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18,601 | 18,602 | 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 | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 8 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
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NA | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Supabase | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Firebase;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Supabase;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;npm;Pip;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | Windows | Ubuntu | GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Notion | GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | NA
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NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
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NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | Competitive pay and benefits
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NA | Yes | BigQuery;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Poetry;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;React;Svelte | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;PyCharm;Vim;VSCodium;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Marketing | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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... | 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 | ChromaDB;pgvector | null | Ollama;OpenRouter | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Auto-GPT;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 7,541 | 7 |
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NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 280,000 | Yes | Assembly;C++;JavaScript;Python | Assembly;C++;JavaScript;Python | Assembly;C++;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Debian | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Answer a question
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NA | Security or privacy concerns
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NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Make;Pip;Podman | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Ninja;Podman | APT;Docker;Podman | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Clion
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NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;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 | Chat (people);Long-form articles | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Documenting code;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 | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Critical thinking. | null | null |
18,605 | 18,606 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 21 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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);Books / Physical media | 30 | DevOps engineer or professional | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Banking/Financial 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 | 2 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 1,020,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Rust;SQL;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Dynamodb;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cargo;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Make;Pacman;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | Aider;Claude Code | Aider | Emacs
Emacs | Large Language Model;uv | Polars;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;uv | null | null | Android;Arch | Debian;Arch | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Wikis | GitLab;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;Wikis | GitLab;Markdown File;Notion;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | null | Other (write in): | Partially | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | 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 | OpenRouter | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini | 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 | Planning and understanding problems | 53,692 | 9 |
18,606 | 18,607 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 5 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 0 | Yes | C;C#;GDScript;Python | C#;GDScript;Python | C#;GDScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Make;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | Geany
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | null | GitHub;GitLab;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;X;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no, i've never used AI-generated code or other AI assistance in my life and I do not plan to. | 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 | 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.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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... | thinking for themselves | null | null |
18,607 | 18,608 | 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) | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 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) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 3 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C#;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Gleam | C#;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | C#;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Yarn | Cloudflare;Composer;Yarn | Cloudflare;Composer;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Drupal;jQuery;Laravel;React;Vue.js;WordPress | jQuery;Laravel;WordPress | jQuery;Laravel;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | GitHub;GitLab;Notion;Trello | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | 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;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): | Testing code;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | Absolutely not. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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 | 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 skills. AI cannot be trusted to do work correctly. | null | null |
18,608 | 18,609 | I code primarily as a hobby | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Retired | Volunteering (regularly) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | 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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18,609 | 18,610 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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) | 6 | Data engineer | 10,000 or more 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 170,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Scala;SQL | Rust | null | Terraform, Spark
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | Cassandra;DuckDB;Redis | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Gradle;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | MacOS;Ubuntu | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Documenting code | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, but I 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 | 170,000 | 8 |
18,610 | 18,611 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | 18 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | France | EUR European Euro | 70,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | null | null | markdown
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Make;New Relic;npm;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;Symfony | null | null | Stimulus, Backbone JS
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | This is my daily life now | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing | MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis;GitHub MCP Server | null | null | n8n | Sentry;New Relic | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity;Bolt.new | Cursor, Claude | 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 | Architecture, global vision, best practices | 81,210 | 10 |
18,611 | 18,612 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or... | 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 | 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 3 | 4 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 550,000 | Yes | C;C++;HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;SQL | Zig | null | NA
NA | Yes | IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;MSBuild;Ninja | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23 | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello | GitHub | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | Not sure | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Testing code;Search for answers;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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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 | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Being an above average junior developer | 150,095 | 10 |
18,612 | 18,613 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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;Books / Physical media | 17 | Applied scientist | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 9 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 53,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python | Prompting language (e.g., English)
Prompting language (e.g., English) | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Chocolatey;Docker;npm;Pip;Yarn | APT;Chocolatey;Docker;npm;Pip | APT;Chocolatey;Docker;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React | FastAPI;Node.js;React | FastAPI;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Cursor;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Windsurf | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iPadOS | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | YouTube | YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash 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 | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Predictive analytics | Deployment and monitoring | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | Not really, but I'd like it to mature more so it can be | 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. | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Understanding code and underlying logic | 61,488 | null |
18,613 | 18,614 | 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 | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 11 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Other: | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | 7,500,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;JavaScript;Python | C;C++;Go;R;Rust | C++;Go | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;MongoDB;Redis | BigQuery;DuckDB;MongoDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse;Valkey | BigQuery;MongoDB;Redis | NA
SpacetimeDB | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Prometheus | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;New Relic;Prometheus | Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Prometheus | NA
Bazel | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;Zed | Zed | NA
NA | hostinger | c++23;Polars;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Clickup;GitHub;Google Colab;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Testing code | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no. | No, but I 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | understanding and defining problems and solving for them. | 87,180 | 8 |
18,614 | 18,615 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-time) | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 6 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | null | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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18,615 | 18,616 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 14 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | 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) | 26 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Italy | EUR European Euro | 200,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Docker;Homebrew;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;npm | Render
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Stimulus
NA | Yes | Aider;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA | Codebuff
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File | NA
NA | Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;LinkedIn | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Deployment and monitoring | Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes if you mean also reviewing the code by humans. If you mean vibe coding by not even looking at the resulting code, then no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | Codebuff, relume | 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 | Turning biz requirements into technical specs and doing feasibility analysis | 232,029 | 7 |
18,616 | 18,617 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Not employed | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 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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18,617 | 18,618 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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);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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | In-person | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | null | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 10 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 288,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Dynamodb;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Dynamodb;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Express;Laravel;NestJS;React;Vue.js;WordPress | Deno;Django;Express;Laravel;NestJS;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js;WordPress | Express;Laravel;NestJS;React;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitLab | GitLab;Notion | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;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 | I dont trust in "vibe coding" | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company... | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | zed | Amazon Bedrock Agents | zed | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | logic, problem resolution, translate requirements | 15,160 | 7 |
18,618 | 18,619 | 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 | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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18,619 | 18,620 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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... | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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18,620 | 18,621 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 8 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 11 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 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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18,621 | 18,622 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 23 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | 5 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Lisp;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Lisp;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Lisp;Python;SQL | Racket, Elisp, Markdown; reST
Racket, Elisp, Markdown; reST | Yes | MySQL | PostgreSQL;Redis | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Make;Ninja;Pacman;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Make;Ninja;Pacman;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Make;Ninja;Pacman;Pip | CMake
CMake | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Very favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | The same skills as today, especially if you care about innovation. AI don't works in innovative avant-garde realm (from my limited experience). | null | 0 |
18,622 | 18,623 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 14 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | People manager | 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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18,623 | 18,624 | 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.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 25 | Other (please specify): | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
privacy / security / abscence of AI | Other (please specify):
If it has AI, I won't use it. | Other: | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 30 | 30 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | C;C#;C++ | null | Unix / Linux Coding in General.
I'd need more time to think abou it. | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | null | null | Graphing data points through spreadsheet formulas in general.
NA | Yes | APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Prometheus | null | null | QCOW / QEMU / KVM
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;jQuery;WordPress | Node.js;React | null | CasaOS in general. Containerized webapps based on librewolf, tor/mullvad browsers, links2, and ungoogled chromium
NA | Yes | Notepad++;VSCodium | null | null | Pulsar, Kate
NA | null | null | null | Linux Distro Specific Innovations, KVM. | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS | Jira;Obsidian | null | null | Joplin, Proton Privacy, OnlyOffice
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Twitch | null | Matrix, Mastodon, Lemmy, Local Forums, Meetup Chats, SMS Groups.
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Other (write in): | Other (write in):
I almost always come to try to find solutions to a tech problem, that someone else has posted | 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 | Other (write in): | Other (write in): | vibe coding is a great example of how humans and orgs, are being dangerously reckless with their use of AI. | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | This question demonstrates a fundamental lack of understanding around the real-life threats and dangers of AI. I have serious concerns about the responsibility and ethics of Stack Overflow specifically. | null | null |
18,624 | 18,625 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 10 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 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 | 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 | Belarus | USD United States dollar | 36,000 | Yes | C++;Python | C++;Python | C++;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;MSBuild;Ninja;Pip | null | null | vcpkg, cmake
vcpkg, cmake | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing 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 | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Thinking, creating solutions | 36,000 | 9 |
18,625 | 18,626 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 27 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 35 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | Hungary | EUR European Euro | 70,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Kubernetes;NuGet;Pip | APT;Docker;Pip | APT;Docker;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 81,210 | null |
18,626 | 18,627 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 15 | Developer, mobile | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Other (please specify):
Good Documentation | Other (please specify):
Required AI Integration | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 500,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Java;Kotlin;Python;SQL | Assembly;Elixir;Erlang;Kotlin;Rust;SQL;Zig | Kotlin;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite | presto
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | MacOS;Android | GitHub;Obsidian | Obsidian | Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Company-sponsored forums | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | 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 | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or Info... | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 500,000 | 10 |
18,627 | 18,628 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Other: | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 5,300 | 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 | 6,149 | 7 |
18,628 | 18,629 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 16 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 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 | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | null | Serbia | EUR European Euro | 115,000 | Yes | JavaScript | TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;Redis | PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Yarn | Bun;Kubernetes | null | NA
NA | Yes | React | null | null | NA
bun | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Ollama | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu | null | null | null | quire
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Generating content or synthetic data | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no, i think you have to have good knowledge in programming in order to properly use AI and benefit from it | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | 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 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | logical thinking, having a bigger picture of the solution, anticipating possible problems, predicting new features for product | 133,417 | 7 |
18,629 | 18,630 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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 | 30 | Architect, software or solutions | 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 | Ethical concerns
NA | Healthcare | You like your manager
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 32 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | Yes | JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Redis | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;New Relic | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Kubernetes;Terraform | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel | Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Clickup;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Language processing | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | 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. | 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 | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | planning and architecting the direction of the AI tools | 160,000 | 6 |
18,630 | 18,631 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 19 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 20 | Russian Federation | USD United States dollar | 46,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;PHP;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PHP;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | Firestore
Firestore | Yes | Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud | Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Supabase;Vite | Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Laravel;Vue.js | FastAPI;Flask;Laravel;Next.js | Flask;Laravel | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Lovable.dev;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Windsurf | Aider;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text | Aider;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android;iPadOS | MacOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose 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 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging or fixing code | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Language processing;MCP servers;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | GitHub MCP Server | null | Ollama;OpenRouter | OpenAI agents sdk | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;OpenHands (formerly OpenDevin);Tabnine;Replit;Perplexity;Amazon Codewhisperer | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something | High level planning, describing tasks, reviewing implementations | 46,000 | 8 |
18,631 | 18,632 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Retired | 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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Other (please specify): | 25 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Work | Reliability and low latency
This section doesn’t allow me to pick what I want, most to least ! | Security or privacy concerns
This section doesn’t allow me to pick what I want, most to least ! | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | United States of America | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | null | null | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Other (write in): | Comment on Q&A posts
Again, this type of option selection doesn’t make sense ! | Not sure | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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.;Write in the most significan... | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | People skills.
Don’t rely solely on computers.
Computers should be programmed by people, where additional computers can help them.
People med to be employed, to live ! | null | null |
18,632 | 18,633 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 24 | 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 | 30 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Insurance | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
Freedom to manage my own time | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | 1,250,000 | Yes | C#;Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET | Angular;ASP.NET | Angular;ASP.NET | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | iOS | Windows | Jira;Wikis | Jira;Wikis | Jira;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Substack | 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 | Chat (bot/AI) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Never heard of vibe coding before | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Collaboration and communication skills.
Self management skills
Troubleshooting skills | 70,474 | 9 |
18,633 | 18,634 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Expert mentors
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Greece | EUR European Euro | 40,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Next.js;React;Ruby on Rails | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | RAG;Ollama | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models) | 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;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
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;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Legacy code, managing different infrastructures and services as a whole. | 46,406 | 6 |
18,634 | 18,635 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 7 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Java;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;npm;Pip | Cargo;Make;Pip | Cargo;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Logic games/puzzles;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 | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | I really don't think I or most answers are actually equipped to answer this | null | null |
18,635 | 18,636 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 13 | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 22 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | null | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 520,000 | Yes | C#;Delphi;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | C#;Delphi;JavaScript;TypeScript | C#;Delphi;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Next.js | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Next.js | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Next.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;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Azure Devops;GitHub;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 94,659 | 9 |
18,636 | 18,637 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time);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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 6 | Developer, back-end | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | null | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | School | Connected to an open-source project
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 | 3 | null | Belgium | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;R;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Assembly;Go;Lua;OCaml;Rust;Zig | Go;Lua;Rust;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Cosmos DB;InfluxDB;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Cockroachdb | Cassandra;PostgreSQL;Valkey | Cassandra;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Microsoft Azure;Pacman;Pip;Prometheus;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Pacman;Prometheus;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Pacman;Prometheus;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;FastAPI;Svelte;Axum | Svelte;Vue.js;Axum | Svelte;Axum | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Shadcn/ui;uv | Shadcn/ui;uv | Shadcn/ui;uv | null | null | MacOS;Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | MacOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | 7 |
18,637 | 18,638 | 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 | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other (please specify): | 25 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | Lithuania | EUR European Euro | 95,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;jQuery;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No, I am old-fashioned and still use my own mind. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | 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 | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Someone will still have to program AI, right? Or is it now AI will be programming AI? Give me a break! | 110,214 | 10 |
18,638 | 18,639 | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 12 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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 |
18,639 | 18,640 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 37 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Higher Education | 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 | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | 800,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Vite | Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;React | ASP.NET Core;React | ASP.NET Core;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;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Ollama | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Microsoft Planner | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code | 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, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | 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 | General understanding on how to break down a problem, understand the data and the processes surrounding them. Design a solution and start coding. Understand what to code, and how. Understand debugging.
AI is just a code helper. It helps with every aspect of building the code. | 79,062 | 7 |
18,640 | 18,641 | 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.) | 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);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 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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18,641 | 18,642 | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 20 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 173,500 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Valkey | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Make;Netlify;npm;Pacman;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Make;npm;Pacman;Podman;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Make;npm;Pacman;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;Symfony;Vue.js | Laravel;Symfony;Vue.js | Laravel;Symfony;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Zed | Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Arch | Ubuntu;Arch | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Direct messaging of users | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | The same skills as always | 173,500 | 9 |
18,642 | 18,643 | 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.) | 29 | 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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 30 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Healthcare | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 9 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 250,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;Python;SQL | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Redis | MariaDB | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;Vue.js;WordPress | jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js | jQuery;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm | PhpStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Fedora | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Only for small tasks | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Cybersecurity | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Understanding the full scope of the project so you can understand WHY a user should go through certain processes | 250,000 | 10 |
18,643 | 18,644 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 16 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | null | null | C++ | C++ | C++ | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim | Vim | Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu;Debian | GitLab | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | 8 |
18,644 | 18,645 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Primary/elementary school | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 1 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 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 | Availability of better alternatives
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18,645 | 18,646 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 36 | 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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18,646 | 18,647 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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 | 18 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Energy | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 5 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;SQL | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;Prometheus;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Drupal;jQuery;Next.js;Symfony | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | 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 | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | thank god, 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. | 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 | 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 fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | analytical, resolver of pebkac | null | 8 |
18,647 | 18,648 | 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 | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 25 | Architect, software or solutions | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | School | 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 | 25 | 8 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 101,000 | Yes | C#;PowerShell;Swift | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Windows | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | null | null | 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 | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very 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 | Other (write in): | 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. | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Building complex and distributed applications and being able to debug them | 117,175 | 8 |
18,648 | 18,649 | 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.) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 15 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 4 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 6,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;WordPress | jQuery;React;WordPress | jQuery;WordPress | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Other (write in): | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | I think "VibeCoding" is part of my job. I use AI as an assistant. I learn how things work, I search for information and supplement it with my own research. I use AI generated code but usually I modify it or extend it with my own ideas. But usually I learn how to do simple things to write code myself. I never use AI gen... | No, and I don't 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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... | programming knowledge, autonomy, security, management | 1,637 | 8 |
18,649 | 18,650 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 12 | DevOps engineer or professional | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Other (please specify):
open source codebase | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
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 | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Amazon Redshift | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | Digital Ocean;Kubernetes;Terraform | Digital Ocean;Kubernetes;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Svelte | FastAPI | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Claude Code;Cursor;Windsurf | Claude Code;Cursor;Zed | Claude Code;Cursor | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;Red Hat | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | Yes, somewhat | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 |
18,650 | 18,651 | 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) | 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);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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 6 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 15 | Bolivia | BOB Bolivian boliviano | 43,200 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | null | 6,242 | 7 |
18,651 | 18,652 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 39 | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 37 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Other (please specify):
small user base | Other: | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | 8 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 30,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Pip | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
Flutter | Yes | Eclipse | Eclipse;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;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 | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | no. AI cannot intuit creative solutions | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need quick help troubleshooting | creative application of existing technology and planning for future growth | 30,000 | 7 |
18,652 | 18,653 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 39 | null | null | 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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18,653 | 18,654 | 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 | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Books / Physical media | 12 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Manufacturing | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;PowerShell;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Heroku;npm;Pip;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Node.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle | Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle | NA
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NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Writing code;Predictive analytics | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Problem solving or system design | 100,000 | 6 |
18,654 | 18,655 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 14 | Developer, mobile | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | null | null | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 4 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 207,000 | Yes | SQL;Swift | Kotlin;SQL;Swift | SQL;Swift | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Akamai Linode
Akamai Linode | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Xcode | Android Studio;Xcode | Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | null | Writing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Not a part of it. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Debugging, understanding complex systems, identifying right solutions according to problem size/complexity | 37,682 | 9 |
18,655 | 18,656 | 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);Attending school (part-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 45,000 | Yes | C;C#;C++;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | menter
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;YouTrack | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, and I hate it. We are regressing as a species. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 52,207 | 7 |
18,656 | 18,657 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 8 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
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18,657 | 18,658 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 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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18,658 | 18,659 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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18,659 | 18,660 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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) | 15 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
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 | 6 | 4 | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | 4,550,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Rust | Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Maven (build tool);Pacman | Ansible;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Pacman;Prometheus | Cargo;Docker;Pacman | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot;Axum | React;Axum | Axum | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;RustRover;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;RustRover;Zed | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | YouTrack | YouTrack | YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | null | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;IT operations | Language processing | 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 | 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 | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | 58,055 | 6 |
18,660 | 18,661 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 16 | DevOps engineer or professional | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 102,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | null | null | NA
rust | Yes | Elasticsearch;H2;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
postgresql | Yes | Cargo;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Prometheus | Cargo;Pip | Cargo;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Flask | null | null | pyscript
pyscript | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm;RustRover;WebStorm | Notepad++;PyCharm;RustRover;WebStorm | Notepad++;PyCharm;RustRover;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Windows;Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord | Discord | Discord | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | 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 | null | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 118,335 | null |
18,661 | 18,662 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | 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);Other (please specify): | 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) | 25 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | 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 | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | null | null | null | 7 |
18,662 | 18,663 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 7 | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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18,663 | 18,664 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 2 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 8 | System administrator | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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18,664 | 18,665 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 12 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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18,665 | 18,666 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 30 | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
Simplicity | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 40 | 20 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 195,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby | C#;C++;Go;Java;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | null | NA
Smalltalk | Yes | MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;npm;Splunk;Yarn | Datadog | null | rvm, bundler, rubygems
NA | Yes | jQuery;Ruby on Rails | NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | null | GitHub;Jira;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | X;LinkedIn | null | 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 | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | 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 | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | 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. | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 195,000 | 4 |
18,666 | 18,667 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 35 | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 20 | Product manager | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 4 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 76,000 | Yes | JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | JavaScript;MicroPython;Python;SQL;TypeScript | JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Poetry | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Poetry | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Poetry | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Next.js;React;Vue.js | Next.js;React;Vue.js | Next.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | 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 | Chat (people) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Writing code;Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have ... | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 88,171 | null |
18,667 | 18,668 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 40 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Python | Python | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | MongoDB | MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Terraform;Yarn | Cloudflare;Terraform | Cloudflare;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Fastify;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Sublime Text;Vim | Cursor;Sublime Text;Vim | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;uv | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Fedora | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | Glean
Glean | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work) | Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work) | 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) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Testing code | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes, I've generated entire Terraform files in just a few rounds of prompts without manually touching a single line of code. Claude writes better code than I do, although learning how to prompt it correctly is a skill in itself. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Cybersecurity | Multi-platform search enablement;MCP servers | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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.;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. | 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 | Snyk;Wiz | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Glean (Enterprise Agents);Replit | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I need quick help troubleshooting | I still think humans will probably be the architects of solutions. LLMs are jacks-of-all trades and they're not psychic, so you'll have to guide it to a good solution or it will just semi-randomly select an approach. Explaining things clearly will be even more valuable. | 150,000 | 7 |
18,668 | 18,669 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 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, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | null | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | null | Energy | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Ukraine | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Cloud Firestore | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | 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 |
18,669 | 18,670 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 20 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 15 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Terraform;Webpack | Composer;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Webpack | Composer;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Drupal;Express;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;WordPress | Laravel;Node.js;React;WordPress | Laravel;Node.js;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;WebStorm;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;WebStorm;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;WebStorm;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Ollama | Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Ollama | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;iPadOS | MacOS | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian;Trello | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Testing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | i think not | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | putting everything together | null | 4 |
18,670 | 18,671 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 21 | 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 | 30 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Finland | EUR European Euro | 90,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Rust | nix
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 | Odoo | null | null | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;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. | 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 | 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 | Understanding. | 104,413 | 10 |
18,671 | 18,672 | 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 | 21 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 35 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 90,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Project planning | 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;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 104,413 | 3 |
18,672 | 18,673 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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) | 9 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 7 | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | 70,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Pip;pnpm;Terraform;Vercel;Webpack | Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;pnpm;Vercel | Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;pnpm;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | null | null | MacOS | Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File | NA
NA | Discord;Hacker News;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Hacker News;X;YouTube | Discord;Hacker News;X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Testing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | I use it for prototyping and proof of concepts | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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 | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla... | Redis;pgvector | ai sdk | null | null | null | Posthog | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;v0.dev | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 3,947 | 10 |
18,673 | 18,674 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Retired | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);None of the above | 45 | 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 | 54 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | Solving real-world problems
NA | null | null | null | 2 | France | EUR European Euro | 30,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Sublime Text | PyCharm;Sublime Text | PyCharm;Sublime Text | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | null | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | No, i use IA only to produce small pieces of code, and to give me answer, solution, light (and often some small pieces of code) for technologies i don't know or i've forgotten. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Language processing | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | chatGPT | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | null | imagination, knowledge of basic computer's technologies, and languages Python, C++,... | 34,804 | 7 |
18,674 | 18,675 | 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 | 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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
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 | 5 | 7 | Spain | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Pacman;Pip;Terraform | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Pacman;Pip;Terraform | APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Pacman;Pip;Terraform | pixi.sh
Pixi.sh | Yes | FastAPI;Axum | FastAPI;Axum | FastAPI;Axum | Dioxus
Dioxus | Yes | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic | Pydantic | Pydantic | null | null | Arch | Windows;Ubuntu | GitLab;Obsidian;Wikis | GitLab;Obsidian;Wikis | GitLab;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | Completing or integrating complex aplications. | null | 8 |
18,675 | 18,676 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 27 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | null | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | France | EUR European Euro | 49,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Express;FastAPI;Node.js;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Windows | GitHub;Google Workspace;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;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 | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers | null | Documenting code;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 | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 56,847 | 6 |
18,676 | 18,677 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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 | 10 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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18,677 | 18,678 | I am learning to code | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other (please specify): | 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);Books / Physical media | 30 | Data scientist | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 25 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 130,000 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 130,000 | null |
18,678 | 18,679 | 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.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 4 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 6 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python | C++;Java;Kotlin | C++;Java;Kotlin | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;Ninja;npm;Pacman;Pip | Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;Ninja;npm;Pacman;Pip | Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;Ninja;npm;Pacman;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows;Android;Arch | Windows | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Business process automation;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | Integration with external agents and APIs | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
18,679 | 18,680 | 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) | 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);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 | 7 | AI/ML engineer | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 3 | Nepal | NPR Nepalese rupee | 45,000 | Yes | C;JavaScript;Lua;MATLAB;Prolog;Python;Rust;Zig | C;C++;Kotlin;Lisp;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript;Zig | C;Python;Rust;Zig | Julia
Clojure | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Bun;Cargo;Docker;Pip | null | null | zig, conda
zig, conda | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;X;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | copilot
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | null | null | Nope. I audit every single line even if it's AI generated. | 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 | null | null | 327 | 6 |
18,680 | 18,681 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 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 | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 600,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;F#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus | Docker;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus | Docker;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;RAG;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;RAG;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;RAG;Ollama | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | Windows;iOS | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;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 really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, I don't understand the hype. Its more used for rubber ducking | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Understanding good architecture, and building knowledge about how everything works. Your knowledge becomes the input for the AI model, and like all other things, its garbage in garbage out | 93,312 | 10 |
18,681 | 18,682 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 22 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 22 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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18,682 | 18,683 | 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) | 11 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 18 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 72,500 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;iOS | Windows | Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;X | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;X | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;X | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);X Grok models | X Grok models | X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Understand code to determine risks or errors before publishing, debug code issues that might not be obvious to ai tools, build out efficient systems and use efficient algorithms & frameworks | 72,500 | 9 |
18,683 | 18,684 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 28 | 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 | 38 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm | Microsoft Azure;npm | Microsoft Azure;npm | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Rider;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;MacOS;Android | Windows | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 8 |
18,684 | 18,685 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | null | null | null | null | Work | Other (please specify):
co workers want to use it | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | Other (please specify):
Great work life balance | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 5 | 0 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 200,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Asana | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | 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;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no, it's not at all. | 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 platfo... | 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. | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Being able to take a problem from a PM or EM and split it up into tasks, deliver it, and execute. Also communicating with designers. Same as now, AI is overhyped. | 200,000 | 8 |
18,685 | 18,686 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 39 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Coding Bootcamp | 39 | Database administrator or engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 175,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle | Oracle;PostgreSQL | Oracle | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | My Oracle Support Community Forums
My Oracle Support Community Forums | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Unsure | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning | Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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 | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | 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 | Application design. | 175,000 | null |
18,686 | 18,687 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 40 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Manufacturing | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 113,000 | Yes | Assembly;C;C++;VBA | Assembly;C;C++;Python;VBA | Assembly;C;C++;VBA | LabVIEW
LabVIEW | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Coding challenges | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Hell no. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing | 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 | 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 learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Macro-level understanding of the system as a whole; understanding human factors | 82,443 | 8 |
18,687 | 18,688 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 8 | Student | Less than 20 employees | null | In-person | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C#;C++;GDScript;Java;JavaScript | C#;C++;GDScript;Java;Rust;TypeScript | C#;C++;GDScript;Java | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Next.js;Svelte | Blazor | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Sublime Text | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Sublime Text | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Soft skills, such as communication | null | null |
18,688 | 18,689 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, Co... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 5 | Student | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
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 | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Lua;Python | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Lua;Python;TypeScript;Zig | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Lua;Python | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Neovim | Aider;Neovim | Aider;Neovim | NA
NA | RAG | null | null | null | null | Arch | Arch | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | 9 |
18,689 | 18,690 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Primary/elementary school | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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) | 4 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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 |
18,690 | 18,691 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Developer, mobile | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
18,691 | 18,692 | 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 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 8 | Database administrator or engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Manufacturing | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 54,000 | Yes | Go;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL | C;Go;Lua;Python;Rust;TypeScript;Zig | Go;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;Supabase | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Make;Pip;Poetry | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes | Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;uv | Polars;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;uv | null | null | Windows;iOS | Windows | Asana;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;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 | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Other (write in): | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Transfering requirements to Code | 62,648 | 0 |
18,692 | 18,693 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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 | 11 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;Ruby;Rust;TypeScript;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;TypeScript | NA
Crystal | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Supabase;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;npm;pnpm;Poetry;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;npm;pnpm;Poetry;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;Astro;Deno;Express;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Astro;Deno;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Astro;Deno;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Aider;Neovim | Aider;Neovim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Debian | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Redmine;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Mistral AI models | Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something | null | 116,015 | 8 |
18,693 | 18,694 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 19 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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) | 42 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Manufacturing | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 4 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 400,000 | Yes | C# | C# | C# | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | CouchDB
CouchDB | Yes | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord | Stack Overflow;Discord | Stack Overflow;Discord | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | Yes, in the case of relatively simple but time-consuming tasks, in clean and mature code. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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;Other (please specify): | Experience with complex code. Mathematics. Creativity in finding solutions. | 109,160 | 9 |
18,694 | 18,695 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 4 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
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 | 3 | 3 | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | null | Yes | C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;Python;SQL | Go;Java;Kotlin;SQL | Java;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Maven (build tool);Pip;Prometheus | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | Docker;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Svelte | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | GitHub;Google Colab;Miro;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Testing code | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Not quite, I'd rather vibe suggest features or improvements or structure to implement than the whole code based on the suggested structure | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;IT operations | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Perplexity | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Problem solving, architecturing, debugging, troubleshooting, problem investigation | null | 6 |
18,695 | 18,696 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled ap... | 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;Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 9 | 7 | France | EUR European Euro | 59,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Make;Microsoft Azure;pnpm;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn | Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;pnpm;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | Composer;Docker;Make;pnpm;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | React;Symfony | React;Symfony | React;Symfony | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Vim | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Debian | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Trello | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Trello | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Trello | NA
NA | Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;LinkedIn;Substack | Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | null | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | NO! | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Architecture. Design Patterns. Domain knowledge | 68,449 | 9 |
18,696 | 18,697 | 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 | 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 |
18,697 | 18,698 | 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) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., Univ... | 18 | AI/ML engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 10 | India | INR Indian rupee | 650,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Go;PowerShell;Python;SQL | PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Poetry | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Poetry | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Poetry | uv
uv | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | FastAPI;Node.js | FastAPI;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all 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 | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Writing code | null | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | yes exactly it helps in fatser development and we can spend time more on architecturing | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration withi... | null | 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 | 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 | GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB;pgvector | langchain,adk,crew ai | CrewAI;Ollama;LangChain;LangGraph | Google ADK | LangSmith;Langfuse | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Perplexity | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Soft skills like critical thinking,consulting | 7,556 | 9 |
18,698 | 18,699 | 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.) | 16 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 25 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 4 | Uruguay | UYU Uruguayan peso | 5,500,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Supabase;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Django;Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | Django;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Actix Web
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;WebStorm;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text;WebStorm;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Sublime Text;WebStorm;Zed | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu;Debian | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Wikis;YouTrack | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | 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 | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | 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 security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Soft skills. Also being able to catch up with existing code and make changes on them, specially changes that require cross-apps and cross-team changes, where AI will still lack these capabilities I think. Being able to also understand all the your work "context", the needs and priorities (soft skills again) to transfor... | 135,680 | 8 |
18,699 | 18,700 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 15 | Developer, mobile | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Poor usability
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 130,000 | Yes | C#;PowerShell | C#;F# | C# | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | 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;Arch;ChromeOS | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 fully understand something;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Debugging | 130,000 | 7 |
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