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NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | RubyMine
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NA | Yes | BigQuery | BigQuery | BigQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo | Ansible | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Astro | Drupal;Express | null | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | null | NA
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NA | Dev.to;Slack (public channels, not work) | Hacker News;Hashnode | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Microsoft Phi-4 models;Perplexity Sonar models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
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NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose 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 | null | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | It is not | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 41,765 | 4 |
16,606 | 16,607 | 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 | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 8 | Developer, front-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 |
16,607 | 16,608 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Primary/elementary school | 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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16,608 | 16,609 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 10 | 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;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 | 13 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | 56,000 | Yes | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Poetry;Vite;Webpack | APT;Google Cloud | APT;Google Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | Django;jQuery;Laravel;React | Django;React | Django;React | Htmx
Htmx | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | uv | uv | uv | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Documenting code;Testing code | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No, I don't trust the code generation enough to use vibe coding. I want to understand and control every part of the code. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 33,732 | 10 |
16,609 | 16,610 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Attending school (full-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 7 | India | INR Indian rupee | 2,000,000 | Yes | C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;R;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;DuckDB;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | DuckDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | DuckDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Vercel | Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Podman;Prometheus | Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Podman;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;Spring Boot | Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;PyCharm;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Pop!_OS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Debian | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | null | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code | null | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;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 | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Debugging and CyberSecurity | 23,248 | 9 |
16,610 | 16,611 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 20 | 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 | 35 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 999 | 999 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 300,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;Java;Lua;Perl;PowerShell | Assembly;C;C++;Go;PowerShell | Assembly;C;C++;Go;PowerShell | 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 | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | 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 | Fucxking dumb term. | 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;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 300,000 | 7 |
16,611 | 16,612 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 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);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 14 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | 145,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;jQuery;React | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery;React | AngularJS;ASP.NET;jQuery;React | NA
NA | null | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Claude Code;Cursor;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 85,994 | 6 |
16,612 | 16,613 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 5 | Developer, back-end | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Energy | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Go;SQL | Go;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes | Docker;Kubernetes | Docker;Kubernetes | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS | Angular;AngularJS | Angular;AngularJS | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | WebStorm | WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Answer a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 4 |
16,613 | 16,614 | 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 | 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 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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16,614 | 16,615 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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) | 22 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 174,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Datadog;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Podman;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | Asana;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Deep understanding of the systems and code that we work in. | 174,000 | 9 |
16,615 | 16,616 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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) | 18 | 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 endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 4 | France | EUR European Euro | 110,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;Java;Lua;MicroPython;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;Clickhouse;Valkey | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI | FastAPI | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Neovim | null | NA
NA | Pydantic | Pydantic | Pydantic | OpenTelemetry | OpenTelemetry | Android;Arch | Arch | Airtable;GitHub;Notion | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub | NA
NocoDB | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work) | 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 | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Documenting code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Design architecture. I feel AI is not good at structuring large codebase, making it manageable and extendable. | 127,616 | 9 |
16,616 | 16,617 | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 7 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | null | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | 790,000 | Yes | 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 | null | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Somewhat, for small isolated problems that can be well described with minimal context required | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | Sentry;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Critical thinking, code maintainability and readability | 78,074 | 10 |
16,617 | 16,618 | 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 (less than 10 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 8 | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | 775,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Elixir;Java;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Django;FastAPI;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | Django;FastAPI;Next.js | Django;FastAPI;Next.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Pydantic | Pydantic | Pydantic | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | I haven’t encountered any problems | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 43,694 | 6 |
16,618 | 16,619 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 18 | Developer, mobile | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Fintech | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 3 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 400,000 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Committing and reviewing code | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Only in personal projects | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | 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 | Mapping business requirements to software work | 72,815 | 9 |
16,619 | 16,620 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not 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 | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Blogs or podcasts | null | Product manager | null | null | null | null | null | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Ukraine | GBP Pound sterling | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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16,620 | 16,621 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 38 | 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 | 42 | System administrator | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Poor usability
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 8 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Python;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;Markdown File;Obsidian | Azure Devops;Markdown File;Obsidian | Azure Devops;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Unsure | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | 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.;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. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | null |
16,621 | 16,622 | 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.);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);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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 22 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 3 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 40,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Rust;SQL | C;C#;C++;JavaScript;PHP;Rust;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;PHP;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | Composer;Docker;NuGet;Podman | Composer;Docker;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;jQuery;Laravel | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Laravel;Symfony;Vue.js | ASP.NET;Laravel | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | Android;Fedora | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;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 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase | Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | 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 automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 46,406 | 7 |
16,622 | 16,623 | 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) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 7 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 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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16,623 | 16,624 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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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16,624 | 16,625 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 28 | 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 | 30 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | 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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16,625 | 16,626 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 2 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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) | 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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 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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16,626 | 16,627 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Primary/elementary school | Not employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 25 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 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 | Data or business analyst | 500 to 999 employees | null | 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 | School | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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16,627 | 16,628 | I am a developer by profession | Prefer not to say | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 20 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | 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 | 30 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Rust;Zig | Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Homebrew;Make;Pip;pnpm | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Zed | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Multiple times per day | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I 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. | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 6 |
16,628 | 16,629 | 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.) | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 17 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 6,700,000 | Yes | Java;Python | Go;Java;Kotlin | Java | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MySQL;Redis | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MySQL;Redis | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);New Relic;Pip;Prometheus | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);New Relic;Prometheus | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);New Relic;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Sublime Text | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Sublime Text | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Sublime Text | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Linear;Notion | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | 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) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I 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 | Redis | null | Vertex AI;LangChain;LangGraph | null | Langfuse | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Tabnine;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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 77,881 | 7 |
16,629 | 16,630 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 40 | Database administrator or engineer | 20 to 99 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 | Retail and Consumer Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 20 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 0 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;VBA | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;VBA | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;VBA | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js | jQuery;Laravel;Vue.js | jQuery;Laravel;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Workspace | Clickup;GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, but I 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Organize complex tasks into smaller problems managed by AI generated agents | null | 7 |
16,630 | 16,631 | 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 | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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) | 5 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 15 | Georgia | GEL Georgian lari | 105,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;NuGet;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor | Angular;ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 38,602 | 5 |
16,631 | 16,632 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Coding Bootcamp | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
16,632 | 16,633 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Other (please specify):
ability to move to japan | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 5 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 37,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | MySQL;SQLite;Valkey | MySQL;SQLite;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;New Relic;Vite;Yarn | Cloudflare;Docker;New Relic;Vite;Yarn | Cloudflare;Docker;New Relic;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Vue.js;WordPress | Laravel;Vue.js | Laravel;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Lovable.dev;PhpStorm;VSCodium;WebStorm;Zed | PhpStorm;WebStorm | PhpStorm;WebStorm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL);Pop!_OS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Coda;GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | pinkary
pinkary | Yes | 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 | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | 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.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Ollama;OpenRouter | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Lovable.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | devops,analysis, problem solving | 42,925 | 4 |
16,633 | 16,634 | 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) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Healthcare | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 6 | 5 | France | EUR European Euro | 50,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning | Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Absolutely not. I mainly use AI for quick code completion or helping me for testing, but working in healthcare, I don't use vide coding | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Cybersecurity | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 58,007 | 8 |
16,634 | 16,635 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 180,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | React
Tailwind CSS | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Cosmos DB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | Azure Table Storage
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Twitch | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot 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 | Chat (people);Job board | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers | null | null | Writing code | Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Its to new ands strange | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Business process automation;Marketing | 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 helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Reasoning and Recommendation on architecture. Business Logic | 180,000 | 9 |
16,635 | 16,636 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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) | 21 | Engineering manager | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 |
16,636 | 16,637 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 10 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 15 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 17 | 8 |
16,637 | 16,638 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 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) | 8 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | Media & Advertising Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Vue.js | Node.js;Vue.js | Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Claude Code;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Debian;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS | Asana;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | Asana;GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | Asana;GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | 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 |
16,638 | 16,639 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | null | 20 | 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 | 25 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | Banking/Financial Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Slovakia | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;SQL | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Spring Boot;Symfony | Angular;Spring Boot;Symfony | Angular;Spring Boot;Symfony | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Clickup;GitHub;YouTrack | Clickup;GitHub;YouTrack | Clickup;GitHub;YouTrack | 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 (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | logic | null | 6 |
16,639 | 16,640 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 17 | Developer, full-stack | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Other: | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 11 | 4 | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | 775,000 | Yes | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Make;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js | Vue.js | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | 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 | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | 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;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 | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | null | 76,591 | 6 |
16,640 | 16,641 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 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 neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | Romania | RON Romanian leu | 120,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Podman | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;FastAPI;Node.js;React;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | null | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | It is not. Even when using AI for code generation I always check it and slightly modify it. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Replit;Bolt.new | null | 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 | Adaptability, Reusability of skills in an AI context, Optimizing workflows with AI. | 27,570 | 8 |
16,641 | 16,642 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Other (please specify): | 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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16,642 | 16,643 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 5 | Developer, QA or test | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 8 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 850,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cassandra;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pacman;Pip;Prometheus | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pacman;Pip | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pacman;Pip | dnf
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask | Django;FastAPI;Flask;React;Vue.js | Django;FastAPI;Flask | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic;Google Gemini | Pydantic;Google Gemini | Pydantic;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Fedora | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | Bitbucket
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | null | Learning about a codebase | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | creativity, ability to create your own solutions to different problems | 20,371 | null |
16,643 | 16,644 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 30 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
Completeness | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 4 | Greece | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;WordPress | Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress | Node.js;WordPress | ExtJS, PhalconPHP
ExtJS, PhalconPHP | Yes | Claude Code;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Trae;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Trae;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Trae;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;YouTrack | GitHub;YouTrack | GitHub;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Daily or almost daily | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | I have had vibe coding sessions: sometimes they have gone very good, other times, a mess. When they have gone good, I've spent easily 8-10 continuous hours working with AI, until I"m exhausted. Very estimulating. But when they have gone bad, I've spent 2-3 hours and felt quite frustrated afterward. So I would be inclined to "good vibes coding". | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;v0.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 help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | '-Solid comprehension of a project and its architecture;
-Experience to spot redundant solutions or lack of quality code;
-Orchestrating a solution and guiding its implementation;
-Translating business requirements into working solutions (prompt engineering). | null | 8 |
16,644 | 16,645 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Primary/elementary school | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 27 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 3 | Israel | ILS Israeli new shekel | 468,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | Assembly;Go;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Firebase;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Node.js;React | Svelte | null | NA
NA | null | Android Studio;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Vim | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph;uv | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Monday.com;YouTrack | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board;Chat (bot/AI);Other (write in): | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Committing and reviewing code | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | not at all | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | sadly, I think it will become very hard to compete with AI. so I consider becoming a gardener or a teacher | 137,659 | 9 |
16,645 | 16,646 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 2 | 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) | 3 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 6 | Taiwan | TWD New Taiwan dollar | 60,000 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Vercel;Vite | Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Express;React | Express;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Asana;GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | YouTube | YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Coding challenges;Job board;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 | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Absolutely not | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | debugging | 2,033 | 5 |
16,646 | 16,647 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 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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16,647 | 16,648 | I am learning to code | Prefer not to say | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (part-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | null | null | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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16,648 | 16,649 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;Books / Physical media | 5 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
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 | 3 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 420,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Dart;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;GDScript;Go;Java;Lua | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;GDScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;Make;npm;Pip;Yarn | Cloudflare;Firebase;Microsoft Azure | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23;Google Gemini | c++23;Google Gemini | c++23;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Trello | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | 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 | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Testing code;Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Robotics | Personalized agent creation | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 44,025 | 8 |
16,649 | 16,650 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 5 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | null | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 5,600 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | 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 | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 1,019 | 5 |
16,650 | 16,651 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 9 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Fintech | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 7 | Finland | EUR European Euro | 52,000 | Yes | Python | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Python | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Terraform | Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Vue.js | Express;FastAPI;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | Flask;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Notepad++;PyCharm | Cursor;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Cursor;Notepad++;PyCharm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | Confluence;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 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 weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Somewhat but not really. I still feel that real development work is needed for best results. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | Sourcery, Junie | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Critical thinking | 60,328 | 6 |
16,651 | 16,652 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | 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);Blogs or podcasts | 24 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 50 | null | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | 9,000,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes, Vibe coding allows me to save a lot of time from chasing meaningless framework trends. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | 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 | Neo4j | null | Ollama;Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Devin AI;Perplexity | null | Other (please specify): | null | 62,180 | 10 |
16,652 | 16,653 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 14 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 21 | Academic researcher | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | 900,000 | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;MATLAB;PHP | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | null | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Bluesky | 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 | Message Boards;Long-form articles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;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;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 88,945 | null |
16,653 | 16,654 | 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.) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 25 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
Open Source | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Ruby | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;SQLite | SPARQL, Virtuoso
SPARQL, Virtuoso, Fuseki, Qendpoint, Marmotta | Yes | APT;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Pacman;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | APT;Docker;Make;npm;Pacman;Prometheus;Vite | APT;Docker;Make;npm;Pacman;Prometheus;Vite | Hetzner
Hetzner, OVH | Yes | Drupal;jQuery;Node.js;WordPress | Node.js | Node.js | EmberJS, WebComponents
EmberJS, WebComponents | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | null | null | Emacs
Emacs | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama | RAG;Ollama | RAG;Ollama | null | null | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Notion | GitLab;Miro | GitLab;Miro | Taiga
Taiga | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;LinkedIn | Lemmy, Mastodon, PeerTube
Lemmy, Mastodon, PeerTube | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No. Coding is a logic system. Vibe coding is like dreaming sandcastles. AI can help, but GTFO with the marketing bullshit on this one. | 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. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;Other (please specify): | You are convinced AI will take over the world. I am not. I believe we will need to understand that a survey can imply the requirement to use a technology so hard because the company organizing it has been blind sighted by it that it's slapstick to have to answer this question. | 69,609 | 9 |
16,654 | 16,655 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Other (please specify): | 10 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
open source | Other (please specify):
not open source | Software Development | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 0 | 0 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;PHP;Python;SQL | PHP;Python;SQL | PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL | MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J | MongoDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Poetry | Docker;Kubernetes;Poetry | Docker;Kubernetes;Poetry | quay
quay | null | WordPress | WordPress | WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;PyCharm | Nano;PyCharm | Nano;PyCharm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;X;LinkedIn | Discord;X;LinkedIn | Discord;X;LinkedIn | 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);Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 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 | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions | experience on how to divide task to be created by Ai bots | 116,015 | null |
16,655 | 16,656 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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16,656 | 16,657 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc);Other (please specify): | 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 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | null | null | Banking/Financial Services | null | null | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Nigeria | NGN Nigerian naira | 1,000,000 | Yes | Ada;Assembly;C;C#;C++ | Bash/Shell (all shells) | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 646 | 10 |
16,657 | 16,658 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 58,000 | Yes | C;C++;Go;Python | C;C++;Go;Python;Rust | C;C++;Go;Python | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Amazon Redshift | PostgreSQL;Amazon Redshift | PostgreSQL;Amazon Redshift | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Splunk | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Splunk;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Splunk | 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 | Large Language Model | c++23;Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Stack Overflow for Teams | Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Stack Overflow for Teams | Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Stack Overflow for Teams | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Job board | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | 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. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 67,289 | 5 |
16,658 | 16,659 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 1 | 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) | 5 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 4 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 36,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | JavaScript;PHP;SQL | JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | GitHub;GitLab;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;Miro;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | null | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 6,553 | 5 |
16,659 | 16,660 | 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 | 4 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 0 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 45,000 | Yes | JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | MacOS | Google Workspace | null | null | 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 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | Other (write in): | 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 | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 61,264 | 6 |
16,660 | 16,661 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 11 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 3 | France | EUR European Euro | 42,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Maven (build tool);Pip | APT;Maven (build tool) | APT;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | Django | Angular;Django | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Debian | Windows;Red Hat | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Daily or almost daily | Long-form articles;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 | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, I don't "vibe code", nor plan to do so | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions | More domains that actual skills, but I believe humans will still be irreplaceable in terms of business or functional expertise. Also, AI obviously can't perform proper human interaction (mostly, attending to meetings) | 48,726 | 8 |
16,661 | 16,662 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 40 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 50 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 5 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | null | Yes | Delphi | Delphi;Python | Delphi | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | Firebird
Firebird | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Xcode | Notepad++;Xcode | Notepad++;Xcode | Delphi
Delphi | Large Language Model;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama | Large Language Model;Delphi 12+ Athens | Large Language Model;Delphi 12+ Athens | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;iPadOS | Jira;Wikis | GitHub;Jira;Wikis | Jira;Wikis | 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 | Delphi Praxis
Delphi Praxis | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 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 really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | 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;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’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 |
16,662 | 16,663 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 5 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | France | EUR European Euro | 38,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | npm;Pacman;pnpm;Vite | npm;Pacman;pnpm;Vite | npm;Pacman;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | null | null | Arch | Arch | Asana;GitHub;GitLab | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;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);X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Not at all and should never be with the current state of LLM | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | 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 | Understand basics and being able to solve a problem. I think AI make a lot of people "dumber" as they try to solve as little problem as possible by themself. Being able to understand code deeply and judge the quality of ai generated code is very important. | 44,086 | 8 |
16,663 | 16,664 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | null | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 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);Blogs or podcasts | 9 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Energy | You like your manager
NA | No | null | 10 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 33,000 | Yes | Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;R;Rust;SQL | Dart;Python;Rust;SQL | Dart;Python;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Laravel;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Axum | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code | Claude Code | Claude Code | NA
NA | Odoo;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Fedora | Ubuntu;Fedora | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Writing code;Testing code | Learning about a codebase | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 38,285 | 8 |
16,664 | 16,665 | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
16,665 | 16,666 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 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);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 | 20 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
Missing Documentation | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 80,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;jQuery;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | null | GitLab | null | null | awork
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | Requirements engineering | 99,194 | null |
16,666 | 16,667 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 22 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 2 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of... | USD United States dollar | 80,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Java;Kotlin;Rust;SQL | Java;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;React;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot | NA
HTMX | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | X;YouTube;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Substack | X;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | Critical thinking, understanding basic CS concepts | 80,000 | 5 |
16,667 | 16,668 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 50 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 50 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | null | null | null | 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | JavaScript | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++ | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;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): | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | null | Other (write in): | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 | 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 want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | the ability to investigate and think through solutions, using very valuable tools like Stackoverflow. | null | 7 |
16,668 | 16,669 | 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 (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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) | 8 | Developer, front-end | 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 55,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;React | Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | Confluence;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | Confluence;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | Confluence;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (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 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;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 | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Deployment and monitoring | null | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, that is madness. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation | Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs | 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 increased my productivity. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Redis | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Tabnine | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Problem solving. | 74,878 | 6 |
16,669 | 16,670 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 19 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 275,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | Elixir;Ruby;SQL | Ruby;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;Ruby on Rails | jQuery;Ruby on Rails;Svelte | jQuery;Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Wikis | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Wikis | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Wikis | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | 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) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Very little. Uses it once | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions | Software patterns and practices, writing clean code, writing readable simple code, integrations/system design | 275,000 | 4 |
16,670 | 16,671 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 4 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Other (please specify):;Books / Physical media | 4 | AI/ML engineer | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | Other: | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 13 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | EUR European Euro | 12,000 | Yes | C;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript | C;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;Ruby;Rust | C | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm | Claude Code | Claude Code | NA
Sublime Text with Configurations | Pydantic;Google Gemini | Pydantic;Ollama | Pydantic | null | null | MacOS;Pop!_OS | Pop!_OS | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | 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);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging or fixing code | Documenting code;Search for answers | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Recently , I was Using Cursor . My code already have both . gitignore and.env . After a few iterations of 'Vibe Coding" , most of my API from env was in my code somehow (still Cursor Acknowledges they don't read it) and my .gitignore was mutated to drop the .env which could if I (don't eventually check ) costs me my hours and hours of work | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Robotics | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers | 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 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.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Curiousity and Well Based Reasoning.
| 13,922 | null |
16,671 | 16,672 | I code primarily as a hobby | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 35 | Product manager | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 7 | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Visual Basic (.Net) | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Splunk;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;React | FastAPI | null | streamlit
NA | Yes | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Xcode | Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Xcode | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Xcode | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Windows;MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn;Substack;Company-sponsored forums | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn;Substack;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | not really, not yet; I prefer to co-coding | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | architecture, UI design, requirements | null | null |
16,672 | 16,673 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Primary/elementary school | Employed | null | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 7 | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Manufacturing | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 200,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;COBOL;HTML/CSS;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Datadog;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Vercel | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Next.js | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Next.js | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Next.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows | Windows | Asana;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Notion;Wikis | Clickup;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | NA
NA | YouTube;LinkedIn | YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 200,000 | 9 |
16,673 | 16,674 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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);Books / Physical media | 17 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | null | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | null | Fintech | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 66,000 | Yes | C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;OCaml;Python;Rust;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | null | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Composer;Docker;Make;npm;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | null | Android Studio;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Arch | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Red Hat | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot 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 | null | null | Neutral | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | Learning about a codebase;Testing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Nooe | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Hopefully | 66,000 | 6 |
16,674 | 16,675 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 15 | Developer, mobile | 10,000 or more 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 | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | null | null | null | I'm not sure | null | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Mobile Development, AI Integration in the apps for helping consumers getting things done faster. | null | null |
16,675 | 16,676 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 11 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | 570,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Workspace | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | 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 | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | 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 | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No, Although I do sometimes use AI tools like Copilot to generate some code from prompts, it's usually to speed up otherwise tedious actions and not relying heavily on the AI as I suspect "vibe coders' do. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | 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 automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | reading, writing and debugging code will always be valuable, it's difficult to get across the context of issues to AI, sometimes there are solutions to issues that are simply not viable due to outside factors. in an ideal, isolated vacuum they could be ideal, but the real world often doesn't work that way. | 32,136 | 9 |
16,676 | 16,677 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 28 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 40 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 9 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 50,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 68,071 | 7 |
16,677 | 16,678 | 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 | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 3 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Government | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 1 | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | 645,000 | Yes | Kotlin;SQL | Kotlin;SQL | Kotlin;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
Only read | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | describing problems be clear how you would like to have them solved | 63,744 | 8 |
16,678 | 16,679 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 2 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 15 | India | INR Indian rupee | 480,000 | null | C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | Docker | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 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 | problem solving | 5,580 | 10 |
16,679 | 16,680 | 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 | 8 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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) | 18 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 93,000 | Yes | Python | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | Amazon Timestream
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Terraform | Cargo;Podman | null | uv
NA | Yes | FastAPI | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Odoo;Pydantic;uv | Polars | null | null | null | Fedora | Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Miro;Notion | GitLab | GitLab | Shortcut
Heptapod | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | 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, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | understanding the problems to solve and the contexts they exist in, especially also formulating those out. Having general programming skills in order to validate AI tools' output will still be a relevant skill | 107,894 | 8 |
16,680 | 16,681 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 4 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | 48,000 | Yes | JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Go;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Yarn | Cargo;Cloudflare;Kubernetes;Poetry;Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | Svelte | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Lovable.dev;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | RustRover | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Polars;Microsoft Fabric;LangGraph | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;ChromeOS | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | 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;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Videos;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | 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;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | Redis;GitHub MCP Server;supabase;pgvector | null | Ollama;LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity;Lovable.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | Develop efficient agents that actually solve repetitive problems. Agents that can debug and indicate potential problem points in the code before it is taken to production. Additionally, analyzing potential security problems. All with an improvement in the quality of the models. | 55,687 | 8 |
16,681 | 16,682 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 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) | 25 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 162,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Python;R | null | 0
0 | Yes | Cosmos DB;MariaDB;MongoDB;Oracle;Redis | Cosmos DB;MariaDB;MongoDB;Oracle;Redis | Cosmos DB;MariaDB;MongoDB;Oracle;Redis | 0
0 | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;New Relic;npm;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Vite;Yarn | 0
0 | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | 0
0 | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;Visual Studio;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;Visual Studio;WebStorm | 0
1 | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | 1 | 0 | Windows;MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro | 0
0 | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | 0
0 | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | 0
0 | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | IT operations | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 187,944 | null |
16,682 | 16,683 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 9 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Other (please specify):
Does what I need | Other (please specify):
Lacks what I need | 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 | 4 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker;npm | Composer;Docker;npm | Composer;Docker;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Vue.js | Vue.js | Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | MacOS | Confluence;Jira;Notion | Notion | Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 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 | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, bu my boss wishes it would | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | Debugging shitty AI code | 69,609 | 8 |
16,683 | 16,684 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 7 | Developer, mobile | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 36,000 | Yes | Dart;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;Swift | null | null | NA
NA | null | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database | Supabase | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Notion | Jira;Miro;Notion | Jira;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | null | null | null | null | null | Neutral | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 36,000 | 8 |
16,684 | 16,685 | 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 | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 6 | Developer, game or graphics | 20 to 99 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
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
16,685 | 16,686 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | 7 | System administrator | I don’t know | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 6 | 3 | Algeria | DZD Algerian dinar | 920,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;npm;Pacman | Ansible;Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;npm;Pacman | Ansible;Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;npm;Pacman | uv
uv | Yes | null | null | null | echo
echo | Yes | Neovim | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | uv | Tailwind CSS 4;uv | uv | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Arch | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Reddit | Reddit | Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 7,088 | null |
16,686 | 16,687 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Retired | Volunteering (regularly) | 42 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 45 | Retired | null | null | null | null | null | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);ChromeOS | null | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Daily or almost daily | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | 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 | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Deep, critical thinking. | null | null |
16,687 | 16,688 | 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 | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 16 | Developer, game or graphics | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 1 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 75,000 | Yes | C++;Rust;TypeScript | C++;Rust;TypeScript | C++;Rust;TypeScript | GLSL
GLSL | 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 | Ubuntu;Android | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Other (write in): | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | hell nah | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 87,011 | 2 |
16,688 | 16,689 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Manufacturing | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 4 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 276,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Go;Python | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL | BigQuery | null | Microsoft Dataverse
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Docker | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js | AngularJS;FastAPI;React | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Documenting code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | null | 75,320 | 3 |
16,689 | 16,690 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 19 | 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, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 15 | 20 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 275,000 | Yes | C#;Elixir;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Elixir;SQL;TypeScript | Elixir;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;npm;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;npm;Prometheus | Fly, mix
Fly, mix | Yes | Express;jQuery;NestJS;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;Spring Boot;Vue.js;WordPress | Express;Node.js;Phoenix | Express;Node.js;Phoenix | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Sublime Text | Cursor;Neovim | Cursor;Neovim | Lunarvim
Lunarvim | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Substack | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Substack | Telegram
Telegram | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | 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 | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning | null | Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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 | Somewhat. I'll usually use AI to scaffold out some code, but then adjust it as-needed. It's expensive (uses all my cursor credits) to keep asking AI to refine the work. It's cheaper and faster for me to correct and refine it. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | Agent/multi-agent orchestration | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | 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. | 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 | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Reviewing AI code, refining solutions provided by AI, broader software architecture and systems architecture, optimizing systems for specific business cases, root cause analysis. | 275,000 | 8 |
16,690 | 16,691 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 27 | 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 | 30 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;MySQL;Redis;Clickhouse | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React;Ruby on Rails | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | GitHub;Linear;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Creative problem solving. | 200,000 | 7 |
16,691 | 16,692 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 26 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 26 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 10 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Prometheus | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Prometheus | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Prometheus | Linode, Vultr, Hetzner, Kamal
Hetzner, Kamal | Yes | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | StimulusJS
StimulusJS | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Zed | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub | GitHub | gitea
gitea | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | 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 daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Testing code | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | I might use vibe coding for a new product or feature, to flesh out some ideas. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Marketing | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | I fear that AI will help senior devs more than junior. Over all product design and architecture will become more important skills | null | 7 |
16,692 | 16,693 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);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) | 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);Books / Physical media | 9 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MATLAB;MicroPython;OCaml;PHP;PowerShell;Python;R;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;COBOL;Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;PowerShell;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MicroPython;OCaml;PowerShell;Python;R;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | IBM DB2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Express;FastAPI;jQuery;Node.js | FastAPI;Node.js;Ruby on Rails | FastAPI;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Android Studio;Neovim;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Android Studio;Neovim;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Predictive analytics | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;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 | 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 | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
16,693 | 16,694 | 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 | null | 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);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 required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 9 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 |
16,694 | 16,695 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 17 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 21 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Costs are manageable
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 | 8 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 125 | Yes | C;C#;C++;Java;Lua;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | C;C#;C++;Perl;Rust | C;C#;C++ | Haxe
Haxe | Yes | MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;NuGet;Splunk | Docker;MSBuild | Docker;MSBuild | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS | Jira;Miro;Monday.com;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Absolutely never | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Low level coding | 125 | 10 |
16,695 | 16,696 | 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);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Coding Bootcamp;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;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 100 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 |
16,696 | 16,697 | 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 | 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);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 | 10 | Developer, QA or test | null | null | null | null | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Spain | EUR European Euro | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges | null | Yes, somewhat | null | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | null | null | IT operations | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 |
16,697 | 16,698 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Media & Advertising Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 5 | Colombia | COP Colombian peso | 7,800 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Netlify;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Vercel;Vite | Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Netlify;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Astro;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Astro;Deno;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte;WordPress | Astro;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Claude Code;Trae;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Bolt;Claude Code;Trae;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Bolt;Claude Code;Trae;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Airtable;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Dev.to;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Dev.to;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | null | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Documenting code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Para crear un MVP o comenzar un proyecto esta bien usar lo que le llaman el vibe coding. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have 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.;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.;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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Redis | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;v0.dev;Bolt.new | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | null | 2 | 8 |
16,698 | 16,699 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very 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 | null |
16,699 | 16,700 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 14 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 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
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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