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17,500 | 17,501 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 32 | 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;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 40 | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
Cross-platform | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 6 | Saudi Arabia | SAR Saudi Arabian riyal | null | Yes | Assembly;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Prolog;Python;SQL;VBA | Assembly;C;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Prolog;Python;SQL;VBA | Assembly;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Prolog;Python;SQL;VBA | Lazarus
Lazarus | Yes | Microsoft Access;MySQL | Microsoft Access;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Microsoft Access;MySQL | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;WordPress | jQuery;WordPress | jQuery;WordPress | CodeIgniter
CodeIgniter | null | Android Studio;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
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NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
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NA | Yes | SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite | FirebirdSQL
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Pip;Poetry | Docker | Docker | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | Emacs
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NA | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Answer a question
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NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Make;Pip | APT;Docker;Make;Pip | APT;Docker;Make;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;uv | c++23;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;uv | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;uv | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iPadOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Azure Devops;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro | Azure Devops;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | Azure Devops;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django;Express;Flask;Svelte | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | RAG | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | Microsoft CoPilot
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | 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 se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | copilot | null | null | ChatGPT;Microsoft Copilot;Glean (Enterprise Agents) | null | null | solving novel problems, filling in the gaps in customer requirements that AI systems haven't quite done, reviewing AI code for regulatory or security compliance | 142,949 | 3 |
17,504 | 17,505 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | 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 | 35 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;MySQL;Redis | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;MySQL;Redis | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Terraform | Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Terraform | Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;Svelte | Express;Node.js;Svelte | Express;Node.js;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu;Android;ChromeOS | GitLab;Google Workspace | Google Workspace | Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | 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 | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | null |
17,505 | 17,506 | 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 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 6 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 22,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | Google Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;WordPress | Angular;AngularJS;jQuery;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | jQuery;Node.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;X | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes, it is, but I only rely on it when I'm feeling lazy or I'm unable to come up with a solution of my own or find a decent solution on the internet. | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Troubleshooting skills, along with problem-solving skills, creativity, and most of our other skills, help us developers find out what the problem might be. After all, AI, no matter how capable it becomes, will always have room for error, and mistakes can happen. We should never throw away skills that we use now, since ... | 22,000 | 8 |
17,506 | 17,507 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 16 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,507 | 17,508 | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,508 | 17,509 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 27 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Iceland | ISK Icelandic krona | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Redis;SQLite | Valkey | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;npm;NuGet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery | Blazor | Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;LinkedIn | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;LinkedIn | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;LinkedIn | 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 |
17,509 | 17,510 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Node.js;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;NestJS;Next.js;Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Cursor;Notepad++ | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | GitHub | Google Workspace | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;X | Discord | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Testing code | Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Logical thinking, problem solving | null | null |
17,510 | 17,511 | 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 | 26 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 30 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
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 | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 91,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Express;NestJS;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Rider | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Airtable;Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | 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 | null | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration withi... | 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 | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 123,889 | 7 |
17,511 | 17,512 | 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 | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 12 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Poor usability
NA | Government | You like your manager
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 6 | Indonesia | IDR Indonesian rupiah | 120,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;DuckDB;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | BigQuery;DuckDB;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | BigQuery;DuckDB;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Bun;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Ollama;uv | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ollama;uv | .NET 8 or higher;Ollama;uv | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;Medium | NA
NA | null | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Writing 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 don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No. I don't ask AI to generate a complete function nor feature; I only use the code completion for a single line of code at a time. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Data and analytics | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Critical thinking, problem solving, and innovative mind | 7,354 | 8 |
17,512 | 17,513 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 37 | 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 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) | 40 | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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 | 40 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;Redis | MariaDB;MongoDB;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | APT;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip | APT;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;NestJS;Node.js;Vue.js | jQuery;NestJS;Node.js;Vue.js | jQuery;NestJS;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Nano;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | Large Language Model | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | 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);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating 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 | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | 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. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to 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 quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 6 |
17,513 | 17,514 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 27 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 20 | Project manager | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 8 | India | INR Indian rupee | 1,200,000 | Yes | C++;Java | C++;Java | C++;Java | NA
NA | Yes | IBM DB2;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server | IBM DB2;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server | IBM DB2;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | Stack Overflow for Teams | Stack Overflow for Teams | Stack Overflow for Teams | NA
NA | Dev.to | Reddit | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Job board | Ask a question
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 | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Data and analytics | Language processing | 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 spen... | null | null | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 Info... | null | Redis;Fireproof;Neo4j;GitHub MCP Server;pgvector | null | IBM watsonx.ai;Llama Index;Zapier | null | Snyk;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | null | 13,949 | 9 |
17,514 | 17,515 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | 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);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 20 | Engineering manager | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,515 | 17,516 | 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 | 11 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 11 | Developer, front-end | 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 | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 0 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Homebrew;New Relic;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | Bun;Homebrew;pnpm;Supabase;Vite | Homebrew;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | Astro;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | MacOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | 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 | 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 monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Testing code | Search for answers | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No and I hate the term. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | DeepSeek | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | null | 6 |
17,516 | 17,517 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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) | 18 | System administrator | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | Government | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 133,140 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | null | null | Clojure
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | VMware vSphere
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | null | 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 | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices | null | 133,140 | null |
17,517 | 17,518 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;Other (please... | 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) | 8 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | Chile | CLP Chilean peso | 20,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | Docker;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js | Express;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic;uv | Microsoft Fabric;uv | uv | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | null | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | 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 | Soft skills and reaching agreements when building projects. | 21,206 | 5 |
17,518 | 17,519 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 9 | Developer, mobile | null | null | null | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,519 | 17,520 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 6 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy 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 | 1 | 1 | Ghana | GHS Ghanaian cedi | null | Yes | C++;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;Redis;SQLite | MongoDB;Redis;SQLite | MongoDB;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Make;Netlify;npm;Vercel;Vite | Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Vercel;Vite | Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Angular;AngularJS;FastAPI;NestJS;Node.js;React;WordPress | Angular;AngularJS;FastAPI;NestJS;Node.js;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu | Airtable | Airtable | Airtable | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | null | Debugging or fixing code | Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation | MCP servers | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | Redis;supabase | null | Vertex AI;LangChain;LangGraph | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;v0.dev | 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 | null | 8 |
17,520 | 17,521 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 36 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 40 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 120,000 | Yes | JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;Cockroachdb | PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;Cockroachdb | PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;Cockroachdb | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog | NA
NA | Yes | React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Emacs
NA | hostinger;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | hostinger;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | hostinger;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | Asana;GitHub | Asana;GitHub | Asana;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Use discussion or chat feature
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;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Not for full solutions | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Redis;GitHub MCP Server;Milvus | Manus | null | null | Sentry;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;v0.dev | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Product management. Understanding user needs | 120,000 | 10 |
17,521 | 17,522 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 19 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 32 | Support engineer or analyst | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Energy | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | Cassandra;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | Cassandra;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes. Great for utilities or starting point | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | null | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;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;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 h... | Deeper understanding to evaluate the generated code. | 100,000 | 8 |
17,522 | 17,523 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, 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);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);... | 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);Blogs or podcasts | 8 | DevOps engineer or professional | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 13 | 15 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 41,616 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Ruby;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | DuckDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Valkey | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;Pacman;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Pacman;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Ansible;APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Pacman;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | NA
Pulumi | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | Astro;Ruby on Rails | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Bolt;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;WebStorm | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;WebStorm | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;WebStorm | Goland
Goland | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Android;Debian;Arch | Windows;Red Hat;Fedora | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | 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 | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;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 daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning | 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, I use it for some private projects, but even then, I mostly ask it to help me come up with a plan and then implement it myself, I rarely completely rely on LLMs | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | MCP servers | 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 | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | GitHub MCP Server;supabase | null | Vertex AI;OpenRouter | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;v0.dev;Bolt.new | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 quick help troubleshooting | Debugging, as Errors will become more obscure when you don't write all the code yourself anymore | 48,281 | 7 |
17,523 | 17,524 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,524 | 17,525 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 34 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 34 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | I'm not sure | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,525 | 17,526 | 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 (less than 10 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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-... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 15 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 10 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | 110,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);New Relic;npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cargo;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);New Relic;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);New Relic;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;RustRover;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;RustRover;Sublime Text;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;RustRover;Sublime Text;Vim | NA
NA | RAG | RAG | RAG | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. Production code is my responsibility, so any output from AI needs to be verified. It has worked well for rubber ducking and boiler plate / design pattern code, but ultimately I must check, validate and correct the output. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Customer service support | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | LanceDB;Qdrant;ChromaDB | null | LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | 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 | Problem analysis and solution validation. System design, debugging capabilities. Even if AI becomes extremely capable, we still need to help define the problem and validate the solution. | 127,616 | 8 |
17,526 | 17,527 | 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 | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 8 | UX, Research Ops or UI design professional | 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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17,527 | 17,528 | 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 | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 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 | 15 | 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 | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 5 | Estonia | EUR European Euro | 72,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;H2;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;npm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot;Vue.js | Angular | null | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Wikis | Confluence;Jira;Wikis | Confluence;Jira;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | 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;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;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;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 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 | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | System design. Big picture thinking | 83,531 | 7 |
17,528 | 17,529 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 7 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 12 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 24,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Python;R;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Rust | Haskell
Haskell | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;Pacman;Pip;Podman | APT;Cargo;Pacman | APT;Cargo;Pacman | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim;VSCodium | Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | NA
NA | Ollama | null | null | null | null | Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | null | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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 monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;I haven’t encountered any problems | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec ... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | 1,123 | null |
17,529 | 17,530 | 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.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 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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17,530 | 17,531 | 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 (10-19 hours per week) | 5 | 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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17,531 | 17,532 | 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 | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 66,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;Svelte | Deno;Next.js;Svelte;Vue.js | Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Cursor;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Cursor;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | YouTube | YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | 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;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | I use LLMs to generate some small, specific parts of code (eg. functions) but not at the high level of abstraction implied by "vibe coding", it's more like delegating discrete well-defined dev tasks to a subordinate | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | ability to understand business and user requirements and translate them into a proposed solution; ability and supporting knowledge and experience to assess the quality of AI generated code; architectural knowledge (and other abstract systems knowledge) to be confident AI is working towards the right high-level end resu... | 89,853 | 6 |
17,532 | 17,533 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 12 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 20 | Architect, software or solutions | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,533 | 17,534 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,534 | 17,535 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 8 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Manufacturing | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 3 | Ireland | EUR European Euro | 30,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Next.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Notepad++ | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;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 | Absolutely | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | 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 | All complex coding tasks will remain a valuable human skill, especially those that involve computer engineering or electronic engineering. | 34,804 | 5 |
17,535 | 17,536 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 19 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 37 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 165,500 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Rust | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | NA
clojure | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Podman | Homebrew;Maven (build tool) | Homebrew;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Pop!_OS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Other (write in):
Search | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unsure | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | For me to embrace vibe coding, I would have to unlearn everything I ever learned about software development | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to 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 | Being able to read and understand code and details around security. You need to understand when the AI gets it wrong and to know when to correct it | 120,746 | 6 |
17,536 | 17,537 | 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.) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 24 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | 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 | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 225,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;Rust;TypeScript | C#;Rust | C#;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | Cosmos DB;SQLite | Cosmos DB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Chocolatey;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet;Splunk | Cargo;Chocolatey;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;NuGet;Podman | Cargo;Chocolatey;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | ASP.NET Core | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Notepad++;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Notepad++;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | null | null | Windows | MacOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Predictive analytics | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. Maybe one day, but right now I'm not confident enough in the accuracy and quality of what is generated to have an hands off approach. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Architecture planning. Understanding code flow and execution. Performance turning. Debugging. Ultimately, being able to accurately review the code AI tools emit and be able to fix things when they break. | 225,000 | 7 |
17,537 | 17,538 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 2 | System administrator | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Government | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 2 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 41,527 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | M
NA | null | MariaDB | null | null | NA
NA | null | Chocolatey;Maven (build tool);Pip | Yarn | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | GitHub;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | null | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Absolutely not | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | 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 se... | 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 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 | 41,527 | null |
17,538 | 17,539 | 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 | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 84,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Assembly;Go;SQL | Assembly;Go;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Express;Flask;Node.js;React | React | React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | Windows | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | X;YouTube | X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok 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);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;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 | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 agen... | null | 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 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 | Understanding complex problems, risk/reward analysis, architectural design of scalable, secure, and robust systems. | 84,000 | 3 |
17,539 | 17,540 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 8 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Fintech | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Greece | EUR European Euro | 63,600 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Lua;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Lua;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cassandra;PostgreSQL;Redis;Cockroachdb;Valkey | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pacman;Poetry;Prometheus;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pacman;Poetry;Prometheus;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React | Deno;Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic | Tailwind CSS 4;uv | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | iOS;Arch;NixOS | iOS;Arch;NixOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Logic games/puzzles;Job board | null | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;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 | No | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Understanding what the client wants, need, planning, architecture, dealing with people, optimizing,
| 73,785 | 7 |
17,540 | 17,541 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,541 | 17,542 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 28 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 28 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Fintech | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 5 | Serbia | EUR European Euro | 80,000 | Yes | Ada;C++;Erlang;Python | Ada;C++;COBOL;Erlang;Python | Ada;C++;Erlang;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Google Gemini | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Ubuntu;iOS | Ubuntu;iOS | GitHub;YouTrack | GitHub;YouTrack | GitHub;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I haven’t encountered any problems | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation;Data and analytics;Customer service support | Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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 spen... | 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 se... | null | null | null | null | GitHub MCP Server;supabase;Zep | null | Zapier;Amazon Bedrock Agents;phidata | null | Honeycomb;Protect AI | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini | null | When I want to fully understand something | System Architecture | 92,812 | 9 |
17,542 | 17,543 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 29 | System administrator | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 9 | Norway | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite;Valkey | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite;Valkey | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Drupal;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Symfony;WordPress | Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Symfony;WordPress | jQuery;Laravel;Symfony;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Nano;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Xcode | Nano;Sublime Text;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Fedora;Pop!_OS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;X;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;X;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | Not sure | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. Code should be fully understood. Not just copy-pasted. | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Adaptability, ingenuity, flexibility, critical thinking, and using real docs instead of querying an AI. | null | null |
17,543 | 17,544 | 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.) | 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;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | 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;Books / Physical media | 25 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 90,000 | Yes | C#;Elixir;F#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | C#;Elixir;F#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | C#;Elixir;F#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pacman;pnpm;Vite | Cloudflare;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pacman;pnpm;Vite | Cloudflare;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pacman;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Phoenix | ASP.NET Core;Fastify;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Phoenix | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Cursor;Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Cursor;Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS | MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;Notion;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;Notion | Azure Devops;GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Job board | 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 | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No vibe coding is not part of me professional work, but I have used it in hobby projects | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above... | null | null | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Bolt.new | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Understanding complex applications and how to orchestrate them | 122,527 | 8 |
17,544 | 17,545 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 17 | 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);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 | 22 | Architect, software or solutions | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
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 | 5 | 5 | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 875,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Neovim | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;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 | Project planning | Writing code | null | Documenting code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 136,080 | 8 |
17,545 | 17,546 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 33 | null | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 41 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reliability and low latency
Already in use at work | Ethical concerns
Not already in use or very mainstream | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 5 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 120,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;JavaScript;Perl;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL | Elixir;Erlang | Elixir;Erlang | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Podman;Splunk;Terraform;Yarn | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Podman;Splunk;Terraform;Yarn | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Podman;Splunk;Terraform;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Phoenix;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Phoenix;Ruby on Rails | Phoenix;Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Miro;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);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 | 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;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Testing code | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | I use vibe coding only where there are routine coding tasks, that I can easily judge and are not very important. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Cybersecurity | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Deeply understand an area from the background of the application and the technical side that allows to judge the answers given by the AI tools | 148,791 | 7 |
17,546 | 17,547 | 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 | Volunteering (regularly) | 11 | 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);Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 8 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 5,000 to 9,999 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 | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 8 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 185,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | BigQuery;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pip | APT;Homebrew | APT;Homebrew | Linode (Akamai), Astral's UV
Linode (Akamai), Astral's UV, vcpkg | Yes | Django | Django;Node.js | Django | NA
Golang's web frameworks | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Pydantic;uv | c++23;uv | uv | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | Neutral | 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 | Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | F*** NO! | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Systems thinking and development. | 185,000 | null |
17,547 | 17,548 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 18 | Architect, software or solutions | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 5 | India | USD United States dollar | 65,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;SQL | null | null | RedScript
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;jQuery;Spring Boot | null | null | Java Netty
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;RAG;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
Go through the review queues | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | Committing and reviewing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Not really. We mostly use "vibe coding" for tasks that a junior could have handled, but, the rest of the code is manually coded. Or partially generated by AI | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | People management | 65,000 | 9 |
17,548 | 17,549 | 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 | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | 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 | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | USD United States dollar | 220,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;New Relic;npm;NuGet;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Netlify;New Relic;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Netlify;New Relic;npm;NuGet;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Express;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Deno;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Rider;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Rider;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Rider;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);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 | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Personalized agent creation | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | 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 h... | All existing skills will still be valuable, we'll just be able to do things quicker | 220,000 | 9 |
17,549 | 17,550 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 8 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Energy | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 1 | Finland | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;F#;HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;F#;Scala;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;F#;SQL | Haskell
Haskell, Clojure | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Make;npm;Pip;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | Azure, Bicep, CDK
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Express;FastAPI;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu | Azure Devops;GitHub | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | Copilot
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Very very rarely when prototyping something from scratch or doing small scripts | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | 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.;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;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Domain knowledge, rigorous debugging, architecture, API development and design, HCI/UI/UX knowledge and expertise, formal methods and math | 69,609 | 8 |
17,550 | 17,551 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Coding Bootcamp | null | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Higher Education | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,551 | 17,552 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 32 | 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);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 | 30 | Developer, game or graphics | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 3 | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 42,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | Assembly | null | V
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Ninja;npm;Pacman;Vite;Webpack | Pacman | Pacman | yay
NA | Yes | Drupal;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Symfony;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | V | V | Android;Arch | Arch | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Trello;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;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 | Writing code;Documenting code | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant c... | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Understanding what you do. AI will never be able to replace fully what you learn and know | 6,532 | 4 |
17,552 | 17,553 | I am learning to code | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,553 | 17,554 | I code primarily as a hobby | Prefer not to say | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 7 | Founder, technology or otherwise | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | 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 | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | Finland | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Dart;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Java;Lua;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Lua;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Nix, Nushell
Nix | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
Turso, Electric SQL, ScyllaDB | Yes | Cargo;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pacman;pnpm;Poetry;Prometheus | Cargo;Pacman;Poetry;Prometheus;Supabase;Terraform | Cargo;Pacman;Poetry;Prometheus | Nix
Nix | Yes | Astro;React;Svelte;Axum | FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Svelte;Axum | Svelte;Axum | Zola, JAMstack, IndieWeb
HTMX, Alpine.js, Zola, JAMstack, IndieWeb, IndieAuth, h-card | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;VSCodium | Neovim;Zed | Neovim | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | Polars;Pydantic;RAG;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv | Ollama | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Fedora;NixOS | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | Markdown File;Wikis | Markdown File;Wikis | Codeberg/Forgejo, Anytype, rustdoc
Codeberg/Forgejo, Anytype, rustdoc | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Matrix (open-source project's support/development chat)
Matrix (open-source project's support/development chat) | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | 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 about a codebase;Project planning;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. I ask ChatGPT for ideas for a project's architecture, tech stack and important data structures, but perform the real thinking and coding myself. If I do use it to code for me (e.g. I'm in a hurry, have to present results of the data analysis done by the code in a few minutes) I quickly review it before running. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | Problem solving, fully understanding a codebase and complex topics and reviewing security and privacy sensitive parts | null | null |
17,554 | 17,555 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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 | 16 | Developer, mobile | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C;C#;C++;Java;Kotlin;SQL;Swift | Kotlin;Rust;SQL;Swift | Kotlin;SQL;Swift | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;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 | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have 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. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini | Grok | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Writing and understanding code | null | 10 |
17,555 | 17,556 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,556 | 17,557 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 20 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,557 | 17,558 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 16 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 350,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;New Relic;npm;Webpack;Yarn | Bun;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;New Relic;Supabase;Vite | Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Make;New Relic | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Neovim;Sublime Text;Vim | Nano;Neovim;Sublime Text;Vim | Nano;Neovim;Sublime Text;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Testing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, but I use do that for tiniest tools that would otherwise take a lot of time to bootstrap. | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Communication, collaboration, architecture design, debugging | 8,388 | 8 |
17,558 | 17,559 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 18 | null | null | 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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17,559 | 17,560 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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 | 4 | Developer, back-end | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | NA
NA | null | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure | Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | Docker;Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI | Django;FastAPI | Django;FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Testing code;Search for answers | Documenting code;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | null | null | 7 |
17,560 | 17,561 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 23 | DevOps engineer or professional | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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 | 20 | 20 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 150,000 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;Python;Ruby;SQL | Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;Cockroachdb | Dynamodb;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;Clickhouse | Dynamodb;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Digital Ocean;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Digital Ocean;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Digital Ocean;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;Vue.js | Django;FastAPI;Node.js;Vue.js | Django;FastAPI;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;Google Gemini | Pydantic;Google Gemini | Pydantic;Google Gemini | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | Confluence;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Not at all. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | 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 am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | Llama Index;Zapier;Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Glean (Enterprise Agents);Cody | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 174,022 | 7 |
17,561 | 17,562 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 22 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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);... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 22 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | 7,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MySQL;Redis | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;Neo4J;Redis | Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Spring Boot | Flask;Spring Boot | Flask;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor | Cursor | Cursor | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | null | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes but a great granularity, with repetitions, and not entire applications | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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. | 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 h... | all the same things as today -ability to read code, write code, test and debug | 81,368 | 7 |
17,562 | 17,563 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 35 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | Manufacturing | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,563 | 17,564 | 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.) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | null | 21 | Developer, mobile | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 30 | null | Poland | USD United States dollar | 72 | Yes | Kotlin | Java;SQL;Swift | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;SQLite | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS;Android;iOS | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot 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;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;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 | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Product design, solution design, creative thinking, strong CS knowledge to validate AI output | 72 | 6 |
17,564 | 17,565 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 35 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | 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 | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Insurance | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Spain | EUR European Euro | 55,000 | Yes | Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL | Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle | MySQL;Oracle | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;React | Angular;jQuery;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | jQuery;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | 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 | Videos;Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have 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. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | Neo4j | null | null | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Microsoft Copilot | 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 | understanding customer's & client's need, experience, architecture | 63,808 | 7 |
17,565 | 17,566 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | null | null | null | 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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17,566 | 17,567 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 20 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 5 | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | 540,000 | Yes | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;VBA | C++ | C++ | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;MSBuild;Yandex Cloud | Docker;Yandex Cloud | Docker;Yandex Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | Nuxt.js;Vue.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23;Ollama | c++23;Ollama | c++23;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Redmine;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles | 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 | Unsure | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Project planning;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | nyet | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | thinking | 6,890 | 0 |
17,567 | 17,568 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 10 | null | Italy | EUR European Euro | 45,000 | Yes | C;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go | Go | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nuxt.js;React;Symfony | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | null | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No, vibe coding is a fuzz word | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Problem solving and logical mentality. An AI can solve problems if you can describe them. | 52,207 | 8 |
17,568 | 17,569 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 15 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
Usage of my own setup (specially keyboard and monitor) | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 4 | Spain | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;C#;F#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Assembly;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | RQL (Raven Query Language)
NA | Yes | BigQuery;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | RavenDB
NA | Yes | APT;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;MSBuild;NuGet;Podman;Vite | APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;MSBuild;NuGet;Podman;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | APT;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;MSBuild;NuGet;Podman;Vite | GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Node.js;Svelte | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Node.js;Svelte | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Node.js;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Airtable;GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;YouTrack | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;YouTrack | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | ElevenLabs STT model
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.);Chat (bot/AI);Other (write in): | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | pgvector | null | Semantic Kernel | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity | JetBrains AI, JetBrains Junie, Supermaven | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Understanding how things happen "under the hood", at assembly level and electronic/circuit level.
Knowing architecture and engineering patterns, and the REASONS to apply those patterns. | null | 9 |
17,569 | 17,570 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 20 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | School | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Healthcare | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | null | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 79,200 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | npm | npm;pnpm | npm | NA
NA | Yes | Angular | Angular | Angular | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | MacOS | GitLab;Miro;Notion | GitLab;Notion | GitLab;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Absolutely not. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Having a overview of all the context in which an issue arises or a feature must be developed.
Thinking about and finding new ways to develop something. | 98,202 | 9 |
17,570 | 17,571 | 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) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Colleague or on-the-job training;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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 12 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Morocco | MAD Moroccan dirham | 199,000 | Yes | Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C;Elixir;Erlang;Go;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Django;Express;Fastify;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Spring Boot;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | null | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | 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 | 21,877 | 7 |
17,571 | 17,572 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | null | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | 4 | Student | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | School | Other (please specify):
Nostalgia | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript | Lua | 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 | Windows;iOS | MacOS;ChromeOS | GitHub;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | null | null | null |
17,572 | 17,573 | 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.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | 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);Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Reliability and low latency
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Cameroon | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C++;MATLAB;Python;SQL | Fortran;JavaScript;PowerShell | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;Amazon Redshift | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure | Cloudflare;IBM Cloud;Splunk | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django | Laravel;Node.js;React | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Polars;uv | null | null | null | Windows;iOS | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace | Azure Devops;Microsoft Planner;Stack Overflow for Teams | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Exchange;Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 1 and 3 years | A few times per week | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Testing code | null | null | Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | IT operations;Robotics;Cybersecurity | 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 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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. | 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.;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 | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | 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 | Problem-Solving & Critical Thinking – AI can automate code generation, but the ability to analyze problems, design innovative solutions, and debug complex issues will always be necessary.
Core Programming & Software Architecture – A strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, and system architecture will cont... | null | null |
17,573 | 17,574 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 14 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 18 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Ethical 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 | 3 | France | EUR European Euro | 65,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Java;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Java;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Java;Python;SQL | plpgsql
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Docker;Make;Maven (build tool);Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Docker;Make;Maven (build tool) | Ansible;APT;Docker;Make;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | GitLab;Markdown File;Monday.com;Wikis | GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | servicenow
servicenow | 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 | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles | 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 | Unsure | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have 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. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to 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 | 75,410 | 8 |
17,574 | 17,575 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 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);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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Colombia | USD United States dollar | 69,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Swift | null | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Vercel;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | Asana;Clickup;GitHub;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | 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;Predictive analytics | null | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | MCP servers | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | Redis;Neo4j;ChromaDB;supabase;pgvector;Weaviate;Pinecone | null | Llama Index;OpenRouter;LangChain | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Tabnine;v0.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | decision making, product to market planning | 69,000 | 10 |
17,575 | 17,576 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 55,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C# | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;DuckDB;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Cassandra | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Vite | Ansible;Kubernetes;Terraform | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Laravel;Next.js;React | Next.js | Next.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Nano;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | MacOS | GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards | 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 | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | I don't use AI myself, but my other colleagues do. Trying to understand how their code works is impossible and requires constant rework | 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 | 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 | code architecture, complex problems, deployment | 74,878 | 4 |
17,576 | 17,577 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 9 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Other: | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 10 | 3 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 1,400,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Prometheus | Kubernetes;Prometheus | Kubernetes;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Goland
Goland | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Debian | Ubuntu | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating 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 | 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 | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | 65,528 | 7 |
17,577 | 17,578 | 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.) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 600,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | C#;TypeScript | C#;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Blazor;Node.js;React | Blazor;Node.js;React | Blazor;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | Azure Devops;Obsidian | Azure Devops;Obsidian | NA
NA | YouTube | YouTube | YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | 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 | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | Ollama;Zapier | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | I think most of our skills will remain valuable | 62,893 | 8 |
17,578 | 17,579 | 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 | 26 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Other (please specify):
A strong and welcoming community | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 126,000 | Yes | Elixir | Elixir;Go;OCaml;Rust;Zig | Elixir | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Snowflake | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | PostgreSQL;Snowflake | NA
NA | Yes | Datadog;Docker | Docker | Docker | NA
NA | Yes | Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Polars;Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Jira;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Bluesky;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Bluesky;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Bluesky;X;YouTube | Elixir Forum
Elixir Forum | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;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 | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Predictive analytics | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | It isn't currently but I intend to use it more in private projects. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 h... | The same skills will be needed. Critical thinking, creativity, experience with troubleshooting, etc. | 126,000 | 8 |
17,579 | 17,580 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 14 | 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 | 28 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 2 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of... | USD United States dollar | 12,000 | Yes | C#;C++;Go;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python | C#;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python | C#;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;H2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | H2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | H2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Heroku;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Laravel;React;Spring Boot | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET Core;Express;jQuery;Laravel;Spring Boot | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Laravel;Spring Boot | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | analysis skills, understanding the whole picture of a project | 12,000 | 6 |
17,580 | 17,581 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 35 | 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;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Other (please specify): | 50 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,581 | 17,582 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | 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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17,582 | 17,583 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,583 | 17,584 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 6 | DevOps engineer or professional | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 450,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | I don't use Stack Overflow | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5,231 | null |
17,584 | 17,585 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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) | 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 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | 10 | Romania | RON Romanian leu | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Python;SQL;Mojo | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Maven (build tool);Pip | Maven (build tool);Pip | Maven (build tool);Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;jQuery;Spring Boot | Flask;Spring Boot | Flask;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges | 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 | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | null | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes vibe coding is part of my work, but i'm coding just as a hobby. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics | null | 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 increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Soft-skills and everything in the cybersecurity area | null | null |
17,585 | 17,586 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Primary/elementary school | I prefer not to say | null | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 3 | France | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;Supabase | Supabase | Supabase | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | actix
actix | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no it is not and vibe coding is shit | 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 | handling complex tasks and managing teams | null | null |
17,586 | 17,587 | 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 | null | 13 | 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 | 17 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 2 | 3 | France | EUR European Euro | 40,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | DuckDB;Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Pacman;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;Pacman;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch;NixOS | Ubuntu | GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Notion;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Wikis | GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | 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;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Security, documentation, requirements understanding/wrangling with stakeholders. | 46,406 | null |
17,587 | 17,588 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,588 | 17,589 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | 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 | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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17,589 | 17,590 | 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) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | 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 influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 42,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript | React, React Native
React, React Native | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Supabase | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Supabase | PostgreSQL;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Docker;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Docker;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel | SST
SST | Yes | Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Visual Studio;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;WebStorm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | 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 | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | 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 the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I 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 | 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 | Critical thinking, actually understanding code that they are writing. debugging, problem solving, adhering and understanding best practises | 57,179 | 8 |
17,590 | 17,591 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, Colle... | 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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17,591 | 17,592 | 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) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 15 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
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 | 5 | 4 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 300,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;PHP;Python | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database;InfluxDB;MongoDB;Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Prometheus | Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Node.js;React;Symfony | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Nano;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Cursor | null | NA
NA | Ollama | RAG | null | null | null | Windows;Arch | Ubuntu;Arch | GitHub;Jira | Obsidian | null | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;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, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | 81,870 | 3 |
17,592 | 17,593 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 20 | Product manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | Kotlin;TypeScript | Kotlin;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;npm;Splunk;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;npm;Vite | Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Microsoft Phi-4 models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Microsoft Phi-4 models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Microsoft Phi-4 models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to 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 | 185,989 | 10 |
17,593 | 17,594 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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);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 | 6 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | null | Thailand | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 20,000 | Yes | Ada;Assembly | Ada;Assembly | Ada;Assembly | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Datadog | Ansible | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;uv;visionOS | null | null | null | null | Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS | null | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | Yes, definitely | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations;Marketing;Robotics;Cybersecurity | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Auto-GPT;Tabnine;Replit;Amazon Codewhisperer;Lovable.dev;Cody | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need quick help troubleshooting | 2 | 479 | 7 |
17,594 | 17,595 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement 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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17,595 | 17,596 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 18 | Architect, software or solutions | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Other (please specify):
Has AI on the tin | 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 | 3 | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 1,200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Vite;Yarn | Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Pacman;Vite;Yarn | Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Pacman;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React;Vue.js;Axum | ASP.NET Core;Deno;React;Ruby on Rails;Svelte;Vue.js;Axum | ASP.NET Core;React;Vue.js;Axum | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Arch | MacOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | 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;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | Definitely not. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Problem solving and creativity | 186,625 | 6 |
17,596 | 17,597 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 6 | Other (please specify): | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 0 | 3 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Pacman;Pip | Cloudflare;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Pacman;Pip;Vercel | Cloudflare;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Pacman;Pip | VMware, vSphere
VMware, vSphere | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;WordPress | jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | jQuery;Node.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Red Hat | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello;Wikis | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Stack Overflow for Teams;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | Predictive analytics | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Not really. I don't code in professional setting, although I hope so. I believe so called "vibe coding" might partially be used in my professional development job if I ever get one, but making sure I'm open about it and making sure it's okay to use it. For my personal projects, I don't see any issues to vibe coding. Th... | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | I think mostly resourcefullness. Being able to quickly find solutions online, being able to think of their own solution, or work with the team. In terms of AI, being able to efficiently and accurately describe the problem for AI to solve is also important. | null | null |
17,597 | 17,598 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 22 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 36 | 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 140,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | Elixir;Erlang;Zig | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Next.js;React;Svelte;Axum | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Lovable.dev;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | c++23 | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Linear;Miro;Notion;Trello | Linear | Linear | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;LinkedIn | Bluesky;Substack | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | Message Boards | 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 | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning | Predictive analytics | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No. I tried it, but it doesn't work well for large projects or new libraries (i.e., Svelte 5). More often than not, I waste more time providing context to the prompts and reviewing all crap it generates than writing the code myself.
I still experiment with it daily, though. It saves a lot of time for specific things l... | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Marketing | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not liste... | 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 | Redis;supabase;pgvector | null | LangChain;LangGraph | null | Honeycomb;Grafana + Prometheus;LangSmith;Langfuse | 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;When I want to compare different solutions | Keep learning new skills and be open-minded to changing careers. There's a real possibility that the whole profession could become obsolete. The word "computer" used to be a profession, by the way. | 162,421 | 8 |
17,598 | 17,599 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 5 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | null | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 34,560 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;C;C++;Go;Python | Assembly;C;C++;Go;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;Ninja;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Ninja;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Docker;Make;Ninja;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js;WordPress | FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | null | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Legacy Codebase understanding
Tribal Team knowledge
| 47,050 | 5 |
17,599 | 17,600 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (part-time) | 24 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;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);Blogs or podcasts | 30 | Developer, back-end | 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 800 | Yes | Go;JavaScript;Rust | Rust | Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | grafana
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Lovable.dev;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Lovable.dev;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Lovable.dev;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | Asana;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos;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 daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code | Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Designing architectures. | 146 | 5 |
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