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16,300 | 16,301 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 5 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 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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NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
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NA | Yes | H2;IBM DB2 | H2 | H2 | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;npm | Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew | Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Node.js;React | Astro | Astro | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Fedora | MacOS | Asana;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
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NOT having any "AI" bullshit | Other (please specify):
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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;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis;YouTrack | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
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NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Manufacturing | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 120,000 | Yes | C#;PowerShell;SQL | Go;MicroPython;Python;R | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Databricks SQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;Podman | Microsoft Azure | Bicep
NA | Yes | Blazor | Blazor | Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
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NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
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NA | Yes | DuckDB;SQLite | DuckDB | DuckDB | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | 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;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Monday.com | GitHub;Monday.com | GitHub;Monday.com | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | We use LLMs only for parts of our code and for suggestions. Currently I and my team still write, check, and commit most code manually. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs | 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;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | I really don't know and I think anyone who does is overly confident. | 163,370 | 8 |
16,305 | 16,306 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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 | 14 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Podman;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Podman | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Podman | sentry
sentry | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 |
16,306 | 16,307 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 30 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 0 | Croatia | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 |
16,307 | 16,308 | 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.) | 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 | Blogs or podcasts | null | Developer, mobile | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | School | null | null | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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16,308 | 16,309 | 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);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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 9 | Support engineer or analyst | 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 | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Government | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 9 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C++;Go;JavaScript;Lua;Rust;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;Zig | C++;Go;JavaScript;Lua;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;Redis;Cockroachdb;Pocketbase;Valkey | Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;MongoDB;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Bun;Cargo;Composer;Docker;Firebase;npm;Pacman;Podman | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Pacman;Podman | Bun;Cargo;Composer;Docker;Firebase;npm;Pacman;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Astro;Deno;Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js | Angular;AngularJS;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Svelte | Angular;AngularJS;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Shadcn/ui | c++23;Shadcn/ui | c++23;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat;NixOS | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | null | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | 6 |
16,309 | 16,310 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 28 | 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 | Colleague or on-the-job training | 20 | DevOps engineer or professional | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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16,310 | 16,311 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 14 | 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, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 17 | 0 | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 8,400 | Yes | C#;C++;Go | C;C++ | C++ | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio | Vim | Vim | GoLand
QT Creator | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | c++23;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | GitHub | null | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Other (write in):
Find answer for f question that appeared during my work. Usually, before chat gpt, i asked this question to google and google lead me to stack owerflow. | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Predictive analytics | null | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Debugging | 8,400 | 7 |
16,311 | 16,312 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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 | Other (please specify): | 15 | 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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16,312 | 16,313 | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 7 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 3 | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | 140,000 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Prometheus | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | gin
NA | Yes | Cursor | Cursor | Cursor | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | 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) | 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) | 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) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;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 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;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Deployment and monitoring | Committing and reviewing code | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | It is not the core part of my professional development work at present. Because for software development, developers need to have control over the project | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | Neo4j;pgvector | null | Vertex AI | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Devin AI;v0.dev;Perplexity;Lovable.dev | 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 quick help troubleshooting | The ability to understand the real world and the ability to learn quickly,Project planning | 19,500 | 7 |
16,313 | 16,314 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | null | 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);Coding Bootcamp;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Games or coding challenges;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | null | Data scientist | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | null | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;Python;SQL | Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing 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 | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | IT operations;Data and analytics | Vector databases for AI applications | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | 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.;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.;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.;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: | Fireproof;LanceDB;GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | 9 |
16,314 | 16,315 | 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) | 1 | 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) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 4 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 3 | 2 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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16,315 | 16,316 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | Volunteering (regularly) | null | 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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16,316 | 16,317 | 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 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other (please specify):;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 2 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | null | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | c#
c# | Yes | null | null | null | ms sql server
ms sql server | Yes | NuGet | NuGet | NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | same
same | null | null | null | null | null | Android | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Coding challenges;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 | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Testing code;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 | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Cybersecurity | Multi-platform search enablement;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 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 | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | 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 | null | visual studio , vscode , git , postman, sql server | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | 6 |
16,317 | 16,318 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 15 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 10 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 56,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;npm;Pip | Docker;npm;Pip | Docker;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Laravel;WordPress | ASP.NET;Laravel;WordPress | ASP.NET;Laravel;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Notion;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Notion;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;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 | Not sure | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Testing code;Predictive analytics | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | It depends on the task. I vibe code (let AI create) simple tasks almost entirely. For more complex tasks, I don't really trust in AI and it would take too long to debug AI output, so I prefer to code complex things myself. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | Company secret | null | Company secret | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Clearly, a solid basic knowledge of paradigms, software architecture and the programming / scripting languages you want to use. AI tools are cool for getting code quickly, but this is useless if the basic principles of programming are not understood. I'm very concerned that the next generation of developers have very little basic knowledge of programming and blindly trust AI without checking the AI-written code. | 64,968 | 7 |
16,318 | 16,319 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
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 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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. | 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;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | null |
16,319 | 16,320 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 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);Books / Physical media | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 11 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 7 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 3 |
16,320 | 16,321 | 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.) | 22 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | 36 | Architect, software or solutions | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Manufacturing | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 70,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;npm;Webpack | Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker | Cloudflare | VMware
VMware | Yes | jQuery;Vue.js;WordPress | jQuery;Vue.js;WordPress | jQuery;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini;Delphi 12+ Athens | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Android;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS;iPadOS | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | 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 | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;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: | 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 | Translating business requirements into software architecture and functionality designs, user interface design, API development for integrating between systems and applications, understanding and implementing secure-by-design and privacy-by-design principles, understanding and avoiding anti-patterns, understanding business and regional locale contexts. | 95,299 | null |
16,321 | 16,322 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Blogs or podcasts | 4 | 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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16,322 | 16,323 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 10 | AI/ML engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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16,323 | 16,324 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 14 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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16,324 | 16,325 | 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 | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 1 | 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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16,325 | 16,326 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 7 | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | null | null | Media & Advertising Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | India | USD United States dollar | 23,307 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Rust;SQL | Go;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Databricks SQL;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
Amazon Aurora | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pacman;Pip;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Podman;Splunk;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;Express;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Express;Node.js;React;Vue.js;Axum | Express;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Acitx
ntex | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Arch;Fedora;Pop!_OS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning 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 | Chat (bot/AI) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code | null | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | It won't yield any practical use in most of the cases. may simply waster your time and company resources. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Redis;Neo4j | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | prompt engineering | 23,307 | 6 |
16,326 | 16,327 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | 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);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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 17 | Academic researcher | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 3 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 49,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MicroPython;Python;Ruby | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python | Arduino
Arduino | Yes | null | null | null | HBase
HBase | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Flask | Flask;Ruby on Rails | Flask | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm | PyCharm | PyCharm | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Doxygen | Doxygen | Doxygen | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 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 | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics | null | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | A little because they can use it to learn how to use AI and what thing they can believe in it | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have 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 improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Empathy, Intelligence, Sense, Humanity | 56,847 | null |
16,327 | 16,328 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 7 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 4 | France | EUR European Euro | 52,000 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Working on complex project that needs maintenance and evolution over the months / years
Creating a clean code architecture
Project management
Designing and maintain a good UX | 60,328 | 10 |
16,328 | 16,329 | 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 (less than 10 hours per week) | 1 | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 1 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 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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16,329 | 16,330 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 14 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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16,330 | 16,331 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 35 | Project manager | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 13 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 86,250 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;npm;Pip | Docker;npm;Pip | Docker;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Flask;Node.js | Angular;Flask;Node.js | Angular;Flask;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio | Android Studio;Notepad++;Vim | Android Studio;Notepad++;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Windows;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | I use it for short scripts or portions of bigger codebases. | 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. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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 | 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;Microsoft 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 | Understanding and rating the code coming form AI. Building really complex software. Learning every detail of a program or language. | 100,063 | 7 |
16,331 | 16,332 | 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 (less than 10 hours per week) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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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16,332 | 16,333 | 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 | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 5 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | 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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16,333 | 16,334 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | null | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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16,334 | 16,335 | 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 | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 4 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Expert mentors
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 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 9 |
16,335 | 16,336 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Romania | RON Romanian leu | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | IBM DB2;MySQL;PostgreSQL | IBM DB2;MySQL;PostgreSQL | IBM DB2;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Splunk;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot;Svelte | Angular;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | null | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Search for answers | Testing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | design thinking, problem solving, analysis | null | 9 |
16,336 | 16,337 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 27 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | 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 | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
work/life balance (less overtime or availability requirements) | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 69,000 | Yes | Assembly;C;C#;C++;Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;MSBuild;NuGet;Prometheus;Vite | Chocolatey;Docker;MSBuild;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Svelte | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Node.js;Svelte | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Other (write in): | Other (write in):
Find a solution for an issue someone else has already encountered and got answers for | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | Other (write in): | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No, never tried. I think my goals are reached faster without AI at this point in time, but keeping an eye open. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Customer service support | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | 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 | So far I have only seen AI solve simple repetitive tasks. For complex bugfixing it usually only makes matters worse (fixing the bug but introducing 1000 other bugs or causing the code to stop compiling altogether). I see no threat in the next 5 years. | 80,050 | 9 |
16,337 | 16,338 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 18 | 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);Blogs or podcasts | 19 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Other (please specify):
Functionality | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 71,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Homebrew;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Homebrew;Pip | NA
uv | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Django;Laravel;React | Laravel | Laravel | NA
NA | Yes | Rider;Vim;VSCodium | Rider;Vim;VSCodium | Rider;Vim;VSCodium | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;Debian | MacOS;Debian | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Exchange | Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all 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 | Long-form articles | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | 82,370 | null |
16,338 | 16,339 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 15 | 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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16,339 | 16,340 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);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);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 | 26 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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16,340 | 16,341 | 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 | 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);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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 6 | AI/ML engineer | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 0 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | JavaScript;Python | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | null | Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Videos;Direct messaging of users | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Not entirely
but somehere like 25 %
while understanding research papers and writing small codes to save time | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I 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 | 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 | 1) understanding of code architecture
2) debugging the code
3) programming language understanding
| null | 6 |
16,341 | 16,342 | 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 | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Colleague or on-the-job training | 17 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | France | EUR European Euro | 56,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Composer;Docker | Chocolatey;Composer;Docker | Chocolatey;Composer;Docker | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;Node.js;React;Symfony | Angular;Symfony | Angular;Symfony | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Redmine | Redmine | Redmine | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | null | 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. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Reading and understanding code. | 64,968 | 8 |
16,342 | 16,343 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 4 | 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);Games or coding challenges;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 | 5 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 188,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;Java;Kotlin;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Java;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Make;Maven (build tool);Ninja;npm | Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);npm | Make;Maven (build tool);npm | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Django;React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Rider;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Rider | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Pop!_OS | Windows | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges | Other (write in):
only finding answer to my problem | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code | Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No, vibe coding doesn't produce quality code. Also can become a pain to debug if something goes wrong because you as developer didn't write the code, so you barely know it and might not even know what the issue might be. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | 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. | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | Debugging, communication, programming, ... | 8,799 | 7 |
16,343 | 16,344 | 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) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Ghana | GHS Ghanaian cedi | 20,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Composer;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Webpack | Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;npm;Pip | Cloudflare;Composer;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;React;WordPress | jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;React;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | jQuery;Laravel;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | Windows;MacOS;Android | GitHub;Wikis | GitHub;Wikis | GitHub;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Project planning;Search for answers | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;I haven’t encountered any problems | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Coding best practices | 1,934 | 10 |
16,344 | 16,345 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | 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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16,345 | 16,346 | 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.) | 11 | 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 | 11 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Manufacturing | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 0 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Swift | Swift | Swift | Objective c
objective c | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | No, and I don't plan to | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Predictive analytics | null | null | Writing code | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 7 |
16,346 | 16,347 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;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 | 17 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Bosnia and Herzegovina | BAM Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark | null | Yes | C;C++;Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;Zig | C;C++;Rust;Zig | C;C++;Rust;Zig | 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 | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Fedora | Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | GitHub;Linear;Miro;Trello | GitHub;Linear | GitHub;Linear | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | 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 | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | 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 | null | 10 |
16,347 | 16,348 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 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) | 5 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | 20 to 99 employees | null | 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 | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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16,348 | 16,349 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (part-time) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 12 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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 | null | null | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | null | null | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;R;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MariaDB;MySQL | H2;MariaDB;MySQL | H2;MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Maven (build tool) | Cloudflare;Docker;Maven (build tool) | Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Spring Boot | jQuery;Spring Boot | jQuery;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Vim | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Vim | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Fedora | Windows;MacOS;Debian | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;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 | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes it is, these days I ask AI tools to manipulate my code snipes and also recommend me design patterns. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | I don't know! | null | null |
16,349 | 16,350 | 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 | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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16,350 | 16,351 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 14 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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16,351 | 16,352 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 8 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | 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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16,352 | 16,353 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 15 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
it makes my job easier, none of the others | Other (please specify):
doesn't help me do my job | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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16,353 | 16,354 | 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 | 12 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 22 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 8 | Poland | EUR European Euro | 7,800 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;PHP;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Rust;SQL | Pascal
Pascal | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Podman | Cargo;Make;Podman | Cargo;Make;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Astro | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;PhpStorm;RustRover;Vim | Vim;Zed | Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | Codeberg
Codeberg | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 9,049 | 6 |
16,354 | 16,355 | 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.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 28 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 39 | Academic researcher | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 20,000 | Yes | C;C#;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python | C;Java;PHP;Python;Rust | C;Java;PHP;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | Cosmos DB;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | WordPress | WordPress | WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Notepad++;VSCodium | Notepad++;VSCodium | repl.it
repl.it | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Trello | GitLab | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Videos;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unsure | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing 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): | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | just no. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Business process automation;Customer service support | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 quick help troubleshooting | analysis | 23,203 | null |
16,355 | 16,356 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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) | 20 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | 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 | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 3 | Estonia | EUR European Euro | 62,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;MATLAB;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C;C++;Python | C;C++;Python | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Clickhouse | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Docker;Make;Ninja;Pip | Cargo;Docker;Ninja;Pip | Cargo;Docker;Ninja;Pip | Conan, Vcpkg, Bazel, Conda
Conan, Conda | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | CLion
CLion | c++23;Polars;uv | c++23;Polars;uv | c++23;Polars;uv | null | null | Ubuntu;NixOS | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | Bitbucket
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | null | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | I haven’t encountered any problems | Outdated patterns and training cutoff date for newer APIs. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics;Robotics | Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | 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. | null | 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: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | Cursor | 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 | Interfacing with hardware. | 71,929 | 6 |
16,356 | 16,357 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 11 | 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 | 40 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 6 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 40,000 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Android;iOS | Azure Devops | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | To be able to communicate and problem solve. | 54,457 | 6 |
16,357 | 16,358 | 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 (20-29 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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16,358 | 16,359 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 16 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
Anything other than AI | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
16,359 | 16,360 | 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.) | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | 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 | 4 | 0 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C;COBOL;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Go;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Ninja;npm;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | 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 | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | 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 | null |
16,360 | 16,361 | 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 | 24 | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 40 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more 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 | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 145,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Zig | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL | DuckDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Hell no! | No, and I don't plan to | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Understand business requirements | 179,790 | 9 |
16,361 | 16,362 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 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);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 | 22 | DevOps engineer or professional | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Higher Education | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 94,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;Go;Groovy;Java;Lua;PHP;Python;Rust;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Yarn | null | null | Victoria metrics
NA | Yes | Angular;React;Symfony | null | null | micronaut, dropwizard
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PhpStorm;PyCharm;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | 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 | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | 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 | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Understanding a whole platform with all its applications and working with it | 109,054 | 8 |
16,362 | 16,363 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, 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 | 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) | 30 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | Less than 20 employees | People manager | In-person | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 15 | France | EUR European Euro | 130,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;MicroPython;Python | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;MicroPython;Python;Rust | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;MicroPython;Python | vhdl
vhdl | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker | Docker | Docker | NA
NA | Yes | Django | Django | Django | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Ubuntu | Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code | Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something | All. AI agents wont be better than interns or coworkers. | 150,819 | 8 |
16,363 | 16,364 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | 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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16,364 | 16,365 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | 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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16,365 | 16,366 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Primary/elementary school | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | null | null | null | 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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16,366 | 16,367 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | 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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16,367 | 16,368 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 20 | Engineering manager | 5,000 to 9,999 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 | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Insurance | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 20 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;Ruby;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Oracle | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | APT;Chocolatey;Docker;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Podman;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform | APT;Chocolatey;Docker | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Eclipse;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | c++23 | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS;Fedora | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Arch;Red Hat;Fedora | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | 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 | 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 really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | using AI tools ;) | null | null |
16,368 | 16,369 | 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 | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Blogs or podcasts | 5 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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16,369 | 16,370 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);None of the above | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 20 | Other (please specify): | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python | LabVIEW
LabVIEW | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Pip | Docker;Pip;Vite | Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Django | Django;React | Django | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Windows | Confluence | Confluence | Confluence | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Phi-4 models | Microsoft Phi-4 models | Microsoft Phi-4 models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;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;Other (write in): | No | 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 | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 need quick help troubleshooting | Architecting, planning, testing | null | null |
16,370 | 16,371 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | null | 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);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 | 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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16,371 | 16,372 | 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 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 74,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Python;SQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;MSBuild;Ninja;Pacman | Docker;Pacman | Docker;Pacman | CMake
CMake | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | CLion
CLion | c++23;Large Language Model | c++23;Large Language Model | c++23;Large Language Model | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Redmine;Wikis | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no, and I hope it will die out again (in the current form of under-educated people deploying code they do not understand and are unable to fix) | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 85,851 | 8 |
16,372 | 16,373 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | 33 | 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);Blogs or podcasts | 30 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | 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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16,373 | 16,374 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | None of the above | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 25 | Architect, software or solutions | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 5 | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 95,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Groovy;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Composer;Docker;Make | Cargo;Docker | Cargo;Docker | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Pop!_OS | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Wikis;YouTrack | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | 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 | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | null | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 110,214 | 7 |
16,374 | 16,375 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Books / Physical media | 14 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 115,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | C#;C++;Go;Rust;Zig | C#;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | uv
uv | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Next.js;React;Spring Boot;Svelte | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Next.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Obsidian;YouTrack | GitHub;Google Workspace;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | 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;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, AI generated code is a tool, something like copilot is perfect where it takes over the slowness of human typing | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | MCP servers | 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. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | 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 | Redis;GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Critical thinking | 142,592 | 9 |
16,375 | 16,376 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 17 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | Banking/Financial Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 1 | India | INR Indian rupee | 4,500,000 | Yes | Java;Python;SQL | Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Java;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Docker | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Microsoft Azure;Podman;Prometheus;Splunk | Docker | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Spring Boot | Flask;React;Spring Boot | Flask;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Polars;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Analytical skills, computer science concepts. | 52,308 | 6 |
16,376 | 16,377 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 26 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Poor usability
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 | 15 | 10 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 156,000 | Yes | C#;Delphi;SQL | C#;Delphi;SQL | C#;Delphi;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Delphi 12+ Athens | .NET 8 or higher;Delphi 12+ Athens | .NET 8 or higher;Delphi 12+ Athens | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have 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 | 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.;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 | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 42,572 | 8 |
16,377 | 16,378 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 34 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 40 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
NA | Government | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 8 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 72,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | lit, web-components
lit, web-components | 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 | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Videos;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | currently not, but I shall experiment with it in near future. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | 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 solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | null | 83,531 | 2 |
16,378 | 16,379 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Games or coding challenges | 6 | 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 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
16,379 | 16,380 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 13 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 9 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 35,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Ruby;Rust;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis | InfluxDB;MariaDB;MySQL | InfluxDB;MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;npm | Ansible;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;npm | Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;npm | openstack
openstack | Yes | AngularJS;Drupal;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | AngularJS;Drupal;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | AngularJS;Drupal;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Windsurf | Claude Code;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Windsurf | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Windsurf | NA
NA | Pydantic | Pydantic | Pydantic | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | GitHub;GitLab;Miro | GitHub;GitLab;Miro | GitHub;GitLab;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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 | Problem Solving and Code Awereness | 40,605 | 4 |
16,380 | 16,381 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 6 | Developer, QA or test | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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16,381 | 16,382 | 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 | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 18 | Engineering manager | 10,000 or more 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 tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 9 | 3 | Israel | ILS Israeli new shekel | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Lua;TypeScript | Go | Go | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text | Goland
Goland | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Medium | Stack Overflow;Medium | Stack Overflow;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 | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Cybersecurity | 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. | 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. | 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 am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | 9 |
16,382 | 16,383 | 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 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 8 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 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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16,383 | 16,384 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | 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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16,384 | 16,385 | 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.) | 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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16,385 | 16,386 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 10 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 4 | 6 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 160,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;Rust;TypeScript | Dart;Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;Swift;TypeScript | Dart;Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Homebrew;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Bun;Cloudflare;Yarn | Bun;Cloudflare;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Svelte | Phoenix;Ruby on Rails;Svelte | Phoenix;Ruby on Rails;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Sublime Text;Zed | Neovim;Sublime Text;Zed | Neovim;Sublime Text;Zed | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | Teamwork
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Lobste.rs
Lobste.rs | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Mistral AI models | Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Job board | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Search for answers | 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 | Haha no. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | 116,733 | 7 |
16,386 | 16,387 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 8 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 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 | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Finland | EUR European Euro | 35,000 | null | null | null | null | 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 | Coding challenges;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer 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 | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Search for answers | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs | 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 helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 40,605 | 6 |
16,387 | 16,388 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 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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16,388 | 16,389 | 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 | Attending school (part-time) | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 5 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 3 | 3 | Nigeria | NGN Nigerian naira | 48,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Netlify;npm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Netlify;npm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Netlify;npm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | hostinger | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows;MacOS | Asana;GitHub;Jira;Trello | Asana;GitHub;Jira;Trello | Asana;GitHub;Jira;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | 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 | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Learning about a codebase;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;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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | All fields will remain.. The way of doing things might change | 30,991 | 7 |
16,389 | 16,390 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 5 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 19,200 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Rust | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows;Android | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Documenting code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no, i use it only for suggestion, comment's or explaining code | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | 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. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;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. | 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.;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;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 22,275 | 9 |
16,390 | 16,391 | 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.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 4 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 700,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8,137 | 7 |
16,391 | 16,392 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | null | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | null | Media & Advertising Services | null | null | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;MSBuild;Yandex Cloud | Google Cloud | Google Cloud | NA
NA | null | Angular;Deno;Django | null | null | NA
NA | null | Android Studio | Zed | null | NA
NA | Ultralytics | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;ChromeOS | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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16,392 | 16,393 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | 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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16,393 | 16,394 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | 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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16,394 | 16,395 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not 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 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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) | 10 | DevOps engineer or professional | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 1,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;PowerShell;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Symfony | Laravel;Symfony | Laravel;Symfony | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Odoo;Ollama | Odoo;Ollama | Odoo;Ollama | null | null | Arch | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | It's not part of my professional work | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | null | 23,966 | null |
16,395 | 16,396 | 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) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 6 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | null | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 7 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust | Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Podman | Docker;Podman | Docker;Podman | Nix, Fly.io, Mix
Nix, Fly.io, Mix | Yes | Astro;Phoenix | Astro;Phoenix | Astro;Phoenix | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Zed | Aider;Neovim;Zed | Neovim;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Markdown File;Obsidian | Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok 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 Reasoning models;X Grok 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 Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Absolutely not | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | 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. | 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. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Zed | 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 architecture | null | null |
16,396 | 16,397 | 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) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 18 | Data engineer | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Energy | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 4 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 76,000 | Yes | Python | Python | Python | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Clickhouse | BigQuery;DuckDB;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;DuckDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Pip;Poetry;Terraform | Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Poetry;Terraform | Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Poetry;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;FastAPI;Flask | FastAPI | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic | Large Language Model;Pydantic | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | yes | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Clean coding, collaboration, emotional intelligence | 88,171 | 7 |
16,397 | 16,398 | 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 | 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);Books / Physical media;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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other (please specify): | 19 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Media & Advertising Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 2 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 1,400,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Ruby;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin;Python;Ruby;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin;Python;Ruby;SQL | Haskell
Haskell | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Prometheus | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot | Flask;Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim | NA
NA | Amazon Bedrock | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | GitHub;Markdown File;Miro | GitHub;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | For proofs of concept, yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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 | Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | Honeycomb;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | 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 | Refactoring, Design patterns, craftsmanship | 146,750 | 5 |
16,398 | 16,399 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 1 | India | INR Indian rupee | 3,500,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | C++;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Pocketbase | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse;Pocketbase;Valkey | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse;Pocketbase | Appwrite
Appwrite | Yes | Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Netlify;npm;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Netlify;pnpm;Vite;Webpack | Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Netlify;pnpm;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Astro;Django;Express;Fastify;Flask;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Angular;Astro;Django;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;NestJS;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js | Angular;Astro;Django;Express;Fastify;Node.js;Vue.js | Alpine.js, Eleventy
Alpine.js, Eleventy | Yes | Bolt;Lovable.dev;Neovim;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Bolt;Neovim;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Bolt;Neovim;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Supermaven
Supermaven | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph;visionOS | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | GitHub;GitLab;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Message Boards | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. At work, access to source code is blocked from AI tools for security reasons. For personal use, vibe coding is still mostly inefficient. | 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.;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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Communicating better, and lateral thinking | 40,684 | 8 |
16,399 | 16,400 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 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);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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 25 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | null | Reliability and low latency
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | null | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle | MariaDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;Oracle | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | 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 | Math, reading, thinking | null | null |
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