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NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | No, but I plan to soon | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 364 | null |
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NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
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NA | Yes | Cosmos DB | Cosmos DB | Cosmos DB | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;New Relic;Podman | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;React | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Django;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG | Large Language Model;RAG | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Red Hat | Azure Devops;GitHub;Microsoft Planner;Notion | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Perplexity Sonar models | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Use discussion or chat feature
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NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Government | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
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NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Comment on Q&A posts
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NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Lithuania | EUR European Euro | 40,000 | Yes | Assembly;C;C++;Python | C++;Python | C++;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Make;MSBuild;Pip | APT;Docker | APT;Docker | CMake
CMake | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | VSCodium | VSCodium | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Android;Debian | Windows;Debian | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Monday.com;Wikis | Doxygen;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | Doxygen;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | 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
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18,706 | 18,707 | 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 | 22 | Developer, mobile | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | null | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 6 | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | 3,600,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Lua;SQL;Swift | 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 | Windows;MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | 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 | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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 | Technical analysis | 45,934 | 10 |
18,707 | 18,708 | 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 | null | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media | 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 | 30 | Developer, back-end | 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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18,708 | 18,709 | 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);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 | Other (please specify): | 18 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 140,000 | Yes | Go;Rust | Go;Rust | Go;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;SQLite | DuckDB;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Axum | Astro;Axum | Astro;Axum | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Zed | Claude Code;Zed | Claude Code;Zed | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File | NA
NA | Reddit;Hacker News | Reddit;Hacker News | Reddit;Hacker News | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code | null | Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Fuck no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | 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... | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 190,598 | 7 |
18,709 | 18,710 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 6 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 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 | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Healthcare | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 5 | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 24,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;Cassandra;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Ansible;Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Podman | Ansible;Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Deno;Django;Express;Flask;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Next.js;React | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Express;Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Aider;Claude Code;Cursor;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv;Ultralytics | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv;Ultralytics | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Fedora;NixOS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Other (write in): | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I haven’t encountered any problems | coding without knowing how to or intention to get to details of how it works | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions | soft skills, critical thinking and problem solving | 24,000 | 6 |
18,710 | 18,711 | 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) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Poland | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 2,520,000 | Yes | C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;SQL;Swift | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | firebird
NA | Yes | Firebase;Google Cloud;MSBuild;NuGet | null | null | NA
NA | null | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android;iOS | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub;Google Colab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | null | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | 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);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | null | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 60,395 | 8 |
18,711 | 18,712 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | 20 | Architect, software or solutions | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 6 | 8 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 41,000 | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;Redis;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Redis | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;New Relic;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Express;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | Laravel;Node.js;Symfony;WordPress | Laravel;Node.js;Symfony;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Documenting code | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;IT operations;Cybersecurity | 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. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | Sentry;Snyk;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 47,566 | 3 |
18,712 | 18,713 | I am learning to code | Prefer not to say | Primary/elementary school | I prefer not to say | null | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | C;Python;Rust | Python;Rust | Python;Rust | 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 | Windows;Arch | Arch | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code | 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 | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
18,713 | 18,714 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media | 26 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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18,714 | 18,715 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 9 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | null | null | null | Norway | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | Nix
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | Neo4J;Valkey | null | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;npm | Prometheus | null | Nix
NA | Yes | Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;React;Axum | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code | null | null | Helix
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | MacOS;NixOS | null | Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | Mastodon
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | No | 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;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | null |
18,715 | 18,716 | 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.) | Not employed | Attending school (part-time) | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 40 | Data or business analyst | null | null | null | null | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 9 | 6 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 155,000 | Yes | Python;R;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Amazon Redshift | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;IBM Cloud | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | null | null | RStudio
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in):;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 | Business process automation;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Project management, communication, understanding customers and their problems, understanding the "why and how" of algorithms (e.g. Big O analysis), humanistic appreciation of the individual's role in society | 155,000 | null |
18,716 | 18,717 | 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 | null | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 18 | Engineering manager | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Energy | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Spain | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Podman;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Node.js;Vue.js | FastAPI | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini | Polars;uv;Ultralytics | null | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | Doxygen;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Personalized agent creation | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | 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 platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | 9 |
18,717 | 18,718 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 45 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;pnpm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes | NA
NA | Yes | NestJS;Next.js;Spring Boot | NestJS;Next.js;Spring Boot | NestJS;Next.js;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | 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 at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. I'm expert and use AI to help me. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis | null | Ollama | null | null | null | Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Using AI is another skill, a force multiplier for those already skilled. | 160,000 | 7 |
18,718 | 18,719 | 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 | 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);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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 23 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 65,000 | Yes | C++;Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C++;Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C++;Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Clojure, Haskell
Clojure, Haskell | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Datomic;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase | Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Poetry;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Poetry;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | uv
uv | Yes | AngularJS;Deno;Django;Express;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Phoenix;React;Spring Boot | FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv;Ultralytics | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv;Ultralytics | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv;Ultralytics | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Debian | MacOS;iOS;Debian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Mattermost
Mattermost | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity ... | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Predictive analytics | null | Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, vibe coding is and will never be a part. It generates crappy code, because it does not understand in which contexts and surroundings the code will be running | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis;ChromaDB;pgvector;Milvus | null | Ollama | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;v0.dev;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 | The skill to use AI to enhance the own software skills, not to replace them. | 75,410 | 8 |
18,719 | 18,720 | I am learning to code | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | null | 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) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Other: | null | null | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Morocco | USD United States dollar | null | null | Groovy;JavaScript | Ada | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | Project planning | Writing code | Learning about a codebase;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 | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation;Customer service support;Marketing | Integration with external agents and APIs | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | Zapier | null | Protect AI | null | ChatGPT;AgentGPT;Auto-GPT | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Si, muy eficaces | null | null |
18,720 | 18,721 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Primary/elementary school | 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 | null | Academic researcher | null | null | null | null | School | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | null | null | null | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 0 | null | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig;Mojo;Gleam | 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 | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS;NixOS | null | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | I don't use Stack Overflow | null | null | null | null | null | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
18,721 | 18,722 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | 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;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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Software Development | Other (please specify):
I own the company | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | null | France | EUR European Euro | 40,000 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Webpack;Yarn | APT;Bun;Docker;Pip | APT;Bun;Docker;Pip | CleverCloud, OVH, Hetzner, Scaleway
CleverCloud, OVH, Hetzner, Scaleway | Yes | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Nano;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Nano;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Nano;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | Debian | Debian | GitHub;GitLab;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Notion | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase | null | Search for answers | Other (write in): | absolutely not | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | 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 | 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 | understand what is the pain of the customer that he wants to solve | 46,406 | 10 |
18,722 | 18,723 | 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 | 16 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 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 | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 3 | Uruguay | UYU Uruguayan peso | 504,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery | jQuery | jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++ | Notepad++ | Notepad++ | Netbeans
Netbeans | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Debian | Windows | GitLab;Jira | GitLab;Jira | GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Not sure | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Writing code;Search for answers | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;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 | 12,433 | 7 |
18,723 | 18,724 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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 | 35 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
Operational maturity of supplier, built on good fundamentals | Availability of better alternatives
Overuse of AI or AI agents | Retail and Consumer Services | 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 |
18,724 | 18,725 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
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 | null | Java | Java | Java | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Netlify;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Netlify;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Netlify;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Customer service support;Marketing | MCP servers | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
18,725 | 18,726 | 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 | 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 | 27 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 95,000 | Yes | C++;Lua;Python;Rust | Elixir;TypeScript | 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 | Arch | Windows | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Discord | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Logic games/puzzles | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | null | 110,214 | 7 |
18,726 | 18,727 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 38 | Architect, software or solutions | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
Good documentation | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 30 | 10 | France | EUR European Euro | 85,000 | Yes | Go;JavaScript;Prolog;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | OCaml;Prolog;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Prolog;Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
Idris, Haskell | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Gin
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Zed | Visual Studio Code;Zed | Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | Pydantic;Ollama | Pydantic;RAG;Ollama | Pydantic;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Notion;Stack Overflow for Teams;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platfor... | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;Other (please specify): | Understanding and fixing codebases generated with AI by people who don't know programming.
In particular, safety, security, performance analysis, user research. | 98,612 | 6 |
18,727 | 18,728 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 20 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;Amazon Redshift | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;Amazon Redshift | Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;Amazon Redshift | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js | FastAPI;Flask | FastAPI;Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | null | null |
18,728 | 18,729 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | 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 | 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 | 6 | Student | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Ruby | C;Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Phoenix;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Github Copilot
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | Arch | Pop!_OS | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Answer a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Deployment and monitoring;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;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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | null |
18,729 | 18,730 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 10 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 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 | 1 |
18,730 | 18,731 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 7 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
No AI | Prohibitive pricing
Has AI features | null | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;Rust | Assembly;Rust | Assembly;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Yarn | Cargo;Docker;Podman | Cargo;Docker;Podman | Github Actions
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | uv | uv | uv | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Other (write in): | 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 | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;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 | 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 | Being able to code without AI | null | 5 |
18,731 | 18,732 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 40 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 44 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
it's of benefit | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 0 | 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 190,000 | Yes | C#;C++;Delphi;PowerShell;SQL;VBA | C++ | C++ | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | null | null | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 258,669 | 8 |
18,732 | 18,733 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 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) | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Netlify | Google Cloud;Netlify | Google Cloud;Netlify | NA
NA | Yes | Drupal;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Drupal;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Drupal;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Obsidian;Trello | NA
NA | YouTube | YouTube | YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | Not at all. I only use AI for troubleshooting specific issues, but only commit code I've written or have vetted and understand. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Other Industry purpose (write in): | Language processing | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platfor... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 150,000 | 9 |
18,733 | 18,734 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 12 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Romania | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python;Ruby;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Podman | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Other (write in): | Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | Data and analytics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI ... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices | null | null | 8 |
18,734 | 18,735 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 20 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby | Ruby | Ruby | NA
Crystal | Yes | SQLite | DuckDB;InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Make | APT;Make;Podman | APT;Make | rubygems, snapcraft
rubygems | Yes | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Sinatra, Vanilla.js
Sinatra, Vanilla.js | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
Discord, Matrix, Element, Mastodon | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Mastodon
Matrix, Element, Mastodon | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | 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 | null | Hell no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Software Engineering, Software Architecture, Optimization, Security, Computer Science. | null | 5 |
18,735 | 18,736 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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 |
18,736 | 18,737 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | null | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media | 18 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 16 | 9 | Estonia | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | C;Elixir;Erlang;Ruby;SQL;Zig | C;Elixir;Erlang;Ruby;Rust;SQL;Zig | C;Elixir;Erlang;Ruby;SQL;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Debian | Debian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);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 | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;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 | No | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Design, Architecture, Practices. | 69,609 | 8 |
18,737 | 18,738 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 14 | Engineering manager | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 4 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 50,000 | Yes | C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Redis;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | MySQL;Redis | MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;Terraform;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Symfony | React;Symfony | React;Symfony | NA
NA | null | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit | Discord;Reddit | Discord;Reddit | NA
NA | null | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes, it is partially. It helps to solve coding problems faster. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Customer service support | Language processing;MCP servers | 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 | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Coordination and teams management. Criticism with the decisions of software architecture | 58,007 | null |
18,738 | 18,739 | 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 | 21 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 24 | Developer, mobile | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 4 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 49,900 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Java;Kotlin;Python;Swift | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin;Python;Rust;Swift | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin;Python;Swift | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);Splunk | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Make | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Make | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Xcode;Zed | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Xcode;Zed | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Xcode;Zed | CotEditor
CotEditor | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;YouTrack | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Job board | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | I use AI mainly to generate one small method at a time or to translate code from one programming language to another. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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. | 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 | Ollama | null | Snyk | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Have a good overview of the project. | 57,891 | 7 |
18,739 | 18,740 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 23 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 25 | Engineering manager | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Energy | Other (please specify):
Positive impact of work | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 135,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;Amazon Redshift | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Datadog;Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Poetry;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Poetry | Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Poetry | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Next.js;React;Vue.js | FastAPI;React | FastAPI;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Linear;Miro;Notion;Trello | GitHub;Linear;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Linear;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Reddit;Hacker News | Reddit;Hacker News | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Just starting to | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;Other (please specify): | null | 183,791 | 9 |
18,740 | 18,741 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges;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 | 10 | Developer, game or graphics | 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 | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Other: | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 51,500 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;OCaml;PowerShell;Python;Rust | C#;F#;GDScript;Kotlin;OCaml;Rust | C#;Kotlin;OCaml;Rust | Haskell
Haskell | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;npm;NuGet;Terraform | Cargo;npm;NuGet;Terraform | Cargo;npm;NuGet;Terraform | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | CLion
CLion | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | No, not really | 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;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. I need my code to be high quality and actually do what I want. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have impr... | 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 | 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. | 70,113 | 6 |
18,741 | 18,742 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (part-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 4 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other: | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | Czech Republic | GBP Pound sterling | 15,600 | Yes | JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;React;Vue.js | Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;React;Vue.js | Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not at all | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Testing code | null | null | null | null | null | Definitely not | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | Critical thinking, | 21,238 | 7 |
18,742 | 18,743 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 2 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;Make;npm;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Supabase;Vite | Google Cloud;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;jQuery;Node.js;React;Svelte | AngularJS;Astro;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Node.js;React;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;visionOS | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | NA
NA | Discord;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, 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 | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | The ability to read and analyze code, to plan and coordinate features and to understand what is and isn't feasable | null | null |
18,743 | 18,744 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 27 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 33 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Energy | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 9 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 190,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Prometheus;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Miro | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat 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;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | It is not, and I hiss when I spot it in work others try to check in. The core of successful professional software development is understanding the domain you work with and efficiently writing code that implements solutions in that domain. Vibe coding typically adds a soup of barely intelligible cruft to the code base, ... | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | The ability to codify business logic in maintainable code. Asking business people questions about the problems that need solving and translating that into readable, maintainable, performant code. Being able to evaluate the first solution that springs to mind with an eye on future costs and evolve it into a sustainable ... | 190,000 | 8 |
18,744 | 18,745 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 25 | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
non sucking | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | 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 | 9 |
18,745 | 18,746 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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 |
18,746 | 18,747 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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) | 5 | Developer, full-stack | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 6 | Nigeria | NGN Nigerian naira | 100,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB | BigQuery;MongoDB | MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Netlify;npm;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Firebase;Google Cloud;Make;Netlify;npm;Pip;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Chocolatey;Netlify;npm;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Node.js;React;WordPress | Express;jQuery;Node.js;React;WordPress | Express;jQuery;Node.js;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Windows;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics;Marketing | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Replit | 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... | Coding and programming skills, learn how software works and how the technologies behave | 65 | 0 |
18,747 | 18,748 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 15 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 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 | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Colombia | COP Colombian peso | 90,000 | Yes | JavaScript;MicroPython;Python;SQL | Go;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Make | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask | FastAPI | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim | Aider;Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | Pydantic;uv | Polars | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;LinkedIn | 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 | Long-form articles;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning | Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | not really, I think it takes more time than just writing it yourself | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have 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 | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | soft skills, | 22 | 9 |
18,748 | 18,749 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Games or coding challenges | 1 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Other (please specify):
Advertising Oversaturation | null | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | WordPress | ASP.NET;Flask;Node.js;Ruby on Rails | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Ollama | null | null | null | Windows;Android | null | GitHub;Stack Overflow for Teams | Azure Devops | null | NA
NA | YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | null | null | NA
NA | null | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;Other (write in): | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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... | Critical Thinking, Self-Discipline | null | null |
18,749 | 18,750 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 44 | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | 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 | 2 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 165,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Ruby;Rust | Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Podman;Webpack | Podman | Podman | Rancher
Rancher | Yes | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Ollama | null | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Pop!_OS | Linux (non-WSL);Pop!_OS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
WeKan | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Substack;Medium | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | Discourse
Discourse | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Perplexity Sonar models | Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Debugging or fixing code | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics;Customer service support | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Google Gemini;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;Other (please specify): | Deciphering documentation for newly developed tools/solutions. Implementing new/innovative technologies. Developing more effective AI tools. | 165,000 | 9 |
18,750 | 18,751 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | Volunteering (regularly) | 46 | 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 | 50 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 30,000 | Yes | C# | C#;Python | C# | 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 | Windows | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Other (write in):
Assist in moderation | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;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. Never tried it. Don't trust it. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;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 | Attention to detail | 40,842 | null |
18,751 | 18,752 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 25 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | null | France | EUR European Euro | 120,000 | Yes | C#;SQL | C#;SQL | C#;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Trello | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | No | null | 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 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Other (write in): | 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 | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 139,218 | null |
18,752 | 18,753 | 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 | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 10 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 80,000 | Yes | Java;Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Go;Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;pnpm;Vercel;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;pnpm;Vercel;Yarn | uv
uv | Yes | Next.js;React;Spring Boot;Axum | Next.js;Spring Boot;Axum | Next.js;Spring Boot;Axum | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;uv | Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;uv | Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;uv | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;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 Image generating 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 Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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 | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Generating content or synthetic data | 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 | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Cursor | 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 | 92,812 | 8 |
18,753 | 18,754 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 6 | Other (please specify): | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 1 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | C;C++;Kotlin;TypeScript | Kotlin;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL | MariaDB | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle | Docker;Microsoft Azure | Docker | NA
NA | Yes | Nuxt.js;Vue.js | Nuxt.js;Vue.js | Nuxt.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | null | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Problem solving, logical reasoning | null | null |
18,754 | 18,755 | I am learning to code | Prefer not to say | Other (please specify): | I prefer not to say | null | 99 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 98 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
n/a | Security or privacy concerns
n/a | null | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 99 | 99 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 999,999,999,999,999 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Webpack | Vercel;Vite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Svelte;Vue.js | Svelte | Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Bolt;Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Cursor;PyCharm;Vim | Cursor;PyCharm;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Asana;Azure Devops;Coda;Doxygen;Microsoft Planner;Notion | Clickup;Confluence;Doxygen;GitLab;Google Colab;Monday.com | Doxygen | NA
NA | Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Exchange;Dev.to;Hacker News;Bluesky;Kaggle;YouTube;Substack | Stack Exchange;Hacker News;Bluesky;Kaggle;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Cohere: Command A;Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Decision intelligence;Marketing | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | 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.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 a... | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Redis;Letta;GitHub MCP Server | na | Vertex AI;LangChain;Smol-AGI;phidata | null | Metero;opik;Protect AI | null | ChatGPT;Glean (Enterprise Agents) | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | null |
18,755 | 18,756 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 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 | I don’t know | 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Media & Advertising Services | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 1 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 200,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | C#;Go;JavaScript;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Redis | Redis | Redis | AWS DocumentDB
AWS DocumentDB | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;New Relic;npm;NuGet;Terraform;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;New Relic;npm;NuGet;Terraform;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;New Relic;npm;NuGet;Terraform;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;NestJS;Node.js;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Azure Devops;Confluence;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | No, not really | About half of the time | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 200,000 | 9 |
18,756 | 18,757 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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) | 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) | 14 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 10 | Nigeria | NGN Nigerian naira | 43,000,000 | Yes | Java;Python;SQL | C#;Dart;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL | Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | H2;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Pip | Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Pip | Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Red Hat | GitHub;Jira | Jira;Obsidian | Jira | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Not really... | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Decision intelligence | 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 | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Problem solving and understanding changing requirements | 27,763 | null |
18,757 | 18,758 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 18 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | Media & Advertising Services | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Czech Republic | EUR European Euro | 170,000 | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | NA
NA | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | A professional can deliver working and problem-solving code every single time, finish the work within the timeframe he estimated, and fix all reported bugs. If vibe coders can do the same, then it is professional. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I 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 | 197,225 | 9 |
18,758 | 18,759 | 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 | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 2 | Finland | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Ada;C;C#;Elixir;F#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;OCaml;Python;SQL;Swift | Assembly;C;Elixir;F#;Go;OCaml;Python | C;Elixir;F#;Go;OCaml;Python | Haskell, Pascal
NA | Yes | MongoDB;SQLite | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | MongoDB;SQLite | 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;Arch | Windows | Google Workspace | GitLab | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | 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 | Other (write in):
Get an answer for my question | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | If I was an employer and one of my employees attempted to introduce vibe coded work into the codebase I would fire them on the spot.
Since the code wasn't written by a human there is no one who can explain the thought process or design decisions behind why the code is written the way it is. This means the code would be... | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Reading and understanding code. Someone has to fix the vibe coded mess after all.
Being able to structure an application | null | null |
18,759 | 18,760 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 5 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | null | null | null | null | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 15 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript | Svelte
Svelte | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Google Cloud;Netlify;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Netlify;npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Netlify;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Svelte | Node.js;Svelte | Node.js;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Nano;Notepad++;VSCodium | Nano;Notepad++;VSCodium | Nano;Notepad++;VSCodium | NA
NA | hostinger | hostinger | hostinger | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well 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 | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No, "vibe coding" is not part of my professional development work. | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | I think all skills remain valuable. AI tools should augment existing skills, not replace the individual altogether. | null | null |
18,760 | 18,761 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 28 | 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);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);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 28 | Architect, software or solutions | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 15 | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | 8,500,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Kotlin;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Terraform;Vite | Cargo;Firebase;Google Cloud;Prometheus | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;FastAPI;Next.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Nuxt.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | Writing code;Testing code | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | Redis;pgvector | null | Ollama | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Perplexity | 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;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Systems thinking & architecture philosophy - Complex dependency optimization, non-functional requirements
Root cause analysis - Separating symptoms from true bottlenecks, understanding real business needs
Risk prediction & design - 10-year technology forecasting, chaos engineering, security threat modeling
Deep domain ... | 58,725 | 5 |
18,761 | 18,762 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 15 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip | APT;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes | APT;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;jQuery;Node.js;React;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | null | null | NA
NA | Ollama;visionOS | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Other (write in): | Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | sometimes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | 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 | Fast understanding of code | null | 6 |
18,762 | 18,763 | 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 | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 10 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 6 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 155,195 | Yes | C#;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Ruby;TypeScript | GDScript;HTML/CSS;Lua;Python;Swift;TypeScript | GDScript;HTML/CSS;Lua;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Docker;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Bun;Homebrew;Netlify;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | Bun;Homebrew;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | Astro;Next.js;Node.js;React | Astro;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui;visionOS | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Windows;MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;Substack | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no, I use AI to aid my decision making or debug particular problems, but don't generally trust (or have experience with) tools that can create the software from start to finish. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | 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.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;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. | null | null | null | null | null | New Relic | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;v0.dev | Warp | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | I think that debugging will remain a valuable skill, since you may still encounter issues where the AI cannot adequately deal with the bugs it encounters. | 155,195 | 8 |
18,763 | 18,764 | 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 | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 3 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | Ruby | Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Heroku;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React;Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Zed | Neovim;Zed | Neovim;Zed | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models | Mistral AI models | Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | mostly not | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 | the search for solutions/ideas that solve actual real life problems in a meaningful and doable way | 116,015 | 7 |
18,764 | 18,765 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 15 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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18,765 | 18,766 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (part-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 9 | Benin | XOF West African CFA franc | 960,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;Python;R;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Python;R;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python;R;SQL | LaTeX
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Make;Pacman;Pip;Podman | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Composer;Kubernetes;Make;Ninja;Pacman;Pip;Podman | Cargo;Make;Pacman;Pip;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Django | Django;Laravel | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Helix, Qtcreator, Rstudio, Kate, Codeblocks, Scratch
NA | Large Language Model | Odoo;Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Android;iOS;Arch | iOS;Arch | GitHub;Google Colab | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Less than one year | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Committing and reviewing code | Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | null | Yes, somewhat | Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Personalized agent creation | 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 increased my productivity. | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | 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 | Problem solving.
Developers work will become more and more mathematical and low level, and a solid understanding of base concepts will be required to be considerate as an invaluable resource.
Adaptability
Developers who will know how to leverage AI at every step of their development process, will also become invalu... | 1,698 | null |
18,766 | 18,767 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 3 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of... | VES Venezuelan bolivar | 90,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;R;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | H2;PostgreSQL | DuckDB;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm | APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Maven (build tool) | APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Maven (build tool) | Apache Ant
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Ollama;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama;uv | Ollama;uv | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu | GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Direct messaging of users;Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | 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 | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Low level implementation details, knowing the business domain
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18,767 | 18,768 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Primary/elementary school | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | 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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18,768 | 18,769 | 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 | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 14 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | 50,000 | Yes | Assembly;C;C#;C++;Delphi;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;C;C#;C++;TypeScript | Assembly;C;C#;C++;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Vue.js | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Vue.js | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Vim;Visual Studio | Vim;Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Delphi 12+ Athens | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Workspace | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to | Discord;Reddit | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Nope | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec ... | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | pgvector | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Imagination. | 1,262 | 4 |
18,769 | 18,770 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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) | 20 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 2 | Chile | CLP Chilean peso | 112,000,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;Python;Gleam | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes | Docker;Kubernetes | Docker;Kubernetes | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;React | FastAPI | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Rider;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Lemmy
Lemmy | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | null | Predictive analytics | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | 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.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | software architecture, modelling. | 118,754 | 8 |
18,770 | 18,771 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 34 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 43 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Media & Advertising Services | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Serbia | RSD Serbian dinar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python | MEL (Maya Embedded Language), blueprint for UE
MEL (Maya Embedded Language), blueprint for UE | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm | Notepad++;PyCharm;VSCodium | Notepad++;PyCharm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL);ChromeOS | Windows | Trello | GitLab;Jira;Trello | Trello | Box (sort of), ToDoList (for personal use)
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | 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);Message Boards;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | No, but I plan to soon | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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... | ethical values, realistic future prediction and expectations | null | null |
18,771 | 18,772 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (part-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Reputation for quality
environmental care | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | Colombia | COP Colombian peso | null | Yes | Python | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig;Mojo;Gleam | Python | python, C++
Go, Java, JavaScript, Bash/Shell | Yes | null | null | null | NA
MySQL | Yes | null | null | null | NA
Google Cloud | Yes | null | null | null | NA
Django | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Xcode | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code
Eclipse | null | null | null | null | Google Gemini | Ubuntu;Android | null | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | Google Colab, GitHub
NA | YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | YouTube | Linkedin, Reddit, Discord, Youtube
Stack Overflow | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code | Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, currently I've not used vibe coding, but with the new technologys I'd use secure | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | created AI, big data, vibe coding | null | null |
18,772 | 18,773 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Primary/elementary school | I prefer not to say | null | 2 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 1 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 100 | 123 | Nigeria | USD United States dollar | 1,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges | null | null | null | No, but I plan to soon | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | An international photographic contest where you can showcase Nigeria's unique natural environment and potentially win a prize. | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Learn | 1,000 | null |
18,773 | 18,774 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | None of the above | 36 | 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, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 74,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;iOS | Azure Devops | null | null | NA
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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 | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;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 | not at all | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 100,745 | 7 |
18,774 | 18,775 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 9 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | 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 | Costs are manageable
Drag and drop doesnt work in FF android 😂👍 | Prohibitive pricing
Still doesnt work👍👍👍 | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 7 | 12 | Nomadic | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;GDScript;PHP;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;GDScript;PHP;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | H2;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Make;Ninja;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Yarn | Cargo;Docker;Make;Pacman;Prometheus | Cargo;Docker;Make;Pacman;Prometheus | apt, rpm
apt | Yes | React | React | React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Debian | GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles | Comment on Q&A posts
Fix dnd please 💩💩💩 | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No | No, 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 | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Ability not to poop more and more AI questions I think | null | 6 |
18,775 | 18,776 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 13 | AI/ML engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | null | null | Banking/Financial Services | Expert mentors
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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18,776 | 18,777 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 23 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Games or coding challenges;Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 41 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Work | Costs are manageable
Tech company finacials are stable | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | Other (please specify):
N/A - I am unemplyed | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 7 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;Oracle;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Symfony | jQuery | jQuery | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Trello;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube | phpBB sites, SMF sites
phpBB sites, SMF sites | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | 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;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | Vibe coding is not coding. | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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... | 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... | AI cannot create new concepts it can only statistically remix existing concepts. AI is as reliable at coding as it is at answering any other text based question - almost every answer contains some amount of hallucination. Fake references, faulty logic. It works about as well as Eliza would in an MMO lobby. | null | 5 |
18,777 | 18,778 | 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 | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 11 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 45,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | Cloud Firestore;PostgreSQL | Cloud Firestore;PostgreSQL | AWS Neptune
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Supabase | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;npm | NA
NA | Yes | NestJS;Node.js | NestJS;Node.js | NestJS;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Android;iOS | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS | Asana;GitHub;Jira | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | 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 | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Predictive analytics | Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in): | Partially, I am trying not to rely on LLMs output a lot and I do not want to put not tested / not understood code into the codebase. | 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;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 1,078 | 6 |
18,778 | 18,779 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 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
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18,779 | 18,780 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 26 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 34 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Hungary | HUF Hungarian forint | 12,000,000 | Yes | Delphi;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB | MariaDB | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;jQuery | Angular | Angular | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Debian | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;Debian;iPadOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Other (write in): | We tried, but it didn't work. The generated code never works, we have to go down almost line-by-line code generation because it can't even make a 4-5 line perfect function. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Thinking, these AIs are fake, these are not event AI, it's only LLM. AI is a marketing bullshit. | 34,700 | 9 |
18,780 | 18,781 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 37 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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) | 41 | Developer, front-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 150,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
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 | 150,000 | 7 |
18,781 | 18,782 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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-... | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 4 | Project manager | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | In-person | No | School | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Media & Advertising Services | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 4 | France | EUR European Euro | 22,000 | null | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | C++;COBOL;Python | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Oracle;SQLite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Vercel;Yarn | Kubernetes;Vite | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;Symfony | null | null | NA
NA | null | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Microsoft Fabric;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Notion;Redmine;YouTrack | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;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 | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Absolutely not. I like to use AI to learn. I write : "don't give me the answer. I want a guide, ask me question to find the solution for my task" | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | IT operations | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | 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 | 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. | Neo4j | null | Ollama;Zapier;Haystack | null | Galileo | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Perplexity;Cody | null | 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 | Complex code, old langage, network request | 25,523 | null |
18,782 | 18,783 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 23 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | 23 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | Government | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 200,000 | Yes | C#;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;F#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL | Dynamodb;Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Dynamodb;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Podman;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite;Yarn | Argo CD
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Express;Flask;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Svelte | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Aider;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode | Aider;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;WebStorm | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;RAG | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Airtable;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Miro;Trello;Wikis | Airtable;Azure Devops;GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Trello;Wikis | Airtable;GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Miro;Trello;Wikis | NA
NA | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn;Substack | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Replit | 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... | Enough engineering skill, thinking to judge AI output well. | 200,000 | 5 |
18,783 | 18,784 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 24 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 33 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Higher Education | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 9 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 163,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | DuckDB;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | ChromaDB
ChromaDB | Yes | Docker;npm;Pip;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Webpack | Docker;npm;Pip;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | null | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;WebStorm | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;WebStorm | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;WebStorm | NA
NA | Large Language Model;LangGraph | Large Language Model;LangGraph | Large Language Model;LangGraph | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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 | No, but I plan to soon | Unsure | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;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;Data and analytics | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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 | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 | Redis;ChromaDB | LangChain, LangGraph | LangChain;LangGraph | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions | Technical architecture - AI does not understand how to create software with a view towards its future evolution over the lifespan of the solution. It doesn't engineer with insight into what changes/upgrades may be added in the future. | 163,000 | 2 |
18,784 | 18,785 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 5 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Energy | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 7 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 10,000 | Yes | C# | C# | C# | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Microsoft Fabric | .NET 8 or higher;Microsoft Fabric | .NET 8 or higher;Microsoft Fabric | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;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;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 | 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. | 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 | xd | 2,729 | null |
18,785 | 18,786 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Robust and complete API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | Colombia | COP Colombian peso | null | Yes | Python | Assembly;Python | Python | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;Amazon Redshift | MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | hostinger;Google Gemini | hostinger;Google Gemini | hostinger;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Debian | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | 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.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Well yes, but actually no | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Robotics | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | All | null | null |
18,786 | 18,787 | 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 | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 12 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 69,000 | Yes | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;pnpm;Podman;Vite;Webpack | Bun;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;pnpm;Podman;Vite;Webpack | Bun;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;pnpm;Podman;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Next.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Next.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS | Windows;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | Confluence;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;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Testing code | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | It depends. I think it’s important to take shoutcuts with AI, but you still need to know what the code is doing | 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.;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. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 80,050 | 9 |
18,787 | 18,788 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 14 | 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;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Engineering manager | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | 130,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;SQLite | MariaDB;SQLite | MariaDB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Podman;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Podman;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Podman;Terraform | SaltStack
SaltStack | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Ollama | Large Language Model;Pydantic | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab | Confluence;GitHub | Confluence;GitHub | Wrike
Wrike | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | 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;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Not at all acceptable. Using LLMs to quickly build up a simple framework / structure is fine, but the engineer must understand what is being produced | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 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 | Creativity, particularly with regards to product, solution design and the overall direction / vision. I'm inclined to think that developers will start to become more like project/product managers | 78,306 | null |
18,788 | 18,789 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly) | 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) | 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);Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 5 | AI/ML engineer | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | 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 | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Writing code;Testing code | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | null | null | null | 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.;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 ab... | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
18,789 | 18,790 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 35 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 45 | Engineering manager | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 550,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Rust | Go;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite | Databricks SQL;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Terraform;Vite | Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Poetry;Terraform;Vite | Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Poetry;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Next.js;Svelte | Next.js;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;RustRover;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;RustRover;WebStorm | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Monday.com | Confluence;GitHub | Confluence;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no, vibe coding should not be part of professional software development. if you're using an AI to hack around with technologies/languages you don't understand, be honest that you're not a professional and are just prototyping. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI ... | null | null | 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... | deep knowledge of systems, design, and the integration of complex sets of tools working together to build enterprise systems | 748,778 | 7 |
18,790 | 18,791 | 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) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 12 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 0 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MongoDB | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;pnpm;Yarn | Splunk | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla... | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | null | 8 |
18,791 | 18,792 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 32 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 37 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
Security is key, but if it doesn't pass the first 3 it doesn't matter | Other: | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C;C#;C++;Go;Groovy;Java;Python | C;C++;Go | C;C++;Go | NA
NA | null | MongoDB | MongoDB | MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | Gittea
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Other (write in):
I'm usually just looking for answer and google takes me to Stack Overflow | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Not yet, but I might try it for Go | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;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 | Troubleshooting, the ability to figure out _when_ a bug was introduced. | null | 9 |
18,792 | 18,793 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 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) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 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 | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 97,250 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;npm;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Symfony;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian | null | Azure Devops;GitHub;Monday.com | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | 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 | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;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.;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 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 | peer to peer problem solving | 97,250 | 8 |
18,793 | 18,794 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 14 | 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 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 16 | DevOps engineer or professional | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
not pushing for AI | Ethical concerns
Pushing for AI | Higher Education | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 7 | 4 | France | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Dart;Go;JavaScript;Python;SQL;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;MongoDB;Oracle;SQLite | Cosmos DB;MariaDB;MongoDB;SQLite | Cosmos DB;MongoDB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Vite | pulumi
pulumi | Yes | FastAPI;jQuery;Node.js;React | jQuery;React;Vue.js;WordPress | jQuery;React | bun
bun | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Odoo;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | mistral | mistral | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Trello | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Daily or almost daily | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;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;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | no | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | producing good simple code instead of slop | 69,609 | 8 |
18,794 | 18,795 | 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 | 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 | 24 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | 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 | 3 |
18,795 | 18,796 | 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 (10-19 hours per week) | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | 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
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 |
18,796 | 18,797 | I code primarily as a hobby | Prefer not to say | null | Not employed | null | 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);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 | null | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C;C++ | null | null | C, Objc, C++
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | c++23 | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Less than one year | 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 | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | null | null | null | null | 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. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
18,797 | 18,798 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 6 | 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 | 13 | Developer, mobile | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Fintech | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 3 | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | 977,000 | Yes | Dart;Kotlin;Swift | Dart;Kotlin | Dart;Kotlin | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | MacOS;Android;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;YouTrack | GitHub;YouTrack | GitHub;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No, this is far from production grade. Parts of a LLM prompt might help with a complex part of a problem but not in entirety. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Other Industry purpose (write in): | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | ChatGPT | Grok, Edge Copilot | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Managing large codebases efficiently. And the interaction between complex systems divided in 100+ repos in large organizations. | 96,554 | 5 |
18,798 | 18,799 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 13 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 4 | 15 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 150,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Lua;Prolog;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;Lisp;Lua;Prolog;Rust;Zig | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Lisp;Lua;Prolog;Rust;Zig | Clojure
Clojure | Yes | SQLite | Datomic;PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Podman | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Podman | Cargo;Podman | Nix
Nix | Yes | Axum | Axum | Axum | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | NixOS | MacOS | GitHub | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Lobsters, Fediverse
Lobsters, Fediverse | 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 | 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;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Problem solving and deep understanding of tools. | 27,306 | 8 |
18,799 | 18,800 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | Prefer not to say | null | I prefer not to say | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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