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14,200 | 14,201 | 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 (less than 10 hours per week) | 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;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 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);Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
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 | 10 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 120,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Delphi;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;MicroPython;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vercel | APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vercel | APT;Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Creativity, adaptability and business knowledge | 21,844 | 3 |
14,201 | 14,202 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
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NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | BigQuery | null | NA
NA | Yes | MSBuild | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Terraform;Yarn | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | Android Studio;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Microsoft Fabric;Ollama;visionOS | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS | Windows | Confluence;Jira | Asana;Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Obsidian;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Daily or almost daily | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Bookmark posts to look at later
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NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | Developing specialized expertise
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NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | null | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Node.js;WordPress | Angular;React;Symfony | null | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Cursor | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;LangGraph | null | null | null | Ubuntu | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Stack Overflow for Teams | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | 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;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | 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 | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Definitively not I use AI currently just to find ideas or create a function quickly or to seek for examples in the context of my current task... probably I need to give it a try but for now 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Strong Problem Solving skill and Deep understand of complex systems will continue being the key as all devs will now have access to a certain point of knowledge level the x-factor will be how capable you are to solve complex problems and how deep you understand certain technologies related to another (integration etc) | 25,000 | 8 |
14,204 | 14,205 | I code primarily as a hobby | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 21 | 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 online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 9 | Academic researcher | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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14,205 | 14,206 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Attending school (part-time) | 6 | 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;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 as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 8 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 100 to 499 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 | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Insurance | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 90,000 | Yes | Assembly;C++;Java;JavaScript;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | C++;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | C++;Java;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | null | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio | Eclipse;Notepad++ | Eclipse;Notepad++ | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Search for answers | Testing code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;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 | Not yet but we are very much moving in that direction | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Decision intelligence;IT operations | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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.;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 want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Creative solutions that aren't straightforward, specifically we use a software called documaker that will always need human intervention | 90,000 | 9 |
14,206 | 14,207 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 23 | 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 | 28 | Developer, game or graphics | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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14,207 | 14,208 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 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);Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 8 | 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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14,208 | 14,209 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | null | Not employed | null | null | null | null | 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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14,209 | 14,210 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 11 | Support engineer or analyst | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 50 | 50 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 188,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;JavaScript;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go | NA
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14,210 | 14,211 | 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 | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 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) | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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14,211 | 14,212 | I am learning to code | Prefer not to say | Primary/elementary school | Not employed | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 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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14,212 | 14,213 | 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.) | 17 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 20 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
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 | 6 | 5 | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | 145,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;MicroPython;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Google Cloud;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;NestJS;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | null | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | 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 | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;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 | 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.;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 want to compare different solutions | Being flexible, innovative and creative
| 87,341 | 8 |
14,213 | 14,214 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 45 | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 7 | Data engineer | null | null | null | null | School | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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14,214 | 14,215 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);None of the above | 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 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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14,215 | 14,216 | 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.) | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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 | 15 | Engineering manager | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Ruby | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Ruby;Swift;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;pnpm;Splunk;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Nuxt.js;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Deno;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Node.js;Nuxt.js;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Lovable.dev;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Xcode;Zed | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Debian;iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Clickup;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Trello | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | Clickup;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | 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;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;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing;Cybersecurity | MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | 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.;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.;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 | Product Management and People Management | null | 9 |
14,216 | 14,217 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 10 | Data scientist | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Healthcare | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 190,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | null | 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;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions | null | 190,000 | 10 |
14,217 | 14,218 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | 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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14,218 | 14,219 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 18-24 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | null | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C# | C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir | C# | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Supabase | Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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14,219 | 14,220 | 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 (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | Colleague or on-the-job training | 23 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | In-person | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | null | Fintech | Solving real-world problems
Immigration support | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;Java;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;Java;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;Java;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic | c++23;Large Language Model;Pydantic | Pydantic | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | null | null | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Highly distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | One more technique in my arsenal | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 |
14,220 | 14,221 | 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 | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 15 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
Work/life balance | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 176,000 | Yes | Python;SQL | JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Python | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;PostgreSQL | redash
redash | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Yarn | Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Yarn | Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Yarn | colima
NA | Yes | Django;Flask;Next.js;React | Django;Flask;Next.js | Django;Flask;Next.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Jira;Linear;Notion | GitHub;Jira;Linear;Notion | GitHub;Jira;Linear;Notion | 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 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Uh... no. If I'm going to put my name on something, it's going to be something *I* wrote. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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;Other (please specify): | All of them? I get that AI coding tools are getting smarter every day, but I fundamentally don't trust them. And while I can proofread a paragraph written by chatGPT (because I speak fluent English), in a situation where it's done the coding for me, I won't necessarily have the knowledge to be able to check its work. I also won't necessarily have learned how the module/system/etc works in order to be able to make future decisions about what's possible and/or advisable when solving new problems. | 176,000 | 8 |
14,221 | 14,222 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Other (please specify): | I prefer not to say | null | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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;Coding Bootcamp;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc);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;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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;Other (please specify):;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 6 | UX, Research Ops or UI design professional | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | null | null | null | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | null | null | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | 0 | Yes | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig;Mojo;Gleam | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig;Mojo;Gleam | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig;Mojo;Gleam | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | https://github.com/Aein-Bagheri/MSRC-Microsoft-Security-Updates-API
https://github.com/Aein-Bagheri/MSRC-Microsoft-Security-Updates-API | null | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Railway;Splunk;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Railway;Splunk;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Railway;Splunk;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | NA
NA | null | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno;Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress;Axum | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno;Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress;Axum | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno;Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress;Axum | NA
NA | null | Aider;Android Studio;Bolt;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode;Zed | Aider;Android Studio;Bolt;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode;Zed | Aider;Android Studio;Bolt;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode;Zed | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS;NixOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS;NixOS | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | null | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;Reka (Flash 3 or other Reka models);X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;Reka (Flash 3 or other Reka models);X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;Reka (Flash 3 or other Reka models);X Grok models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Infrequently, less than once per year | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Multiple times per day | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI);Other (write in): | null | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | 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;Other (write in): | 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;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works;I haven’t encountered any problems | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibe_coding | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing;Robotics;Cybersecurity;Other Industry purpose (write in): | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation;Other specific task (write in): | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | Redis;Fireproof;LanceDB;Letta;Neo4j;Qdrant;GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB;supabase;pgvector;Milvus;Weaviate;Pinecone;Zep;LangMem;mem0 | null | Vertex AI;Agno;AutoGen (Microsoft);CrewAI;IBM watsonx.ai;Llama Index;Ollama;Semantic Kernel;OpenRouter;LangChain;Smol-AGI;Zapier;Amazon Bedrock Agents;LangGraph;Haystack;Martian;phidata;Smolagents;lyzr | null | Sentry;Galileo;Honeycomb;Metero;New Relic;opik;Snyk;Grafana + Prometheus;Adversarial Robustness Toolbox (ART);LangSmith;Langfuse;Wiz;Protect AI;Vectra AI;arize;helicone | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT;Auto-GPT;Devin AI;Glean (Enterprise Agents);OpenHands (formerly OpenDevin);Roo code (Roo-Cline);Tabnine;Replit;v0.dev;Perplexity;Bolt.new;Blackbox AI;Amazon Codewhisperer;Lovable.dev;Cody | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;Other (please specify):;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | ⁰0021aio | null | 0 |
14,222 | 14,223 | 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 | 10 | 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 | 15 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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14,223 | 14,224 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 25 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 19 | Other (please specify): | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Media & Advertising Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 34 | 13 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 32,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | Less than one year | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | 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 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 | 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 | 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 | Fireproof;LanceDB;Qdrant;GitHub MCP Server;supabase;pgvector;Milvus;Pinecone;Zep | null | Vertex AI;AutoGen (Microsoft);CrewAI;IBM watsonx.ai;Llama Index;Ollama;OpenRouter;Smol-AGI;Zapier;LangGraph;Haystack;Martian;phidata;lyzr | null | Sentry;Metero;New Relic;Snyk;Langfuse;Wiz;arize | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT;Auto-GPT;OpenHands (formerly OpenDevin);Blackbox AI;Amazon Codewhisperer | 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 | Yes | 32,000 | null |
14,224 | 14,225 | 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 | 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);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 5 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 2 | India | USD United States dollar | 500,000 | null | Bash/Shell (all shells) | Bash/Shell (all shells) | Bash/Shell (all shells) | 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 | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | null | null | Windows;Android;iOS | Windows;Android;iOS | Google Workspace | Google Workspace | Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Direct messaging of users | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | never. That are complete bullshit. | 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.;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 | 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 | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | C++ development | 500,000 | 10 |
14,225 | 14,226 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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14,226 | 14,227 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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;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) | 20 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 135,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Elm
Elm, Roc | Yes | PostgreSQL | InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Cockroachdb | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Vite;Yarn | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform | APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Pacman;Pip;pnpm | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Node.js;React | Elm
Elm | Yes | Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Neovim;Windsurf | Cursor;Neovim | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | MacOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Coda;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | 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 | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | Videos;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 | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Deployment and monitoring | Predictive analytics | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | Yes, as a starting point for iteration | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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 | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | Cursor | 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 | Articulating specifications
Project management
Directing agents | 135,000 | 10 |
14,227 | 14,228 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | None of the above | 2 | 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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 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, back-end | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | Developing specialized expertise
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 3 | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | 0 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | C#;JavaScript;Python | C#;JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Supabase | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cloud Firestore;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Gradle;npm;NuGet;Podman;Supabase;Vercel;Vite | Docker;Firebase;npm;NuGet | Docker;Firebase;npm;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React | ASP.NET Core;FastAPI | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;Eclipse;Lovable.dev;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Lovable.dev;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Lovable.dev;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;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 daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | 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. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | supabase | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Lovable.dev | 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 | Ai, creativity, product management | null | 6 |
14,228 | 14,229 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 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);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) | 20 | Engineering manager | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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14,229 | 14,230 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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 as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 7 | Student | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | No | School | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Poor usability
NA | Other: | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python;R | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Java;Lisp;Python;R | Java;Python;R | NA
Julia | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | RStudio
RStudio | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Logic games/puzzles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | 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 want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | null |
14,230 | 14,231 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 15 | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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
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14,231 | 14,232 | 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) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | null | Developer, mobile | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
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 | 6 | 6 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Dart;Java;Kotlin | Dart;Java;Kotlin | Dart;Java;Kotlin | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;IT operations | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | null | LanceDB;ChromaDB;Milvus | null | Agno;CrewAI;Llama Index | null | Adversarial Robustness Toolbox (ART) | null | null | null | null | Ai | null | 6 |
14,232 | 14,233 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other (please specify): | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 4 | Taiwan | TWD New Taiwan dollar | 900,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Vue.js | Vue.js | Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Miro;Notion;Wikis | GitLab;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, but I like to try | 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 | 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.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | planning and people communicating | 30,498 | 6 |
14,233 | 14,234 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, 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 | 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 | 19 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 2 | Iraq | IQD Iraqi dinar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | Json file, IndexedDB
NA | Yes | APT;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Flask;jQuery;NestJS;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Cline and/or Roo;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Odoo | null | null | null | Debian | Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro 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 | Other (write in): | 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 | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No. AI just writes code not engineer or architect level
I specify the stack, libraries how it should be done, what to be aware of etc etc... then review the AI code then change it if applicable or correct the AI | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Data and analytics;Other Industry purpose (write in): | MCP servers | 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. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot;Bolt.new | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Engineering, designing, architectural, cyber security, complex problem solving | null | 0 |
14,234 | 14,235 | 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.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | 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;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 | 5 | Financial analyst or engineer | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 8 | Peru | PEN Peruvian sol | 58,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);COBOL;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;MicroPython;PowerShell;Python;R;Scala;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Gleam | Ada;Assembly;C;C#;C++;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Groovy;Java;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;OCaml;Perl;PHP;Prolog;Ruby;Rust;Swift;Zig;Mojo | null | None
Python | Yes | Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Firebase Realtime Database;IBM DB2;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;H2;InfluxDB;Neo4J;Redis;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | null | Supabase, PostgresSQL, Firebase Realtime Database
Amazon Redshift, Redis, Microsoft Access | Yes | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Make;npm;Supabase | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Composer;Datadog;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;Ninja;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Railway;Splunk;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | null | Supabase, npm, Docker
Amazon Web Services (AWS), pnpm, pip, Supabase, npm, Docker | Yes | Astro;Django;FastAPI;Node.js;WordPress | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Deno;Drupal;Express;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;Axum | null | None
None | Yes | Bolt;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Aider;Android Studio;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Neovim;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio;VSCodium;WebStorm;Xcode;Zed | null | none
none | Tailwind CSS 4;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Pydantic;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS;NixOS | Windows;Android;iOS;Debian;Arch;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Trello | Coda;Doxygen;GitLab;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Stack Overflow for Teams;Wikis;YouTrack | null | None
None | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;Kaggle;Twitch;Substack;Company-sponsored forums | null | None
None | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Perplexity Sonar models;Reka (Flash 3 or other Reka models) | null | None
None | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Not sure | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Project planning;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Customer service support | Multi-platform search enablement;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | Qdrant;GitHub MCP Server;supabase;pgvector;Pinecone | enonw | Vertex AI;CrewAI;LangChain;Zapier | null | Grafana + Prometheus;Protect AI | Power Bi | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;AgentGPT;Replit;Perplexity;Bolt.new;Lovable.dev | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Orchestration and management of agents with code and protocols | 16,160 | null |
14,235 | 14,236 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | null | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
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14,236 | 14,237 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 35 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 250,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Make;New Relic;npm;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Vue.js | Laravel | Laravel | htmx
htmx | Yes | Neovim;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Neovim;PhpStorm | Neovim;PhpStorm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;iPadOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | 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 | null | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in): | no, because it produces sub-par, or buggy results | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Business process automation;Customer service support | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | 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.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Tabnine | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | programming and design fundamentals. understanding context | 162,523 | 2 |
14,237 | 14,238 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 4 | Developer, full-stack | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | null | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 8 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 30,000 | Yes | C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Docker;Firebase;npm;pnpm | Bun;Docker;Firebase;npm;pnpm | Bun;Docker;Firebase;npm;pnpm | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Express;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Deno;Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Deno;Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;Jira;Notion | Jira | Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | 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 | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | null | Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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 | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Tabnine;v0.dev | 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;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 5,461 | 5 |
14,238 | 14,239 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | None of the above | 8 | 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;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Work | Other (please specify):
being maintained | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | You like your manager
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Argentina | USD United States dollar | 60,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | Neo4J | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js | Express;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor | Cursor | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Linear;Notion | GitHub;Linear | GitHub;Linear | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Substack | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Job board | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;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 | null | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 60,000 | 8 |
14,239 | 14,240 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 7 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 9 | 2 | Cuba | CUP Cuban peso | 10,656,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Prolog;Python;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Homebrew;Netlify;npm;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Netlify;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Homebrew;Netlify;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Django;Flask;jQuery;React;Vue.js | Django;FastAPI;Flask;React;Vue.js | Django;Flask;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Zed | Neovim;Vim;Zed | Neovim;Vim;Zed | NA
NA | Odoo;Pydantic;Ollama;uv | Odoo;Pydantic;uv | Odoo;Pydantic;uv | null | null | MacOS;Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | MacOS;Android | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Miro;Redmine | GitHub;Jira;Miro | GitHub;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | null | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Other (write in): | null | Learning about a codebase | Writing code | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Software architecture and design, debugging, testing | 402,113 | 10 |
14,240 | 14,241 | 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 | 12 | 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 | 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, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 9 | 9 | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | 600,000 | Yes | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;SQL;TypeScript | XML
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Gradle;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Webpack | MSBuild;NuGet | MSBuild;NuGet | WinGet
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | Bitrix
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;YouTrack | GitHub | GitHub | BitBucket, OneNote
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Habr
Habr | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | 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;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | 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, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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.;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 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 | Architecture, choosing the best algorithms, code review | 7,656 | 7 |
14,241 | 14,242 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 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) | 14 | Data scientist | 100 to 499 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 | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 63,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Lua;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Lua;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Lua;Python;SQL | NA
Julia | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Pacman;Pip | APT;Cargo;Docker;Pacman;Pip | APT;Cargo;Docker;Pacman;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask | FastAPI | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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 | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | 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;Other (write in): | Yes for initializing code bases or small code that's encapsulated/independent of the rest. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Business process automation | Language processing | 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 increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | Llama Index;Ollama;Smolagents | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Talking/Explaining to customer, understanding complex code bases, fixing obscure bugs. | 73,089 | 7 |
14,242 | 14,243 | 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.) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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);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;Games or coding challenges | 28 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 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
community | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 260,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Erlang;Rust;Zig;Gleam | null | clojure
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Yarn | Vite | null | mise, uv, home manager
NA | Yes | Deno;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Deno;FastAPI | Deno;FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Nano;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Xcode;Zed | Windsurf;Zed | Windsurf;Zed | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;uv | Large Language Model;uv | Large Language Model;uv | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Trello;Wikis | Notion;Trello;Wikis | Trello;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Discord;Bluesky;Twitch | Discord;Bluesky;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen 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 | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Cohere: Command A;Mistral AI models;openAI Image generating models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Mistral AI models;openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users;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 | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;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 | yes. But I prefer the term agentic development. there is no coding happening. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Business process automation | MCP servers;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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 improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | Redis | fast-ai, lm studio | Ollama | null | Honeycomb;Wiz | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Roo code (Roo-Cline);v0.dev;Cody | 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;When I need quick help troubleshooting | the ability to frame and communicate the problem and solution. | 189,692 | 7 |
14,243 | 14,244 | 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 | 11 | 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) | 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 | 15 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 7 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Podman;Terraform | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Podman;Supabase;Terraform | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Podman;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core;FastAPI | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Bolt;Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Android Studio;Cursor;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Ollama;visionOS | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | Airtable;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose 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 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | somewhat | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to 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 | Deep understanding of the core concepts, specializing in a niche segment, and understanding security better. | null | 8 |
14,244 | 14,245 | 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 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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) | 12 | Developer, back-end | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Fintech | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | Canada | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Python;Rust;SQL | C;HTML/CSS;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Axum | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;X | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people) | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data | 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;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 | no | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | sales | null | 10 |
14,245 | 14,246 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 7 | 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 | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
Including generative AI | Media & Advertising Services | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 2 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;Lua;MicroPython;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;MicroPython;Python;Rust;TypeScript;Zig | HTML/CSS;MicroPython;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Svelte | Svelte | Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | NA
NA | Polars;Pydantic | Polars;Pydantic;uv | Polars;Pydantic | null | null | Arch | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | Sphinx, Sharepoint
Sphinx | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, and it shouldn't be | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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. | 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 | null | 9 |
14,246 | 14,247 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 21 | 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 | 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) | 37 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | null | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Manufacturing | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 8 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 175,000 | Yes | C;C#;JavaScript;MicroPython;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;MicroPython;Rust;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;MicroPython;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Podman;Vite;Yarn | Chocolatey;NuGet;Podman;Vite;Yarn | Chocolatey;NuGet;Podman;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Vue.js;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;Vue.js;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Ultralytics | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ultralytics | .NET 8 or higher;Ultralytics | null | MCP | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Predictive analytics;Other (write in): | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | Yes - I can clearly state requirements for a code block or entire function, and AI will (mostly) generate the code to do what I want. I am confident in my ability to generate functioning code, but the "vibe coding" technique lets me worry about the bigger picture function, not the pedantic minutia. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | The ability to clearly describe a problem and solution space, especially for non-functional requirements like security or performance. Incorporating product branding / aesthetics so the look and feel of products still feels unique and "fresh", vs. mindless derivatives of the same thing. | 175,000 | 9 |
14,247 | 14,248 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 14 | 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 | 23 | Data engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 154,000 | Yes | Python;SQL | Python;SQL | Python;SQL | HCL
HCL | Yes | Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Terraform | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | null | Azure Devops;GitHub;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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 | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Search for answers | 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 | 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. | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Integration and requirement analysis | 154,000 | 1 |
14,248 | 14,249 | 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 | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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) | 3 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | 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 | 2 | 1 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;Make;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | null | null | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | 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 | 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 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. | null | null | null | null | null | Snyk | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 10 |
14,249 | 14,250 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 1 | Student | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | School | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | Healthcare | null | I'm not sure | null | null | null | Fiji | none Cook Islands 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 | Favorable | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Business process automation | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
14,250 | 14,251 | 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.) | 16 | 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);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;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 | 24 | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Other (please specify):
JavaScript crap like Electron, etc. | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 940,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;F#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);F#;PowerShell;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);F#;PowerShell;SQL | Haskell, Elm
Haskell, Elm, PureScript, Idris, Agda | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | Chocolatey;Docker;Make;MSBuild;NuGet | Chocolatey;Docker;Make;MSBuild;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | null | null | Elm
Elm, PureScript | Yes | Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Aider;Bolt;Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Notepad++;Rider;Vim;Zed | Neovim;Notepad++;Vim | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | Logseq
Logseq | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | 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 | 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 | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | null | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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 | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Devin AI | 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 | Fundamental knowledge | 98,532 | 8 |
14,251 | 14,252 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 7 | Data scientist | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Government | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 187,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;Python;SQL | C#;Rust;Mojo | C# | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);npm;Pip;Vite | Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;NuGet;Pacman;Terraform | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI | FastAPI;React | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;iOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | 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 | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Other (write in): | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;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 | 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. | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Low level language mastery, and machine learning technologies | 187,000 | 5 |
14,252 | 14,253 | I code primarily as a hobby | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | 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 | 15 | Academic researcher | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Other: | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | France | EUR European Euro | 50,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;PHP;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;PHP;PowerShell;Python | HTML/CSS;PHP;PowerShell;Python | Wolfram language
Wolfram language | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows;MacOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | YouTube | YouTube | YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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. | null | 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 | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Skills to come up with ideas for projects will remain valuable. Skills to implement and deploy other people's ideas will become useless. | 58,007 | null |
14,253 | 14,254 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 3 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 9 | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | 240,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great 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 | 843 | null |
14,254 | 14,255 | 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 | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 3 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 1 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 24,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;Supabase | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB | Mongo DB
Mongo DB | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;npm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;npm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | React Native
React Native | Yes | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Stack Overflow for Teams | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Stack Overflow for Teams | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Stack Overflow for Teams | 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 | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | 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. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 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 | 575 | 7 |
14,255 | 14,256 | 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 (less than 10 hours per week) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 28 | Developer, game or graphics | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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 | 10 | 9 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 92,000 | Yes | C#;C++;GDScript;PowerShell | C#;C++;GDScript;Rust | C#;C++;GDScript | 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 | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Redmine;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian;Redmine;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Redmine;Trello;Wikis | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Discord;Reddit;YouTube | 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 | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | 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 | 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 | 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 don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | All skills. AI will just get worse over time. | 67,122 | 7 |
14,256 | 14,257 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
Good documentation | Prohibitive pricing
Bad documentation | Fintech | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 9 | 6 | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | 140,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | Docker;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Terraform;Vite | Docker;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Terraform;Vite | Fly.io
Fly.io | Yes | Astro;Next.js;Node.js;React | Astro;Node.js;React | Astro;Node.js;React | Remix.js
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | 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);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | 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 | Long-form articles | 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 | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | 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 | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Architecture and Software Design, understanding of fundamental Computer Science principles, knowledge of business context and customer need. | 84,329 | 6 |
14,257 | 14,258 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | None of the above | 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc);Other (please specify): | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 8 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
Good tutorials and clear, understandable documentation | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | null | Bangladesh | BDT Bangladeshi taka | null | Yes | C;Java | C#;C++;GDScript;Java;Lua;SQL | Java | 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 | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Notion;Obsidian | Notion | Notion | NA
NA | Discord | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Discord | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Other (write in): | 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 | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | 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 | Debugging; writing simple and efficient algorithms; understanding what the code does for the end user and thus coming up with a better software design. | null | null |
14,258 | 14,259 | 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 | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | 48 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 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
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14,259 | 14,260 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 2 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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14,260 | 14,261 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | None of the above | null | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 8 | 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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14,261 | 14,262 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | null | 3 | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 3 | Developer, mobile | Less than 20 employees | null | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Manufacturing | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | 600,000 | Yes | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Dart;Python | Dart;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django;jQuery | Django | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | 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 | null | Not sure | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | No idea what vibe coding is. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation | Integration with external agents and APIs | 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 | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | 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;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Soft skills | 6,974 | 2 |
14,262 | 14,263 | 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.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 7 | null | null | 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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14,263 | 14,264 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | Attending school (part-time) | 2 | 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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14,264 | 14,265 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 20 | 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) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 30 | Developer, back-end | 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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14,265 | 14,266 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | 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 | Other (please specify): | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | 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 | 10 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 106,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Fortran;MicroPython;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;COBOL;Fortran;Lua;MicroPython;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Fortran;MicroPython;Python | basic
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pip;Yarn | Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Yarn | Homebrew;Make;Pip;Yarn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | uv | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | Clickup;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Twitch;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Twitch;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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;Other (write in): | a big 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. | 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.;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 | 106,000 | 7 |
14,266 | 14,267 | 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) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | 4,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);COBOL;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Podman;Supabase;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Nuxt.js;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js | Node.js;Nuxt.js;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js | Node.js;Nuxt.js;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Trae;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;IntelliJ IDEA;Lovable.dev;RustRover;Trae;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Android Studio;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Trae;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Fedora;NixOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Fedora;NixOS | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Notion | Azure Devops;Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Notion | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | 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;Videos | 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 | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Deployment and monitoring | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | no, I don't do no-brain go generate them all with AI, at least construct a design first and then revise generated and accept. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;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. | 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. | 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 | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;v0.dev;Lovable.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;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 | critical thinking | 27,635 | 10 |
14,267 | 14,268 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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;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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 4 | 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 | School | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 20 | India | INR Indian rupee | 6,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;OCaml;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Cockroachdb | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Prometheus;Terraform;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Prometheus;Terraform;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Deno | Deno | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf;Zed | Neovim;RustRover;WebStorm | Neovim;RustRover;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | MacOS | GitHub;Linear;Notion | GitHub;Linear;Notion | GitHub;Linear;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;X;YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;X;YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 need quick help troubleshooting | Problem solving, and collaboration. Codebases exist to serve human needs, and without the human element, and with vibe coding epidemic, people will either need engineers again to fix spaghetti code, or AI will become so powerful that it'll erase all the jobs | 69,744 | 7 |
14,268 | 14,269 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | null | null | null | 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
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14,269 | 14,270 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., 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);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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MATLAB;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go;PHP;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Dynamodb;Oracle;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Pip;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Pip;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | Django;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;RustRover;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Android | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code | null | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | some what yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Personalized agent creation | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | 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. | null | 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.;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 | supabase | null | Vertex AI;AutoGen (Microsoft);Llama Index;Ollama;Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT;Devin AI;Blackbox AI;Amazon Codewhisperer | 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;When I need quick help troubleshooting | yes
| null | null |
14,270 | 14,271 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 7 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 4 | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | 4,600,000 | Yes | JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Netlify;npm;Pip;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Bun;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Netlify;npm;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Netlify;npm;Pip;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Bolt;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Bolt;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | hostinger;RAG | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Google Colab;Jira;Linear;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Jira;Linear;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | 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 (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Job board | null | 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;Writing code | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | yes it is. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis;supabase;LangMem | null | Ollama;LangChain;Zapier | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;v0.dev;Bolt.new | 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 help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | system awareness | 16,153 | 9 |
14,271 | 14,272 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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 | null | 14 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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14,272 | 14,273 | 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) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts;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 | 15 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | 100,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Django;jQuery;Laravel | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | coding | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | IT operations | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Blackbox AI | null | When I want to fully understand something | no | 1,162 | 10 |
14,273 | 14,274 | 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 | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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;Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 20 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Java;Kotlin | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | H2;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | MacOS | Confluence;Jira;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | 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 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | null | null | 5 |
14,274 | 14,275 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | 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 | 12 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more 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 | Good brand and public image
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Government | 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 | 115,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | Nodejs
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 | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;MacOS;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | trend that will die as soon as people see vibe coding is means coding without skill | 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 | 115,000 | 10 |
14,275 | 14,276 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 2 | AI/ML engineer | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
14,276 | 14,277 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 20 | DevOps engineer or professional | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Insurance | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 5 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 185,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;Python | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | null | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | 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 | at its base used to generate a basic structure that can be built on with traditional development | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations;Cybersecurity | Language processing;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 | 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.;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 | GitHub MCP Server | null | AutoGen (Microsoft);Ollama;Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | Snyk;Wiz | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;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 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 | People skills, very broad understanding of systems. | 120,267 | 9 |
14,277 | 14,278 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 7 | Academic researcher | null | null | null | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 47,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lisp;Lua;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Lisp;Python;Rust;Swift;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Lisp;Python;Rust | Haskell
Haskell | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Homebrew;Make;Ninja;npm;Pip | Make;Pip | Make;Pip | Vultr
Vultr | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File | Markdown File | Markdown File | Emacs org,logseq,self-hosted git
Emacs org,logseq,self-hosted git | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Fuck off | 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.;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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | Sanity checking, taking time to review code, practical problem solving/critical thinking. | 30,554 | null |
14,278 | 14,279 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 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) | 12 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Other (please specify):
Poor documentation | null | 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 | France | EUR European Euro | 0 | Yes | C;HTML/CSS;Python;TypeScript | C;Python | C;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Pocketbase | MariaDB | MariaDB | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Pip;Vercel;Vite | Docker;Pip | Docker;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Flask;React;Vue.js | Flask | Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | null | Meta Llama (all models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Testing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;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 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. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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 | 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 | Overall problem solving vision (kinda like a manager) | null | 5 |
14,279 | 14,280 | 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) | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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 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) | 23 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 6 | Sri Lanka | LKR Sri Lankan rupee | 5,000,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Microsoft Power Platfom
Microsoft Power Platform | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;jQuery;Node.js;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Microsoft Planner | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Microsoft Planner | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Microsoft Planner | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;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 | Project planning | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Not that much | 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. | 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 | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Problem solving, creative thinking | 16,653 | 7 |
14,280 | 14,281 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | None of the above | 8 | 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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 31 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
functionality | Other (please specify):
lack of functionality/customization | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 16 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | APT;Pip | APT;Pip | APT;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | ssh
ssh | null | Nano | Nano | Nano | Shule
Shule | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Exchange | Stack Exchange;Discord | Stack Exchange | a new awesome one that doesn't exist yet
a new awesome one that doesn't exist yet | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Other (write in): | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | If you count editing what the AI gives me afterward, too, then yes. Guiding the AI can be very helpful, even if I already know how to figure out how to do it without the AI. It saves a lot of time, reduces headaches, and is fun. Plus, the AI points out better ways to do the same things I would have done with out it sometimes, and it knows a lot of stuff I don't about the enivronment I'm dealing with. It helps me to to do things from scratch to get better results than I'd get if I used a current tool, too. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics;Marketing;Cybersecurity | Language processing | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | 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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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. | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I just use ChatGPT, primarily. Once in a while I'll use something else, like Claude, but not very often. | null | I'm not sure what agent orchestration or agent frameworks refers to. | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;Other (please specify): | All of them. | null | null |
14,281 | 14,282 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Blogs or podcasts | 23 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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14,282 | 14,283 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | 30 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Insurance | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | Ireland | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | 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 | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Miro | Azure Devops;GitHub;Miro | Azure Devops;GitHub;Miro | 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 | Less than once per month or monthly | 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 weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;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;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | 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 helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | 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.;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 | AutoGen (Microsoft) | null | null | null | 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;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Human interactions | 116,015 | 5 |
14,283 | 14,284 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 3 | 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 | 11 | Academic researcher | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 69,609 | 6 |
14,284 | 14,285 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);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 | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 5 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | null | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 1,200 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Kubernetes;Terraform | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Fastify;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | Angular | null | NA
NA | Yes | WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | MacOS | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Miro;Trello | Jira;Obsidian | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Project planning | null | null | Learning about a codebase;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 | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes | 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 | 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. | 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 | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 29 | null |
14,285 | 14,286 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 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 required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
workplace flexibility | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 3 | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | 5,400,000 | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Poetry;Yarn | npm;Pip | npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js | FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js | HTMX,BackboneJS
HTMX | Yes | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | ChatGPT
ChatGPT | Pydantic;RAG;uv | Pydantic;RAG;uv | Pydantic;RAG;uv | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | MacOS | Clickup;Google Colab;Jira;Linear;Miro;Obsidian;Trello | Google Colab;Jira;Miro;Notion;Trello;Wikis | Google Colab;Jira;Miro;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;Reka (Flash 3 or other Reka models);X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Local
Local | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Other (write in): | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | 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 helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | 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.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Letta | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;v0.dev | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | System design
Be a manager to agents and have an overall view of the system | 18,963 | 9 |
14,286 | 14,287 | 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.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 34 | 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;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 | 40 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Poor usability
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 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 100,000 | Yes | C#;Delphi;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Delphi;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | Delphi;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Interbase
Interbase | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | null | null | Ext JS
Ext JS | Yes | Eclipse;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Embarcadero RAD Studio, Delphi
Embarcadero RAD Studio, Delphi | hostinger;Delphi 12+ Athens | hostinger;Large Language Model;Microsoft Fabric;Delphi 12+ Athens | hostinger;Delphi 12+ Athens | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Not used with any large degree | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have 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. | 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 | 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 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 | Creativity. Nuance thinking. | 100,000 | 7 |
14,287 | 14,288 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 10 | Student | null | null | null | null | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C;Go;Java;Python;Rust;TypeScript | C;Go;Java;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Redis;SQLite | DuckDB;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Vercel;Vite | Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Ninja;npm;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Vercel;Vite | Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud
Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud | null | Flask;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Astro;FastAPI;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Spring Boot;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Ollama;uv | null | null | Windows | Ubuntu | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | Airtable;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | 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 | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Documenting code;Testing code | 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 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 improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | Langfuse | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;v0.dev | 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 | '- Skill to comprehend requirements and convert to computer-solvable problems;
- Skill to architect systems. | null | null |
14,288 | 14,289 | 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 | 21 | 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;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 12 | 20 | Serbia | EUR European Euro | 55,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | null | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Supabase;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | null | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;PhpStorm;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Notion;YouTrack | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Videos;Direct messaging of users;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 | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, I try to leverage AI, but it still has problems with overlooking solutions and improving what it built, but instead overwrites and makes spaghetti code. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | MCP servers;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | Redis;GitHub MCP Server;supabase | null | Llama Index;Ollama;OpenRouter | null | Sentry;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Replit;Bolt.new | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | I believe now is the critical to keep up with AI development tools, as they can speed up development significantly. Maybe in a few years they will really be on junior developer level. So, I engineering will be more important then simply writing code, analytics, orchestration, prediction and soft skills. | 63,808 | 8 |
14,289 | 14,290 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Attending school (part-time) | 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);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 | 14 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 1 | India | INR Indian rupee | 1,200,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Python;TypeScript | Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;MySQL | BigQuery;MongoDB;MySQL | BigQuery;MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React | Next.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | MacOS | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Slack (public channels, not work) | Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Testing code | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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 | Balancing cost to quality, security, research and innovation, orchestration of development | 13,949 | 5 |
14,290 | 14,291 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., 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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 8 | Developer, front-end | 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
14,291 | 14,292 | 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) | 4 | 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 | 6 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 4 | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | 3,300,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;npm;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;npm;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Node.js;Ruby on Rails | Express;NestJS;Node.js;Ruby on Rails | Express;Node.js;Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Asana;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | Asana;GitHub;Jira;Miro | Asana;GitHub;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | 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 | yes, it is | No, but I 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 | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | Devops and human creativity AI can't do mistakes | 11,588 | 6 |
14,292 | 14,293 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 5 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 12 | India | INR Indian rupee | 700,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | C++;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL;Swift;Zig | C++;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;pnpm;Yarn | Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;pnpm;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;Flask;Next.js;Node.js | Django;Express;Next.js;Node.js | Django;Express;Next.js;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | NA
NA | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;Android | Windows;Red Hat | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;Kaggle;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
Copilot | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Videos;Logic games/puzzles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Language processing | Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | C++, Architect | 8,137 | 6 |
14,293 | 14,294 | 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 | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 25 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | 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 | 4 | 3 | Lithuania | EUR European Euro | 150,000 | null | Go | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | Linear | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | Search for answers | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 174,022 | 10 |
14,294 | 14,295 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Primary/elementary school | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 1 | 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 | 1 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Manufacturing | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 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 |
14,295 | 14,296 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training | 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) | 14 | Developer, mobile | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Java | Kotlin;SQL | null | NA
NA | null | MongoDB;SQLite | MongoDB;SQLite | MongoDB;SQLite | NA
NA | null | Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm | Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm | Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm | 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 | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
14,296 | 14,297 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 8 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Neo4J | MongoDB | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub;Google Colab;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Colab;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Colab;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 |
14,297 | 14,298 | 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);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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 |
14,298 | 14,299 | 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 | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 12 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 1,500,000 | Yes | Swift | null | null | Yes
Yes | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | SwiftData;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Videos | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | YES | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions | Business logic, Design, Project planning | 17,436 | 7 |
14,299 | 14,300 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 5 | 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 | 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 11 | null | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 40,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;PHP;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;PHP;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;PHP | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;New Relic;npm;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;New Relic;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;New Relic;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | PyCharm;Xcode | PyCharm;Xcode | GoLand
GoLand | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 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 | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Committing and reviewing code | null | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | ability to write robust code and combine user requirements into complex solutions | 40,000 | 9 |
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