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18,500 | 18,501 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 5 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
Fun | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | No | null | null | null | Israel | ILS Israeli new shekel | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust | Assembly;Elixir;Go;Python;Rust | Elixir;Go;Python;Rust | Haskell, Elm
Haskell, Elm | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | null | null | Committing and reviewing code | 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 | null | null | null | 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 learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
18,501 | 18,502 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 1 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 15 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
ignore this answer, the question doesn't make sense and the grab handles don't work for me | Poor usability
ignore this answer, see above | null | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 0 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Rust;SQL | HTML/CSS;Rust;SQL | HTML/CSS;Rust;SQL | NA
Lean | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Webpack | Cargo;Cloudflare;Webpack | Cargo;Cloudflare;Webpack | NA
Oracle Cloud | Yes | Axum | Axum | Axum | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | hostinger;Large Language Model | hostinger;Large Language Model | hostinger;Large Language Model | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | null | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
broken grab handles | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | 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;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | Search for answers | Other (write in): | slop coding for low iq people | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
18,502 | 18,503 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 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 | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | null | Philippines | PHP Philippine peso | 2,262,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;TypeScript | C#;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite;Yarn | Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite | Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Express;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Deno;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Android;iOS | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | Airtable;Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Bluesky;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Bluesky;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
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Good gui | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 2 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 107,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;Rust;SQL | Perl | null | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;Oracle | DuckDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cargo;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Dioxus
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something | Know limitations of ai | 124,136 | 8 |
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NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
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NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;Cassandra;Elasticsearch | null | prisma
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Kubernetes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Svelte | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;Nano;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Cursor | Cursor | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Ollama | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | null | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Notion | null | NA
NA | Reddit;YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers | Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;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 | Of course, but it requires strong knowledge and an unhealthy amount of context. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations | Agent/multi-agent orchestration | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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 improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;Cody | null | 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 | critical thinking, analysis, and thinking outside the box | 26,846 | 9 |
18,505 | 18,506 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 28 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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18,506 | 18,507 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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);Books / Physical media;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 14 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 12 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 196,000 | Yes | JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | Elixir;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;Swift | JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Amazon Redshift | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Sublime Text;Vim | Neovim;Sublime Text;Vim;Xcode | Neovim;Sublime Text;Vim | NA
NA | Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Fabric | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub;GitLab;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Trello | GitHub;Miro | GitHub;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;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 | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Search for answers | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | I only need one word... No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | The ability to problem solve. Generative AI is intelligent but rarely clever, the tool is based of of existing solutions so creativity will remain in human purview. | 196,000 | 10 |
18,507 | 18,508 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 30 | 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 | 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) | 35 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C#;JavaScript;SQL | C#;JavaScript;Python;SQL | C#;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;MSBuild;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;MSBuild;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;MSBuild;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | 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 | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | 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 | 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 pla... | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | null | null | 8 |
18,508 | 18,509 | 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.) | 23 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 32 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
TOO MANY OPTIONS.. I would have appreciated less than 15 options to rank in a question like this. | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 3 | Finland | EUR European Euro | 56,377 | Yes | C#;C++;SQL | C#;C++;SQL | C#;C++;SQL | Perlang
Perlang | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;Prometheus | Ansible;APT;Kubernetes;Make;Prometheus | Ansible;APT;Kubernetes;Make;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Rider;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio Code | CLion
CLion | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Debian | Debian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Comment on Q&A posts
Too exhausting question, will not answer. | Yes, somewhat | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | Other (write in): | No, and I don't plan to make it be. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | All of them. I believe AI is much hyped right now, just like the "dotcom boom" 25 years ago. Time will tell what parts of AI-based development will be useful in the long run. | 65,406 | 9 |
18,509 | 18,510 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 8 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 5 | Rwanda | USD United States dollar | 4,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code | Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | null | null | 4,000 | 9 |
18,510 | 18,511 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding c... | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Ga... | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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 | 1 | 1 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | Project planning;Writing 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 | Documenting code | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 9 |
18,511 | 18,512 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 28 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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18,512 | 18,513 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job... | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 3 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++ | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;GDScript;Go;Kotlin;Lua;OCaml;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++ | NA
NA | null | MariaDB | Elasticsearch;SQLite | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm | APT;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Webpack | APT;Docker;Homebrew;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Fastify;Node.js;WordPress | Fastify;Node.js | Fastify;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android;iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian | GitHub | GitHub;GitLab;Notion | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
18,513 | 18,514 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Insurance | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 83,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have 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 | null | null | null | 112,997 | 6 |
18,514 | 18,515 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 12 | Data scientist | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Insurance | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | null | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | 1,192,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;R;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;R;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | BigQuery;DuckDB;Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Vim | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | Bitbucket
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;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 | Somewhat. Need more access to tools and to test it a little more | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platfor... | 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 | best practice and ability to check code | 67,204 | 7 |
18,515 | 18,516 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 12 | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Blogs or podcasts | 15 | Developer, mobile | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 85,000 | Yes | Java;Kotlin;Scala | Rust | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | Confluence;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | 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 | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | null | 98,612 | 3 |
18,516 | 18,517 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 15 | Engineering manager | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 6 | null | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 900,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | Chocolatey;Cloudflare | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS | Windows;iOS | Azure Devops;Microsoft Planner | null | null | ServiceNow
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;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 | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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 | Business process automation | null | 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. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I 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 | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Debugging | 94,339 | null |
18,517 | 18,518 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 16 | Other (please specify): | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
Ethical Benefits | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | United Arab Emirates | AED United Arab Emirates dirham | 60,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | BigQuery;Cassandra;Databricks SQL;Datomic;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;IBM DB2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Valkey | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Informix
Informix | Yes | Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Make;MSBuild;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pip;Poetry;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;IBM Cloud;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Make;MSBuild;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | VMWare
VMWare | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Deno;jQuery;WordPress | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Deno;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;jQuery;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Deno;jQuery;WordPress | Code Igniter
Code Igniter | Yes | Nano;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;VSCodium | Android Studio;Cline and/or Roo;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Rider;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;VSCodium | Nano;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;VSCodium | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;Microsoft Fabric;Ollama;Ultralytics | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Large Language Model;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics | .NET 8 or higher;hostinger;Large Language Model;Microsoft Fabric;Ollama;Ultralytics | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | GitHub;Markdown File | Markdown File | Markdown File | Leantime
Leantime | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Microsoft Phi-4 models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Microsoft Phi-4 models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Microsoft Phi-4 models | IBM Granite
IBM Granite | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
mark a reminder to check upon questions later on | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Nope it might give a layout or an overview, we use it to provide examples of higher level architectures and/or user interfaces what needs to be done and it can give a rough outline. But we feel this then to be done by our own way to add the technical skillsmanship. It helps with routine work but still you need to read ... | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Adaptability, Cross learning, Ethical Alignment, Design Thinking, Systems Design | 16,338 | 8 |
18,518 | 18,519 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 24 | 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 | null | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Government | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | null | Italy | EUR European Euro | 65,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Delphi;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Delphi;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Delphi;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft Access;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft Access;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js | jQuery | jQuery | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users | null | No, not at all | About half of the time | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 ... | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Creating new code | 75,410 | 7 |
18,519 | 18,520 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 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 | 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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18,520 | 18,521 | 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 | 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 | 25 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 140,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | C++;Python | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Docker;Kubernetes;Netlify | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | React;Vue.js | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | Azure Devops | Jira | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Human intuition | 140,000 | 10 |
18,521 | 18,522 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | 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 | 18 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | 1,700,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;MariaDB | Cosmos DB;MariaDB;MongoDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cosmos DB;MariaDB | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | Digital Ocean;Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Pip | Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows | Azure Devops;Stack Overflow for Teams | Azure Devops;GitHub;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello | Azure Devops;Stack Overflow for Teams | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all 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 | Long-form articles;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | 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 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 helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;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 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 | GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | Software engineering principles | 168,006 | 8 |
18,522 | 18,523 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 40 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 25 | Retired | 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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18,523 | 18,524 | 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.) | 23 | 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 didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 28 | System administrator | 10,000 or more 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 | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Higher Education | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 10 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 125,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;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 | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | 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;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | 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 | 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. | 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 want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Business analysis of problems from stakeholders | 125,000 | 8 |
18,524 | 18,525 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Volunteering (regularly) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or codi... | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 9 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 6 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | Assembly;C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;Snowflake;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;Redis;Snowflake | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;Snowflake | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Maven (build tool);npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | Docker;Firebase;Gradle;npm;Pacman;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud | Gradle;npm;Pacman;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Spring Boot | Angular;Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js | Angular;Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | hostinger;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | Android;Arch | Arch | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;GitLab;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;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’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Vibe coding is not a part of my professional development work. | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | ethics, common human sense, creativity, making the code human readable (if still applies) | null | null |
18,525 | 18,526 | 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 (10-19 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 8 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Government | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
18,526 | 18,527 | I am learning to code | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 16,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails | Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | null | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Testing code | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Deployment and monitoring | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 18,562 | null |
18,527 | 18,528 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 10 | Developer, mobile | I don’t know | 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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18,528 | 18,529 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 30 | Data scientist | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | null | null | Government | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | null | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | null | Yes | Dart;Elixir;F#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Scala;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | MicroPython | null | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | DuckDB | DuckDB | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Pop!_OS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Pop!_OS | GitHub;Notion | Notion | Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | null | null | null | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Testing code | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes | No, but I plan to | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | None. Just domain your business | null | null |
18,529 | 18,530 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Coding Bootcamp | 20 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | null | null | No | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Poor usability
NA | Other: | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 104,000 | Yes | C#;Dart;Python;SQL;VBA | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | null | null | 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;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase | null | null | Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes, it is very good | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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. | 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 | product manager | 104,000 | 5 |
18,530 | 18,531 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 30 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | 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 | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 0 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 240,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Perl;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | MariaDB;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | vi
vi | Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | Windows | Red Hat | Markdown File;Redmine | Markdown File;Redmine | Markdown File;Redmine | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, I rarely use AI in my development tasks, which is perhaps surprising since one my current tasks is to use AI to auto generate code for a particular project. That quality of code has made me even more disinclined to adopt AI for my own use. | 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.;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... | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code | Communication will remain an essential element, and it will include a "prompt" dialect. Being able to read and understand code will become increasingly valuable. | 240,000 | 8 |
18,531 | 18,532 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | Volunteering (regularly);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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 12 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 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 endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
AI Integration is an anti-feature | Other (please specify):
AI or AI agents | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 31 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 250,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;Zig | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Elixir;Erlang;Go;Java;Lisp;OCaml;Prolog;Python;Ruby;Rust;Scala;Zig | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Java;Python;Rust;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;MySQL;Redis | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;Cockroachdb | Cassandra;Elasticsearch | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip | Bun;Docker;Make;Pacman;Splunk | Docker;Make;Pacman | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | please stop | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Other (write in): | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | fuck no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I 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 | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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... | null | 250,000 | 5 |
18,532 | 18,533 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not 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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18,533 | 18,534 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 22 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;PostgreSQL;SQLite | DuckDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Terraform;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;jQuery;Node.js | null | null | Micronaut
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Claude Code | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Exchange | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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 weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | 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 | Ollama | null | Sentry;Snyk | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 9 |
18,534 | 18,535 | 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);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 | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all ... | 8 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 10 | Kenya | USD United States dollar | 500,000 | Yes | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig;Mojo;Gleam | COBOL | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | null | null | NA
NA | null | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer | Datadog | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 500,000 | 10 |
18,535 | 18,536 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 5 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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 | 12 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 128,125 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Heroku;Homebrew;New Relic;npm;pnpm;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Heroku;New Relic | Heroku;New Relic | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Backbone
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing 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 | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | Architecture, performant code | 128,125 | 7 |
18,536 | 18,537 | 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.);Volunteering (regularly) | 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 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 | 18 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 66,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;pnpm;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | APT;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Make;npm;pnpm;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | APT;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Make;npm;pnpm;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Symfony;Vue.js | Symfony;Vue.js | Symfony;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Vim;Windsurf | PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Vim | PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | trying it out from time to time, but mostly auto completion features at the moment | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | 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 increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Devin AI | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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... | understanding business problems, understanding what human need.
in the end, it does not matter, if developer transform that directly to code or into prompts | 76,570 | 7 |
18,537 | 18,538 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-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);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 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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 20 | Austria | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB | MariaDB | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Make;Pacman;Pip | Docker;Make;Pacman;Pip | Docker;Make;Pacman;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Fedora | Windows;Fedora | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | 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 | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | 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);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes. For testing. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | 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 helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 | 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. | null | null | null | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Working with people | null | null |
18,538 | 18,539 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 27 | 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 ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 15 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 75,000 | Yes | PHP;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | Kotlin;PHP;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | PHP;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Symfony;Vue.js | Spring Boot;Symfony;Vue.js | Symfony;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PhpStorm;PyCharm;WebStorm | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PhpStorm;PyCharm;WebStorm | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PhpStorm;PyCharm;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;NixOS | Ubuntu;NixOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI Reasoning models | openAI Reasoning 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 | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code | null | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Sometimes, but normally the code is worse and verbose | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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 | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | 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 | Redis | null | LangChain;LangGraph | null | LangSmith | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Perplexity | Cursor | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Pushing back pointless requests | 87,011 | 1 |
18,539 | 18,540 | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
AI | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;R;Rust | C;C#;GDScript;Rust | C;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Axum | Axum | Axum | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;NixOS | null | GitHub;GitLab;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Notion;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 pla... | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | all | null | null |
18,540 | 18,541 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 30 | Architect, software or solutions | 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 | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 2 | Argentina | USD United States dollar | 120,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Heroku;Netlify;npm;NuGet;Yarn | Docker;Netlify;npm;NuGet;Yarn | Docker;Netlify;npm;NuGet;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;NestJS;Next.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;NestJS;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;NestJS;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Eclipse;Notepad++;Rider;Vim;WebStorm | Cursor;Notepad++;Rider;Vim;WebStorm | Cursor;Notepad++;Rider;Vim;WebStorm | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Wikis | GitHub;Wikis | GitHub;Wikis | NA
NA | Discord;X;LinkedIn | Discord;X;LinkedIn | Discord;X;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Logic games/puzzles | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec ... | null | null | null | null | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;Tabnine;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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | understand the business | 120,000 | 8 |
18,541 | 18,542 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | 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 | null | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | null | null | Fintech | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | H2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | H2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Podman | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Podman | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Podman | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla... | 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 | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | null | 10 |
18,542 | 18,543 | I am learning to code | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | Volunteering (regularly) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 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
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
18,543 | 18,544 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 23 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | Brazil | USD United States dollar | 170,000 | Yes | Go;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Fastify;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;MacOS | Clickup | Jira | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | 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.;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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | understanding code. Most people are losing the ability of understanding it | 170,000 | null |
18,544 | 18,545 | I code primarily as a hobby | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Retired | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 37 | 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) | 5 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 105,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django | Angular;Django | Angular;Django | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | null | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in): | Yes I use vibe coding | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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 | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;I don’t think I’ll need help fro... | Basic CS will be an ideal complement
Knowing a lot on LLMs, staying on top | 105,000 | null |
18,545 | 18,546 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-... | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 20 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 275,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Go;Java;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;Cockroachdb | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus | Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;jQuery | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery;React | ASP.NET Core;jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher;Odoo;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad 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;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;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;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Customer service support | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;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 collaboration within my team. | 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 helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | 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 | null | 275,000 | 5 |
18,546 | 18,547 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Other (please specify): | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media | 23 | Applied scientist | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Fintech | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 4 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 85,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;Scala;TypeScript | C;Elixir;Zig | null | Solidity
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Prometheus | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS;Android;Debian | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | 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);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Other (write in): | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics;Customer service support | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Effective communication, analytical skills, domain understanding, collaboration, systems thinking | 98,612 | null |
18,547 | 18,548 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 19 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 8 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 250,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Firebase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Predictive analytics | null | null | 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;Business process automation;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing | Language processing;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 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 | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 162,523 | 8 |
18,548 | 18,549 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 24 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games... | 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;Games or coding challenges | 30 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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18,549 | 18,550 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 12 | Applied scientist | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | null | Healthcare | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gradle;Make;Ninja;Pacman | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | null | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit;X | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, never will | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | 2 |
18,550 | 18,551 | 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) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 13 | Data scientist | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 3 | 3 | Ghana | GHS Ghanaian cedi | null | Yes | JavaScript;Python;R;SQL | Python;SQL | Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | BigQuery;DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Heroku;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Poetry;Yarn | Heroku;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | uv, Motherduck
uv, Motherduck | Yes | Django;Next.js;WordPress | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;WordPress | Django;Next.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | R Studio
Positron | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;uv | Large Language Model;uv | null | null | MacOS;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Monday.com;Notion | Asana;GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Notion | Asana;GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive 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.;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.;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. | ChromaDB | null | Ollama;LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;Tabnine | Codex CLI | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Communication: being able to articulate problems and solutions
Problem-solving: we still need to understand how to break down problems so we can direct agents and debug when they go wrong
Creativity | null | null |
18,551 | 18,552 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Retired | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 36 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 20 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 10,000 or more 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 | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | null | null | null | null | 5 | Spain | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | getgrist.com
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Nextcloud, IONOS
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | null | null | null | null | framagit
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Kaggle;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Other (write in): | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
this is all a variation on the basic Stack Overflow theme | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | While the term vibe coding is catchy, I believe it risks oversimplifying the learning process and underestimating the depth of both programming and effective AI use. I’m more interested in building a solid foundation; understanding the code, the tools, and the reasoning, rather than relying on guesswork or trend-driven... | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Even as AI tools grow more capable, foundational skills like algorithmic thinking, systems design, and debugging will remain essential, because understanding why something works (or fails) can’t be fully outsourced. Equally important will be the ability to reason about trade-offs, ensure code quality, and collaborate a... | null | null |
18,552 | 18,553 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 35 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
Operational support | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
Working with highly skilled peers | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 100 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 552,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;Python;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;C;Rust;Swift | null | PulpScript
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | Cassandra;DuckDB;Neo4J;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb | null | NA
Neptune | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip | Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Terraform | null | pypy, cdk
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;WordPress | Django | null | php
Ghost | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Sublime Text | null | emacs
NA | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG | visionOS | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS;Fedora | MacOS;Red Hat | GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | Asana | null | internal tool
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | null | null | mastodon, rss
web rings | Yes | Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
Check my reputation | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, though I "play" with these approaches. In my role as a technical leader I need to be able to make recommendations to leadership about where we should or shouldn't adopt AI tools. Currently I am much more conservative and doubtful than my senior leaders on how they will enhance productivity through vibe coding. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Data and analytics;Cybersecurity | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | null | 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. | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | Amazon Q | Amazon Bedrock Agents | Amazon Q | null | Internal tooling | Amazon Codewhisperer | Amazon Q | 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 | Almost all of the problems I need to solve are people problems, not technical problems. Thus the skills (and this was true even before AI tools) are primarily focused on communication and persuasive writing. Developers still need to understand what customers want and why they want it (ability to solve XY problems) and ... | 552,000 | 10 |
18,553 | 18,554 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 40 | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 50 | Other (please specify): | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | null | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
Knowledge | Poor usability
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | null | 1 | 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 11,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Fortran;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL | Ada;Erlang | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Oracle | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Red Hat | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Direct messaging of users | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Data and analytics | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write i... | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Amazon Codewhisperer | null | When I want to learn best practices | null | 14,976 | null |
18,554 | 18,555 | I am learning to code | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 35 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 2 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 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 | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 6 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;R;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip | Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;WordPress | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | NA
frappe.io | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;iPadOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per week | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges | null | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging or fixing code | Documenting code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Business process automation;Data and analytics;Customer service support | Multi-platform search enablement;Agent/multi-agent orchestration | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | 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.;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 | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | null |
18,555 | 18,556 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Not employed | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 9 | Academic researcher | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 6 | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Python | NA
NA | null | SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;Make;Pip | Google Cloud;Make;Pip | Google Cloud;Make;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Notion | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Structure development and planning for complex tasks. Ability to keep up with innovation | null | null |
18,556 | 18,557 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 6 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Fintech | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 600,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | Go;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Poetry;Vite;Webpack | Composer;Docker;Make;Pip | Composer;Docker;Make;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Symfony;Vue.js | Flask;Symfony | Flask;Symfony | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;WebStorm | PyCharm | PyCharm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | MacOS;Ubuntu | Asana;GitHub | Asana;GitHub | Asana;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement;Integration with external agents and APIs | 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 helped me automate repetitive 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.;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 don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 14,380 | 8 |
18,557 | 18,558 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 210,000 | Yes | JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Python;Ruby;TypeScript | Ruby;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;pnpm;Terraform;Vercel;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;pnpm;Terraform;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | Fastify;NestJS;Next.js | Fastify;Next.js;Ruby on Rails | Fastify;Next.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor | Cursor | Cursor | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Linear;Notion | GitHub;Linear;Notion | GitHub;Linear;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes, the job is to deliver value (not just type characters) and if you can do that better by interacting in natural language it's a reasonable tool to use. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Other specific task (write in): | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have 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 improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | pgvector;Pinecone | null | null | null | Sentry | null | Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Understanding the history of the codebase and the context for why decisions were made and what implicit limits are on the system that are not clear in the code. Also, interacting between technical and non-technical users, and negotiating the scope of work. | 210,000 | 5 |
18,558 | 18,559 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 15 | Academic researcher | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 4 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Java;Kotlin;Rust;Zig;Gleam | Java;Kotlin;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Make;npm;Pip;Terraform;Vite | APT;Cargo;Vite | APT;Cargo;Vite | Nix
Nix | Yes | Deno;React;Axum | React | React | rocket.rs
rocket.rs | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;PyCharm;RustRover | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;RustRover | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;RustRover | micro
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Trello | GitLab;Trello;Wikis | GitLab;Trello | Discord
Discord | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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 | I never vibe code. I may rarely debug using LLMs but almost all of my code is written by me. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Creativity. I can't see an AI tool writing any remotely artistic code all by itself (video game, UI develement, creative coding...) | null | null |
18,559 | 18,560 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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18,560 | 18,561 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 12 | 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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 16 | 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 | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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18,561 | 18,562 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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 | null | 20 | AI/ML engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Israel | ILS Israeli new shekel | 1,200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | 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;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;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 | Project planning | null | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | 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, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | 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 | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Converting business logic to code, architectural design involving numerous components and constraints | 352,971 | 1 |
18,562 | 18,563 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 45-54 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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18,563 | 18,564 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | null | null | null | null | I'm not sure | null | null | null | Ghana | USD United States dollar | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Android | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board | null | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Predictive analytics | Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
18,564 | 18,565 | 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) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 6 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 5 | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | 250,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23 | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Arch | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | Predictive analytics;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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, and I don't plan to | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 3,190 | 6 |
18,565 | 18,566 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 12 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 7 | 3 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 75,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Kotlin;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Cockroachdb | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;H2;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | H2;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool) | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | null | null | ktor
ktor | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Job board | 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 | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Predictive analytics;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, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Reasoning | 87,011 | 8 |
18,566 | 18,567 | 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.) | 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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18,567 | 18,568 | 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 | 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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18,568 | 18,569 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Retired | Volunteering (regularly) | 41 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 41 | Retired | 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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18,569 | 18,570 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 16 | 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 | 21 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | 80,009 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Pacman;Terraform | Cargo;Cloudflare;Pacman | Cargo;Cloudflare;Pacman | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Zed | Zed | Zed | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | Debian;Arch | GitLab;Jira;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Notion;Obsidian | Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Thinking for yourself. | 92,822 | 5 |
18,570 | 18,571 | 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.) | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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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18,571 | 18,572 | 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) | 26 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 20 | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 90,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 122,527 | 8 |
18,572 | 18,573 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Blogs or podcasts | 30 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 3 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | null | Yes | Rust;Scala | Rust;Scala | Rust;Scala | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Podman;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Homebrew | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;RustRover;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;RustRover | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;RustRover | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | 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 want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | Understanding the code and architecture | null | 0 |
18,573 | 18,574 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | 100 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Books / Physical media;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Blogs or podcasts | 1 | Support engineer or analyst | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4,000 | 1,000 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 4,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | 4000 | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation;Robotics | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time 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 | Work for transfert m'y info | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2,918 | null |
18,574 | 18,575 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 21 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 15 | 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 | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | null | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | 1,200,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Python;TypeScript | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Pip;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Visual Studio Code;Zed | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | null | GitHub;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | 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. | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | 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 | GitHub MCP Server | null | OpenRouter | null | null | null | Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Roo code (Roo-Cline) | aider, cline, codex | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 118,593 | null |
18,575 | 18,576 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 8 | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 4 | 6 | Peru | PEN Peruvian sol | 84,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | MongoDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;X;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | Testing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have 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.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | Redis | null | CrewAI | null | Sentry | null | GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | null | 23,404 | 9 |
18,576 | 18,577 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Government | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 7 | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;MicroPython;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | null | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot;WordPress | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Android;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat;ChromeOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per week | Videos;Direct messaging of users | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;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 | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;IT operations;Customer service support | Multi-platform search enablement;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | 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 improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I 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 | 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 | Redis;GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Tabnine;Replit | null | When I want to learn best practices | When(true){
Developers will improve AI, AI will improve developer;
} | null | 2 |
18,577 | 18,578 | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
Stability / Low Upgrade Complexity | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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18,578 | 18,579 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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) | 17 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Other (please specify):
Use of AI | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Ada;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;JavaScript;PowerShell;Rust;Zig;Mojo | Rust | Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo | Cargo | Cargo | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Visual Studio Code;Zed | Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | c++23;Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No, that's a TikTok meme | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | AutoGen (Microsoft) | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | The myth of AI tools is decimating the junior to senior developer pipeline while simultaneously creating unprecedented levels of unmaintainable code. In 3-5 years, I expect senior+ developer salaries to significantly increase as there will be many fewer experienced devs and the amount of work available increases. | null | 9 |
18,579 | 18,580 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | null | null | 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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18,580 | 18,581 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 25 | 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 | 36 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
Good documentation | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Energy | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 4 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 57,000 | Yes | C++ | C++ | C++ | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Qt Creator
Qt Creator | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub | Confluence;GitHub | Confluence;GitHub | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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 | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, but I 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 | 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. | 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 | Understanding requirements and the whole product | 66,128 | 8 |
18,581 | 18,582 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-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);... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media | 8 | DevOps engineer or professional | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 13 | 10 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Dynamodb;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;New Relic;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;FastAPI;Flask | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;NixOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;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 | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, I take the code generated by AI seriously. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics | Multi-platform search enablement | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | 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. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to 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 | Understanding code written by AI, soft skills | null | null |
18,582 | 18,583 | 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 (10-19 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 9 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | null | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | null | Docker;Gradle;Pip | Docker;Pip | Docker;Pip | CapRover
CapRover | Yes | Django;FastAPI | Django;FastAPI | Django;FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Pop!_OS | Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Trello | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Telegram
Telegram | No | null | null | null | 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 (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Testing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Softskill | null | 6 |
18,583 | 18,584 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Developer, game or graphics | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
Permissive license | Other (please specify):
Usage of AI | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 8 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Rust;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Java;Lua;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Lua;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Svelte | Svelte | Svelte | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Other (write in):
Leaving Stack Overflow | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | 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 ability to write and understand code | null | null |
18,584 | 18,585 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | null | 29 | 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 | 24 | System administrator | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 2 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 38,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Lisp;Lua;PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Composer;Docker;Podman | Composer;Docker | Composer;Docker | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery | jQuery | jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio | Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Sublime Text | Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Sublime Text | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. Fuck no. | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;Other (please specify): | architecting new systems | 44,086 | null |
18,585 | 18,586 | 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 | 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 | null | 10 | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | null | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
18,586 | 18,587 | I code primarily as a hobby | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 11 | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Colleague or on-the-job training | 17 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 5 | 8 | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | null | Yes | C;C++;Perl;PHP;Python | COBOL;Fortran;Go;Java | null | bash
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;IBM Cloud;Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim | null | null | Red Panda C++
Red Panda C++ | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows;Android;Debian | Windows;iOS;Red Hat | GitHub;Obsidian | Jira;Markdown File;Monday.com;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | 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 | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Writing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or Info... | 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 | null | null | null |
18,587 | 18,588 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 35 | 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 | 10 | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Healthcare | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 7 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 20,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells) | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells) | Raku
Raku | Yes | null | null | null | Bilara
Bilara | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
Cro, HARC | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Debian | GitHub | null | null | NA
Codeberg | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Fediverse, Mastodon
Fediverse, Mastodon, Codeberg | 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 | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | 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 | 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.;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 | 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 | Basically all of them. LLMs are not actually artificial intelligence, and I don't believe we'll have artificial intelligence within five years. | 20,000 | null |
18,588 | 18,589 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 7 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | null | Yes | C#;JavaScript;SQL | C#;Python;Rust;SQL | C#;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Terraform | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;FastAPI;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React | NA
NA | null | Visual Studio | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;Miro;Stack Overflow for Teams | Azure Devops;Stack Overflow for Teams | Azure Devops;Stack Overflow for Teams | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | No, but I would like to see how it can improve my coding | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in t... | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 4 |
18,589 | 18,590 | 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 | Volunteering (regularly) | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all ... | 13 | DevOps engineer or professional | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 11 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | Yes | Groovy;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | null | null | YAML
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);Substack;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;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 daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | Deployment and monitoring | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes, absolutely | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations;Data and analytics;Cybersecurity | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Figuring out what's possible | 160,000 | null |
18,590 | 18,591 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 15 | Architect, software or solutions | 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 | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 12 | 2 | France | EUR European Euro | 88,000 | Yes | Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Rust;SQL | Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
Meilisearch | Yes | Cargo;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Netlify;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Prometheus | Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Prometheus | Pulumi
Pulumi | Yes | Angular | null | null | Actix
Actix, Leptos | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Debian | Debian | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Monday.com;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | Shortcut
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Search for answers | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | No and I do not think it is a sane approach to the development of professional grade software | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | I think the AI hype will fade like the blockchain hype did. In the end we will have some sane usage of generative AI (chatbots, auto-complete/suggestion, reworking or translating texts...)
I am sure some people will still use AI as an expansion of no/low code development or to help non professional developers.
But for... | 102,093 | 7 |
18,591 | 18,592 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 10 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Manufacturing | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 74,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Job board | null | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 85,851 | 6 |
18,592 | 18,593 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 21 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 23 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
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 | 5 | 8 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 110,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig;Gleam | Elixir;HTML/CSS;Lisp;SQL;TypeScript;Zig;Gleam | Elixir;HTML/CSS;Lisp;SQL;TypeScript;Zig;Gleam | Elm
Elm | Yes | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Podman;Terraform;Vite | Podman | Podman | Helm
NA | Yes | Astro;Deno | Deno | Deno | Elm
Elm | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Claude Code;RustRover;Zed | Claude Code;RustRover;Zed | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No. Too many errors, and not precise enough.
My industry requires perfect working processes with every possibility covered.
LLMs skip too much. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | pgvector | null | Ollama;Zapier | null | Sentry;Snyk;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Software architecture.
Create more than throwaway or inefficient code.
Actually applying regulations and adhering to the law. | 127,616 | 7 |
18,593 | 18,594 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 8 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
18,594 | 18,595 | 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 | 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;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 13 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 0 | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | 1,560,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | Flask | Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows | Ubuntu | GitHub;Jira;Linear | GitHub;Linear | GitHub;Linear | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);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 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Design, large scale problem solving, understanding what the hell users are saying, producing solutions from vague or unclear problem statements | 87,951 | 8 |
18,595 | 18,596 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 26 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 40 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
Literally anything else | Other (please specify):
Inclusion of AI | Fintech | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 50 | 30 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 120,000 | Yes | Assembly;C;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Assembly;C;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Assembly;C;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;SQLite | MongoDB;SQLite | MongoDB;SQLite | Cloudflare D1
Cloudflare D1 | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Heroku;Kubernetes;pnpm;Terraform;Vite | Cloudflare;Docker;pnpm;Terraform;Vite | Cloudflare;Docker;pnpm;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React;Svelte | Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;Svelte | Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Sublime Text;Vim | Sublime Text;Vim | NA
NA | Pydantic | null | null | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);ChromeOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | Hell no. Why would I do that? I enjoy eating steak, but I'm also not about to go to a steakhouse and pay someone else to eat a steak for me, that's just idiotic. If you enjoy programming, why would you rely on something else doing your work for you? | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;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... | Actually knowing how to code. With the current crop of lazy developers relying more and more on AI and actively losing their ability to problem solve or do anything for themselves, having the actual knowldge and skill that I was trained for is going to be very valuable once the reinforced feedback loop of AI garbage fe... | 87,550 | 9 |
18,596 | 18,597 | 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.) | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 26 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Finland | EUR European Euro | 110,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;JavaScript;Lua;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cassandra;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Yarn | Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm | Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Node.js;Vue.js | Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Discord;Twitch | Discord;Twitch | Discord;Twitch | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 127,616 | 8 |
18,597 | 18,598 | I code primarily as a hobby | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 45 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Books / Physical media | 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) | 1 | Retired | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Manufacturing | null | null | null | null | null | Colombia | USD United States dollar | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | null | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Logic games/puzzles | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code | null | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Marketing | 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 | Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | Llama Index | null | Honeycomb | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;AgentGPT;Perplexity | null | When I want to compare different solutions | null | null | null |
18,598 | 18,599 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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18,599 | 18,600 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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;Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 6 | Engineering manager | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 1 | Kenya | KES Kenyan shilling | 0 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code | Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No
| No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence | Language processing | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
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