75,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Go;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Valkey | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Composer;Docker;npm;Pacman;Pip | Podman | null | ovh
NA | Yes | Django;React | Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;VSCodium | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | null | NA
NA | Pydantic | null | null | null | null | Arch | Arch | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;Bluesky | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Meta Llama (all models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles | 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 monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | 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 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 | Communicating with the stake-holders and refining requirements. AI tries too much just to please, not to provide actual value, which can come with disruption. | 87,011 | 8 |
12,050 | 12,051 | 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) | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 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) | 22 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Energy | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 115,000 | Yes | C#;C++;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | hell no. i treat AI like a carpenter treated the invention of the table saw. It is a tool to make me more effecient, not to do my job. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 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.;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 | 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 | architecture. AI can repeat code files. but to recreate a pipeline or process across projects/files is much harder. | 83,902 | 5 |
12,051 | 12,052 | 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 | 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);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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 6 | Developer, mobile | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | 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 | 4 | 1 | Colombia | COP Colombian peso | 72,800,000 | Yes | Java;Kotlin | C#;Kotlin;Python | Kotlin | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | Couchbase
NA | Yes | Gradle | Gradle | Gradle | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | MacOS;Android | Confluence;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;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 | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | No. I don't think it's possible to vibe-code for rather niche tech stacks such as mine (Android apps with Jetpack Compose) | 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 | 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 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.;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 compare different solutions | Systems designs. | 17,813 | 6 |
12,052 | 12,053 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | 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 | 15 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
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 | null | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 80,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Bun;Docker;Google Cloud;Pacman;Pip;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | APT;Bun;Chocolatey;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | APT;Bun;Docker;Google Cloud;Pip;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Express;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Symfony;Vue.js | Angular;AngularJS;Deno;Express;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js | Deno;Express;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Symfony;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Monday.com;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No, absolutely not. | 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 increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | 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. | 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. | 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 | 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 skills, best code practices, optimization | 58,367 | 8 |
12,053 | 12,054 | 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.) | 11 | 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);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;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 | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 360,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Supabase | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Supabase | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Supabase | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui | Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | 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 | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | No given the complexity of problems I work on AI tools are typically performing poorly on them | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | 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. | 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.;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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | supabase | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | 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;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | problem solving | 360,000 | 7 |
12,054 | 12,055 | 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.) | 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);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 | 6 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 4 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 82,400 | Yes | C;C#;Python | C;Go;Python;Rust | C;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;PyCharm;Rider;Vim | Neovim;PyCharm;Rider;Vim | CLion
CLion | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;Jira;Obsidian | Confluence;Jira;Obsidian | Confluence;Jira;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | 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 | Long-form articles;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 | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data | 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 at all. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | 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 | 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 | '- System-level coding with lower-level languages (C, Rust, etc.)
- Security knowledge, knowing how to create safety-critical systems | 60,118 | 9 |
12,055 | 12,056 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 30 | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | 20 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 1,300,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Pip;Podman;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Pip;Podman;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Pip;Podman;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Axum | Flask;Axum | Flask;Axum | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;RustRover;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;RustRover;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;RustRover;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Coding challenges | null | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Testing code;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;Other (write in): | null | 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.;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. | 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 | null | 1,300,000 | null |
12,056 | 12,057 | 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);Books / Physical media;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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 37 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 6 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 315,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Lua;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++ | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++ | cmake
cmake | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | CLion
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Red Hat | Windows;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | NA
BitBucket | 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 | null | null | null | copiot
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | 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.;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 | 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;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Domain knowledge | 315,000 | 8 |
12,057 | 12,058 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not 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.) | 27 | 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;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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Product manager | 20 to 99 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 5 | null | Spain | EUR European Euro | 46,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Amazon Redshift | BigQuery | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Asana;GitHub;Obsidian | Asana;GitHub;Obsidian | Asana;GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Writing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation;Customer service support | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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 | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 53,367 | null |
12,058 | 12,059 | 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) | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 2 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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12,059 | 12,060 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 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);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;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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 25 | Data engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Energy | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 150,000 | Yes | Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | SQLite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;Twitch | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Videos;Direct messaging of users | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Only partially | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Data and analytics | 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.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | 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 | 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 | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | troubleshooting, when AI is wrong. requirements gathering (in person) | 150,000 | 7 |
12,060 | 12,061 | 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 | 25 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 35 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;TypeScript | NA
OpenCL | Yes | H2;MySQL;PostgreSQL | H2;PostgreSQL | H2;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Splunk;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite;Webpack | CloudFoundry
NA | Yes | Angular;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Sublime Text | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Sublime Text | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Sublime Text | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | 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 | null | null | null | null | 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 | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Other (write in): | 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;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Other (write in): | 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.;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 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 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 | Same skills we have now - AI will be able to tackle the simple problems but fail badly at anything complicated | null | 8 |
12,061 | 12,062 | 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) | 8 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 8 | Developer, mobile | 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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12,062 | 12,063 | 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.) | 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 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);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | 180,000 | Yes | JavaScript;PHP;VBA | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | OVH
NA | Yes | Laravel | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | Notion;Obsidian;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Message Boards | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | Search for answers | 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;Data and analytics | Vector databases for AI applications | 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. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | 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 | 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 | Redis | null | Zapier | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Perplexity | 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 | understanding why things work | 108,424 | 8 |
12,063 | 12,064 | 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 | 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);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);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 | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 2 | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | null | null | null | null | null | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | 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 | null | null | Generating content or synthetic data | 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, 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.;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. | 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. | 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 | null | null | null |
12,064 | 12,065 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 5 | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 11 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C#;PowerShell;Python;Gleam | HTML/CSS;Python;Gleam | Python;Gleam | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Chocolatey;Supabase | Chocolatey | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Kate
Kate | .NET 8 or higher | Tailwind CSS 4;Polars | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | Markdown File | Markdown File | Codeberg
Codeberg | Stack Overflow;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | 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 | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;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.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Giving a shit. | null | null |
12,065 | 12,066 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 14 | 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;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 19 | UX, Research Ops or UI design professional | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | null | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 35,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;jQuery;Symfony;Vue.js | ASP.NET;jQuery;Symfony;Vue.js | ASP.NET;jQuery;Symfony;Vue.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS | Ubuntu | GitLab;Jira | GitLab;Jira | GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | 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;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Testing code | Learning about a codebase | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Partially | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | 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. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive 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 | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Ability to pick apart AI nonsense | 47,650 | 8 |
12,066 | 12,067 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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
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12,067 | 12,068 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 10 | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 12 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 5 | France | EUR European Euro | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Erlang;Lua;Python | Erlang;Go;Lua;Prolog;Python;Rust;Zig | Erlang;Lua;Python | 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 | Arch;Pop!_OS | null | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Exchange;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 | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad 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 | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | 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 | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Design and drafting specs | null | 6 |
12,068 | 12,069 | 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 | null | 16 | 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);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 26 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | 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 | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 4 | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | 2,850,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | C#;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery;Node.js;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Xcode | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Linear | Azure Devops;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Linear | Azure Devops;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Linear | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring | Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Business process automation | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Personalized agent creation | 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 | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | null | 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.;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 | Redis;GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT;Tabnine;v0.dev;Blackbox AI | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Critical thinking | 71,956 | 9 |
12,069 | 12,070 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 13 | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 13 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 4 | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | null | Yes | JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Python;R;SQL | JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Amazon Redshift | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Amazon Redshift | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Amazon Redshift | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Pip;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Pip;Terraform;Vercel;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Pip;Yarn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;LangGraph | Polars;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Ollama;LangGraph | Large Language Model;RAG;LangGraph | null | null | Windows | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;ChromeOS | null | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);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 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);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 | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. | No, but I 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.;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 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.;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 | Architecture, governance, ethical use of AI, best practices in AI, Bias mitigation etc | null | 5 |
12,070 | 12,071 | 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.) | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 14 | Founder, technology or otherwise | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 1 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 75,000 | Yes | Go;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go;SQL;Swift | Go;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;MySQL;Redis | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;PostgreSQL;Redis | BigQuery;Redis | NA
AlloyDB | Yes | Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Prometheus;Vite | Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Prometheus;Vite | Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Prometheus;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Xcode | Claude Code;Cursor;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | null | GitHub;Google Workspace;Notion | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Notion | NA
NA | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | 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 | I haven’t encountered any problems | Yes, despite being extremely skeptical of AI until 2 weeks ago, the quality of the generated code is now such that using prompt generated code as a starting point makes sense for every task. Taking into account the fact that AI responds instantly, and you are comparing to the first basic attempt an engineer could put together as a starting point in a couple of minutes, then Claude codes as well as any engineer I have ever encountered, including colleagues who had previously worked at Google, Apple, Amazon and others. Senior engineers with 15+ years of experience included not such juniors. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations;Data and analytics | Language processing | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | 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 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 | 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. | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis | null | null | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;v0.dev | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Mathematics, Probability, Risk analysis, User experience, Communication, Reading, Writing, Coding, Interpreting scope, Translating scope etc. | 87,011 | 7 |
12,071 | 12,072 | 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.) | Not employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 16 | 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);Coding Bootcamp | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 28 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;SQL | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | NA
NA | null | Netlify;npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Vercel;Vite | Netlify;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;Node.js;React;Svelte;WordPress | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;Django;Express;Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;Ruby on Rails;Svelte;Vue.js | Django;Express;Node.js;Svelte | NA
NA | null | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Ubuntu | null | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Miro;Notion;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Workspace;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | 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 | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No I don't do this | 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 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 | null | null | null |
12,072 | 12,073 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 7 | 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 11 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 100 to 499 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 | Availability of better alternatives
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 | 5 | 2 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Go;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go | Go | Terraform
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | Elasticsearch | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | null | null | Devbox
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | null | null | NA
NA | null | Multiple times per day | 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 | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Not at all. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | 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.;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 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 learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Being able to understand business problems and understanding what code ai has generated | null | 5 |
12,073 | 12,074 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 35 | 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 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 35 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 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 | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 60 | 15 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 160,000 | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;Java;SQL | HTML/CSS;Java;SQL | HTML/CSS;Java;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | H2;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Maven (build tool);Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool) | Docker;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | React;Spring Boot | null | null | Jakarta EE
Jakarta EE | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NetBeans | Ollama | RAG;Ollama | Ollama | null | null | Android;Debian | Debian | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models) | Meta Llama (all models) | Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | 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 daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | 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 | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Code understanding, ability to transfer rough idea into a series of steps | 7,489 | 8 |
12,074 | 12,075 | 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 | 12 | 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) | 16 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | 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 | null | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | null | Ukraine | EUR European Euro | 65,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);PHP;SQL | JavaScript;PHP;SQL | PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis;Snowflake | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis;Snowflake | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery | ASP.NET;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Vue.js | jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Vim | Notepad++;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Asana;GitHub;GitLab | Asana;GitHub;GitLab | Asana;GitHub;GitLab | 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 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;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 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 | 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. | 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. | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 75,410 | 8 |
12,075 | 12,076 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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);Books / Physical media;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;Books / Physical media | 45 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | 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 | Software Development | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 80,000 | Yes | Java;Kotlin | Java;Kotlin;Swift | Java;Kotlin | NA
NA | Yes | H2;IBM DB2;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | H2;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | H2;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Maven (build tool);npm | Docker;Maven (build tool) | Docker;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Vaadin
Vaadin | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Debian;iPadOS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles | 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 | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Other (write in): | not really | 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. | 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;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 | clean architecture, domain driven design, etc. | 92,812 | 7 |
12,076 | 12,077 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | null | Data or business analyst | 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 | School | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | null | Yes | C;R;SQL;VBA | SQL | SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | Cursor | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Fedora | GitHub;Google Workspace;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Notion | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Mistral AI 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);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 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 fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | null |
12,077 | 12,078 | 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.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 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);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 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);Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | 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 | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 10 | 5 | Canada | USD United States dollar | 183,456 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript;Mojo | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis;Amazon Redshift | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Datadog;Digital Ocean;pnpm;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;pnpm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI | Astro;Django;Fastify | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Bolt;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Zed | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Polars;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph | RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models | Amazon Titan models;Meta Llama (all models) | Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | 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 | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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, more than vibe coding is necessary for professional development work | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations | Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | 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. | 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. | 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 | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Redis;ChromaDB;pgvector;Milvus;Pinecone | null | Llama Index;Ollama | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;AgentGPT;Auto-GPT;Roo code (Roo-Cline);Perplexity;Bolt.new | 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 | Low level understanding and troubleshooting
Biases identification
Integration skills | 183,456 | null |
12,078 | 12,079 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 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);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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 3 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | 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 |
12,079 | 12,080 | 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 | 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;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;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;Blogs or podcasts | 13 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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12,080 | 12,081 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 5 | 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;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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 1 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 31,850 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet | Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;npm | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;React | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React;Symfony | React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;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 | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | 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 | Yes, somewhat | 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 | 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. | 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 | Problem solving. | 36,951 | 2 |
12,081 | 12,082 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 2 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;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 | 1 | Student | 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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12,082 | 12,083 | 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.) | 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);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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 15 | DevOps engineer or professional | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Manufacturing | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 90,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;F#;Go;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;SQLite | Cosmos DB;Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery;WordPress | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Deno;Node.js;Svelte;Vue.js | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Claude Code;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Claude Code;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Debian;iPadOS | Windows | GitHub;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);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;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No, I let my instincts and ideas drive my use of AI as it relates to my job | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | 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 | 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.;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;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Understanding security, infrastructure, and deep, long-term planning | 90,000 | 9 |
12,083 | 12,084 | 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) | 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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 42 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 13 | 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 71,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;COBOL;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Scala;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cosmos DB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Spring Boot | Node.js;React;Vue.js | Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | Ollama | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Monday.com;Notion | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack | 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 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers | Generating content or synthetic data | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Personalized agent creation | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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.;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.;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 | Ollama;Smol-AGI;phidata | null | Sentry;New Relic;Snyk;Grafana + Prometheus;Wiz | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | 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 | understanding a domain and innovating in that domain | 96,660 | 3 |
12,084 | 12,085 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 31 | 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;Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 40 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 19 | 7 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 129,750 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;VBA | C#;PowerShell;SQL | C#;PowerShell;SQL | TSQL
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | null | Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | GitHub
NA | null | jQuery | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Microsoft Word, Excel, Office
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;iOS | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | YouTube;LinkedIn | YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
None of the below matter | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Testing code;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No. If I vibe code, how would jr developers ever learn development? AI can't fill that gap as it sometimes is a crack monkey - if a jr dev does it wrong, why would I ever figure out where they went wrong when I can do it myself faster? No one would show them their mistakes because figuring out AI code - even by using AI - will kill my productivity. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 want to compare different solutions;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): | Domain knowledge, soft/people skills, and the ability to attend meetings. | 129,750 | 9 |
12,085 | 12,086 | 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 | 15 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;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 | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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12,086 | 12,087 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | 13 | 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);Blogs or podcasts | 18 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | null | 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 | null | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Digital Ocean;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Digital Ocean;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Digital Ocean;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Django;React | Django;React | Django;React | NA
NA | null | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Debian | Debian | GitHub;Trello | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting 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 | Debugging or fixing code | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Partially most of the output is not good enough and I dislike the term. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | null | null | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more 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 | 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 | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | CrewAI;Ollama | null | null | null | Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Replit | null | null | null | null | 6 |
12,087 | 12,088 | 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 | 30 | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 35 | Engineering manager | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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12,088 | 12,089 | 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 | 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) | 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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12,089 | 12,090 | 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 | 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);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);Blogs or podcasts | 9 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 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 | null | null | Fintech | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 40 | 50 | Ireland | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;Lisp;Lua;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;F#;Lisp;OCaml;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Lisp;Rust | odin
odin | Yes | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;Oracle;SQLite | DuckDB;SQLite | DuckDB;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Neovim;Notepad++;Rider;RustRover;Vim | Neovim;Notepad++;Rider | Neovim;Notepad++;Rider | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitLab;Markdown File | GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Exchange;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 | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | 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 daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | Search for answers | 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 | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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 | 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 | 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 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 | Most of the same | 116,015 | null |
12,090 | 12,091 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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);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 | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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 | 12 | 5 | Israel | ILS Israeli new shekel | 180,000 | Yes | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;C++;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pip;pnpm;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Pip;pnpm;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Pip;pnpm;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | NA
CMake | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
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NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;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 monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data | 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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;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. | null | 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. | 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 | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | 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 | Security awareness | 52,946 | 9 |
12,091 | 12,092 | 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) | 6 | 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) | 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 7 | AI/ML engineer | 5,000 to 9,999 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 substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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12,092 | 12,093 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 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);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 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) | 18 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Higher Education | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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12,093 | 12,094 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | 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 | 35 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Java | Java | Java | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MySQL | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MySQL | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | MacOS;Ubuntu | Airtable;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | YouTube | YouTube | YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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.;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 | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | null | null |
12,094 | 12,095 | 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 | 7 | 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 | 7 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 5 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 50,000 | Yes | Java;PowerShell;Python | C;Java;Python | Java;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Polars;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;uv | Large Language Model | null | null | Pop!_OS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Pop!_OS | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | 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. | 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 | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | planning, experience, vision and ability to do robust code | 58,007 | 8 |
12,095 | 12,096 | 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 | None of the above | 17 | 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;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 21 | Developer, mobile | null | null | null | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 800 | Yes | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;PowerShell;Ruby;Swift;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Lisp;PowerShell;Swift;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Lisp;PowerShell;Swift;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Bun;Docker;Homebrew;npm | Bun;Docker | Bun;Docker | Swift Package Manager, mise
Nix, uv | Yes | React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Xcode;Zed | Claude Code;Xcode;Zed | Claude Code;Xcode;Zed | Emacs
Emacs | Large Language Model;SwiftData;Ollama;uv;visionOS | Large Language Model;SwiftData;uv | Large Language Model;SwiftData;uv | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | I haven’t encountered any problems | Not yet, but that's more due to its lack of reliability in the languages I use. When I did a React project recently, I did more vibe coding, and it was amazing at it. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Marketing | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Ollama;LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code | null | When I want to fully understand something;Other (please specify): | I don't think developers will be valuable in 5 years. | 800 | 8 |
12,096 | 12,097 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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) | 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) | 3 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | Manufacturing | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Turkey | USD United States dollar | 12,000 | Yes | JavaScript;Python | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | null | null | v0.dev
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | null | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing 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 | yes | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 12,000 | null |
12,097 | 12,098 | 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 | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 6 | Developer, QA or test | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 4,000,000 | Yes | Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MySQL;Redis | BigQuery;Redis | BigQuery;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Kubernetes;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Kubernetes;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;WordPress | Node.js | Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence | Confluence | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Committing and reviewing code;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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Not yet | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | MCP servers | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | 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.;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.;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 | Creative thinking, manual testing, simple solutions | 46,496 | 6 |
12,098 | 12,099 | I code primarily as a hobby | Prefer not to say | Primary/elementary school | Not employed | 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);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 | 2 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | North Korea | SAR Saudi Arabian riyal | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS | C;JavaScript;PHP;Python | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio Code | null | null | VIM, VI
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Debian | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Less than one year | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Learning about a codebase | I don’t use AI tools regularly | I mostly to fully write the code on my own and use AI when running into hoops that I cannot find solutions to | 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. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | All skills, AI simply cannot replace us | null | null |
12,099 | 12,100 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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
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