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19,901 | 19,902 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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 | 30 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
sound conceptual basis | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Energy | Other (please specify):
Advancing my own startup | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 75,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin | Haskell
Haskell | Yes | InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | CouchDB
CouchDB | Yes | Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Pip;Prometheus | Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Prometheus | Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Spring Boot | Django;Spring Boot | Django;Spring Boot | http4k
http4k | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | arrow-kt | arrow-kt | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles | Ask a question
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NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | emacs
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NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Solving real-world problems
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NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;Cockroachdb | PostgreSQL;Redis;Cockroachdb | PostgreSQL;Redis;Cockroachdb | NA
NA | Yes | Docker | Docker | Docker | nomad
nomad | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;YouTrack | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 169,381 | 10 |
19,907 | 19,908 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 14 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | null | null | Software Development | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 20 | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | 450,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Deployment and monitoring | Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes it is | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support | Multi-platform search enablement | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 62,678 | 8 |
19,908 | 19,909 | 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.) | 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);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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 30 | Architect, software or solutions | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 92,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Swift | JavaScript;Kotlin;Swift;TypeScript | JavaScript;Kotlin;Swift | Objective-C
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 | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Vim | Vim | Github Codespaces
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android;ChromeOS | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Wikis | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Wikis | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Wikis | Figma, Office
Figma | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | not yet | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Decision intelligence | Multi-platform search enablement;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have 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 | 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.;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 | GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | Logical thinking, analytic skills, problem solving, critical evaluation | 106,733 | null |
19,909 | 19,910 | 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 | 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 | 25 | Engineering manager | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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19,910 | 19,911 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 11 | Academic researcher | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C;C++;Fortran;Python | Python;Rust | Python | NA
Julia | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Make;Pacman;Pip | Make;Pacman;Pip | Make;Pacman;Pip | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Vim | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Arch | Arch | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | readthedocs
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
19,911 | 19,912 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | DevOps engineer or professional | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 1 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 54,600 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Lisp;Lua;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL | Zig | null | NA
nimni | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pacman;Pip;Splunk;Terraform;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Flask;Laravel;React | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;MacOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | To some extent I do use vibe coding to give me a starting point but it's terrible for anything beyond that. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 | 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 | Redis | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Sanity checking, following best practices, discerning validity of solutions, problem solving | 63,344 | null |
19,912 | 19,913 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Books / Physical media | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Sri Lanka | LKR Sri Lankan rupee | null | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | null | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | 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 | null | null | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | 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 want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
19,913 | 19,914 | 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 | 28 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 64,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | npm;Vite;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;NestJS;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, it may be useful for POC or stubs but not whole apps. The effort to drive AI into the right direction is too much. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;IT operations | Language processing | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;Replit | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Keep an eye on the overall tech stack. Create new solutions for new problems. | 74,249 | 7 |
19,914 | 19,915 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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19,915 | 19,916 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 15 | 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 | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 5 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 37,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Go;Kotlin;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Heroku;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Railway;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Django;Next.js;Node.js | Django;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Debian;iPadOS | MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | Outline
Outline | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people) | 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 | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no, i always read test and tweak the generated code, which is never completely satisfying | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | complex architecture, new problems | 42,925 | 6 |
19,916 | 19,917 | 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.) | 22 | 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;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 35 | Architect, software or solutions | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
Presence of AI or AI agents | Other: | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;F#;HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;TypeScript;Gleam | C#;HTML/CSS;Python;TypeScript | Julia
Julia | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | DuckDB;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Make | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Podman;Poetry | Ansible;APT;Docker | NA
Meson | Yes | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core;Axum | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;VSCodium | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;VSCodium;Zed | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;VSCodium | Helix
Helix, Pluto.jl | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Polars;Pydantic | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Debian | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian;Fedora | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian;Wikis | Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | 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) | Mastodon
Mastodon | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | 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, and it never will be. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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... | Being able to write code that isn't a slow, bloated, unmaintainable, bug and security hole-riddled nightmare. | 81,685 | 8 |
19,917 | 19,918 | 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 | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 4 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python;Scala;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Pip;Splunk | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Miro;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Problem solving | null | null |
19,918 | 19,919 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Other: | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | France | EUR European Euro | 42,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;R;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Svelte;Vue.js | Angular;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Svelte;Vue.js | Angular;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Svelte;Vue.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Miro;Redmine | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Mistral AI models | Mistral AI models | Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 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 | null | 48,726 | 8 |
19,919 | 19,920 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL | COBOL;Erlang;Lua;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Heroku;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | null | null | flask
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Cursor | null | NA
NA | Odoo;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | Humanity, leadership | null | 8 |
19,920 | 19,921 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 15 | Project manager | 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Government | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 80,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PHP;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker;npm;Webpack | Ansible;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Webpack | Composer;Docker;npm;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery | Angular;Laravel | null | Laminas
Laminas | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | telegram
telegram | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Oh hell 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 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.;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 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 | Debug | 99,194 | null |
19,921 | 19,922 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 7 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
Popularity | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
Bad tooling (e.g.: linter, package manager) | 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 | 8 | 30 | Romania | RON Romanian leu | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;Java;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Make;Ninja;npm;Pip | Bun;Cargo;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Supabase;Terraform | Cargo;Docker | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;NixOS | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | 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 | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | No, not really | 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 | 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;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, I'm not a vibe coder and I don't think this approach works. You need to have a good understanding of software development and Computer Science concepts in order to use AI efficiently. | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the 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... | empathy, communication, critical thinking | null | null |
19,922 | 19,923 | 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 | Attending school (part-time) | 6 | null | null | 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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19,923 | 19,924 | 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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job... | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 13 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
literally anything is more attractive than AI slop | Availability of better alternatives
AI integration | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 54,000 | Yes | C;C++;Java | C++;GDScript;Java | C++;Java | NA
cppfront | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows | Windows;Red Hat | GitHub | null | null | gitea, mantis
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | 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;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | hell no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | 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. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Understanding code, good design principles, ability to understand a codebase, patience | 73,516 | 10 |
19,924 | 19,925 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Games or coding challenges | 20 | Architect, software or solutions | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | Estonia | EUR European Euro | 4,500 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | BigQuery;Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Chocolatey;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Ansible;Chocolatey;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;Spring Boot | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Svelte | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Odoo;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;Doxygen;Jira;Trello | Doxygen;Obsidian;Trello | Doxygen;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | 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 | 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. | 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 | thinking, analysis. ai is not capable of reasoning | 5,221 | 7 |
19,925 | 19,926 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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19,926 | 19,927 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 20 | Other (please specify): | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 10 | India | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C;C#;C++;Dart;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Lua;MicroPython;OCaml;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript | GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | webassembly,
webassenbly,appscript | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;IBM DB2;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;npm;Pip;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn | Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;npm;Pip;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn | EXPO
EXPO | Yes | Django;Express;Flask;Node.js;React | Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | Django;Express;Flask;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Pop!_OS | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Pop!_OS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | 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) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | i am into vibe coding. sometimes vibe coding (converting simple ideas into solution with ai) helps you save the time. The side tasks are taken care by one time vibe coding task eg.. tracking timesheet or other clerical work. it saves your time to search n number of available tools and customize according to your requir... | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Marketing | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Perplexity;Blackbox AI;Lovable.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;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... | logic, problem identification, problem solving, communication skills, observation skills, leadership, PEP TALK(people need it), enthusiasm and passion to work | null | 6 |
19,927 | 19,928 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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19,928 | 19,929 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 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);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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 19 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 6 | 6 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 110,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | sqlite
sqlite | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;Make;npm;Poetry;Vite;Webpack | APT;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Make;npm;Vite | APT;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Make;npm;Vite | uv
uv | Yes | Django;Express;Flask;Laravel;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Django;Express;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js;Axum | Django;Express;Flask;Node.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;PyCharm;RustRover;Sublime Text;Vim;VSCodium;WebStorm;Xcode | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;PyCharm;RustRover;Vim;VSCodium;WebStorm;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;PyCharm;RustRover;Vim;VSCodium;WebStorm | NA
NA | hostinger;Large Language Model;uv | hostinger;Large Language Model;uv | hostinger;Large Language Model;uv | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Mistral AI models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | null | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | 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. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Code review, debugging, architectural decisions, comparison between multiple solutions proposed by AI tools, privacy and security audits | 127,616 | 8 |
19,929 | 19,930 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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 | 14 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Manufacturing | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;PowerShell;Python | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python;Rust | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python | Verilog
Verilog | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Make;Pacman;Pip | APT;Cargo;Pacman | APT;Pacman | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;PyCharm;Sublime Text | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;PyCharm;Sublime Text | Vivado, Vitis
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitLab;Markdown File | Confluence;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, 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 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 | null | null |
19,930 | 19,931 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 16 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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19,931 | 19,932 | 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 | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Manufacturing | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 5 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 36,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP | GDScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;MySQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Datadog | null | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Vue.js | Nuxt.js | null | Magento 2
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;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 | No and fuck off with all this AI bullshit | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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;When I need quick h... | All of them, since AI is never going to take over actual developer jobs | 41,765 | 8 |
19,932 | 19,933 | 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 | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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19,933 | 19,934 | 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 | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 6 | Developer, game or graphics | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 3 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Make;npm;Vite | Cargo;Cloudflare;Gradle;Make;Vite | Cargo;Cloudflare;Gradle;Make;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;VSCodium | IntelliJ IDEA;VSCodium | IntelliJ IDEA;VSCodium | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Debian;Pop!_OS | Ubuntu;Debian;Pop!_OS | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | I use my brain to write MY code, not to tell something to guess what I want to write, while stealing other's copyrighted work. | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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... | Knowing how to write code that works, and is actually copyrightable. This invalidates the purpose of AI. If AI was 'needed' to automate your boilerplate, perhaps it didn't need to exist to the extent it does. | null | 5 |
19,934 | 19,935 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Books / Physical media | 35 | Other (please specify): | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
UX/UI | Poor usability
NA | Other: | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 2 | 4 | Greece | EUR European Euro | 58,000 | Yes | Delphi;SQL | Delphi;SQL | Delphi;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Azure SQL Database
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Sharepoint, Smartsheet
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating 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 | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes, but with a lot of distrust because of the poor answers. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Architecture, Problem Understanding, Code Review | 67,289 | null |
19,935 | 19,936 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 36 | AI/ML engineer | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 80,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;iPadOS | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI);Other (write in): | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving |
no but one day it might be | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | 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.;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 | 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 | problem solving, technical coding skills, soft skills | 108,913 | 8 |
19,936 | 19,937 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc);Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 11 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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19,937 | 19,938 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 12 | DevOps engineer or professional | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
everything but AI | Other (please specify):
AI focus | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 20 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Kotlin;Rust;SQL | Kotlin;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;npm;Pacman | Cargo;Docker;Pacman | Cargo;Docker;Pacman | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress;Axum | Axum | Axum | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;NixOS | Arch;NixOS | GitHub;GitLab;Notion | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platfor... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | Thinking, plain rational thinking, reasoning, and the ability to actually formulate search queries and connected sentences instead of prompts. | null | 7 |
19,938 | 19,939 | 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 | 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);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | 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 | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | C#;C++;Kotlin;Rust;TypeScript | C#;C++;Kotlin;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cargo;Docker;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet;Pacman;pnpm | Cargo;Docker;NuGet;Pacman;pnpm | Cargo;Docker;NuGet;Pacman;pnpm | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;React;Spring Boot;Axum | React;Axum | React;Axum | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;uv | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;uv | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;uv | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X | lobste.rs
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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 weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | null | null | Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla... | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Pretty much everything right now. Some parts are gonna change but I don't think the skills necessary for being a software dev change dramatically. | null | 8 |
19,939 | 19,940 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | null | null | null | null | 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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19,940 | 19,941 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | None of the above | 3 | 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 | 11 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;Valkey | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Netlify;npm;Pip;Vercel;Yarn | Ansible;Cargo;Cloudflare;Netlify;npm;pnpm;Podman | Cargo;Cloudflare;Netlify;npm | Nix
Nix | Yes | Astro | Astro | Astro | Leptos
Leptos | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;uv | uv | uv | null | null | Android;NixOS | NixOS | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
Codeberg | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | 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;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 | 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 | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla... | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
19,941 | 19,942 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | null | Employed | None of the above | 18 | 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);Blogs or podcasts | 22 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | Software Development | null | No | null | null | null | Belarus | USD United States dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | Yes | React;Symfony | NestJS;React;Symfony | React;Symfony | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Jira | Jira | Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | null | null | null | Yes, somewhat | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I want to compare different solutions | null | null | 8 |
19,942 | 19,943 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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) | 46 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Switzerland | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle;Redis | MongoDB;Oracle;Redis | Oracle;Redis | NA
NA | null | Docker;Gradle;npm;Yarn | Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Yarn | Docker;npm;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Spring Boot | Angular;Node.js;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Android | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no. And this survey starts to bee too long. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 |
19,943 | 19,944 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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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19,944 | 19,945 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | null | 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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19,945 | 19,946 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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19,946 | 19,947 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 17 | Academic researcher | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | Finland | EUR European Euro | 31,250 | Yes | Python;R;TypeScript | C#;MATLAB;R;Rust;TypeScript | R;TypeScript | Tex
Tex | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | Node.js;React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Polars | Tailwind CSS 4;Polars | Polars | null | null | Arch | Windows | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | 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 | 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 | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have 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... | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 36,255 | null |
19,947 | 19,948 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 50 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 55 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Perl;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IBM DB2;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | null | Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | null | GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per week | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 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.;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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | understanding people | 81,685 | 8 |
19,948 | 19,949 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Other (please specify):
Relying on AI | Manufacturing | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 44,500 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;PHP;Rust | Assembly;Elixir;GDScript;PHP;Rust | Assembly;PHP;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;InfluxDB | InfluxDB;Clickhouse | InfluxDB | NA
SpacetimeDB | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Slim (php)
Slim (php) | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Pop!_OS | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
Nobody wants to ask questions on SO, lmao | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting 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 | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Lmao. No | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 | Critical thinking | 51,627 | 7 |
19,949 | 19,950 | 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.) | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 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) | 17 | Engineering manager | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 1 | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | 96,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle | Oracle | Oracle | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | 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 | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not liste... | 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. | 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 | null | 56,934 | 7 |
19,950 | 19,951 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 7 | Other (please specify): | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Robust and complete API
Robust and complete documentation | Security or privacy concerns
Difficulty of use for my team members | Higher Education | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 12,933 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;PowerShell;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT | APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool) | APT | DNF, Yum
DNF, Yum | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitLab;Markdown File | Zammad
Zammad | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | 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.);Chat (bot/AI);Other (write in): | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics | Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | 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 | Barely | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Any skills regarding hardware or physical actions. | 15,004 | null |
19,951 | 19,952 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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);Games or coding challen... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | 8 | Data engineer | Less than 20 employees | null | In-person | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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 | 15 | 10 | France | EUR European Euro | 45,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Clickhouse | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Podman;Vite | Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Podman;Vite | Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Podman;Vite | openshift
openshift | Yes | FastAPI;React | FastAPI;React | FastAPI;React | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;RustRover;Sublime Text | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;RustRover;Sublime Text | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;RustRover;Sublime Text | NA
NA | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG | Pydantic;RAG;LangGraph | Pydantic;RAG | null | null | Ubuntu | Debian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | 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 | Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | 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 | Absolutely not | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 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 | I do not believe any skill will really lose in value for developers. The main applications for AI will be the "easy" situations where the syntax is unfamiliar to the developer, or where the solving process is unknown. That only represents the beginning of the learning curve, which will still be a necessary step for any... | 52,207 | 7 |
19,952 | 19,953 | 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 | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 13 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I 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 | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 77,500 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Pacman;Pip;Poetry | Docker;Pacman;Pip;Poetry | Docker;Pacman;Pip;Poetry | uv
uv | Yes | FastAPI | FastAPI | FastAPI | Dioxus
Dioxus | Yes | PyCharm;RustRover;Vim | PyCharm;RustRover;Vim | PyCharm;RustRover;Vim | CLion
CLion | Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, it has nothing to do with professional software development due to all the issues (functional, security, ...) you cannot easily test by just running the software. When writing software you must be able to read and understand it and fix it. | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Problem solving skills, Technical knowledge, Testing skills, Review skills | 89,911 | 6 |
19,953 | 19,954 | 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) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 7 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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 | 9 | 8 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 1,230,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | Elasticsearch;Amazon Redshift | Elasticsearch | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pacman;Pip;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew | Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Fastify;Flask;NestJS;Node.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | nestjs,nodejs,typescript | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | null | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | 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 | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I haven’t encountered any problems | i can't definitely say that's it's a big part of my professional work, but sometimes for small tasks i can vibe code in order to automate routine work. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Other Industry purpose (write in): | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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 | 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 | 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 | Zapier | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;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;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | i think AI wont be able to replace human soft-skills, empathy in 3-5 years, or even wont be able to work with big-tech projects due to lack of context limits of chat competitions. | 29,478 | 7 |
19,954 | 19,955 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding... | 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 | 28 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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19,955 | 19,956 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 12 | Academic researcher | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 3 | Finland | EUR European Euro | 50,000 | Yes | C;C++;Python | C;C++;Python;Rust | C;C++;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio | Notepad++;PyCharm;RustRover | Notepad++;PyCharm | Clion
Clion | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | null | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;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 weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | null | 58,007 | 7 |
19,956 | 19,957 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-time) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, et... | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
Needless moral posturing of the org | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 100 | 500 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 59,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | Python;Rust;Zig | null | msbuild
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server | PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Bun;Docker;npm;Pip;Webpack | Bun;Cargo | Bun | NA
NA | Yes | Blazor | Blazor | Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider | Rider | Rider | helix
helix | .NET 8 or higher;uv | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;uv | .NET 8 or higher;uv | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Obsidian | GitHub | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not at all | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code | null | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Only in the department that is the most incompetent and has the least trust among technical teams | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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. | 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. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | null | null | 68,449 | null |
19,957 | 19,958 | 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 (less than 10 hours per week) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 5 | Founder, technology or otherwise | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Manufacturing | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 7 | 3 | Italy | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;JavaScript;Python;Rust | null | null | julia
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Make;Microsoft Azure;pnpm;Vite | null | null | slurm
NA | Yes | Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | Azure Devops;GitHub;Microsoft Planner | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub | 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 | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Job board | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning | Predictive analytics | Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Cognitive knowledge of a problem and its consequences/risks | null | 8 |
19,958 | 19,959 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 15 | Database administrator or engineer | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Energy | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 300,000 | Yes | Python;SQL | Python;SQL | Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | Django | Django | Django | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Red Hat | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Red Hat | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 348,044 | null |
19,959 | 19,960 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 9 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 1 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 27,000 | Yes | C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | C;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | C;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;SQLite;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Make;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;Supabase | Cloudflare | Cloudflare | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Deno;Django;Express;FastAPI;jQuery;Node.js;React;Svelte | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Nano;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Odoo;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Arch | Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Bookmark posts to look at later
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;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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | 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 | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Creativity, critical thinking, experience, flexibility | 31,324 | 8 |
19,960 | 19,961 | 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) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 12 | Developer, front-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Ukraine | EUR European Euro | 36,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | Rust | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Webpack | Bun | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Node.js | Deno;NestJS | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Cursor | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | 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 | Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | "vibe coding" is not part of my professional development work | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | fundamental knowledge in computer science, soft skills, fundamental knowledge in software architecture and design | 41,765 | 9 |
19,961 | 19,962 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 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 | 15 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
I like and respect the people in my team. | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 3 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 35,000 | Yes | C#;Go | C# | C# | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;Amazon Redshift | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;MSBuild;NuGet | Docker;MSBuild;NuGet;Pacman;Podman | Docker;MSBuild;NuGet | winget, github
github, gitlab | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | VSCodium | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Other (write in): | Other (write in):
Finding solutions to problems. | No, not really | 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;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | I don't know man, it depends on how much they improve I guess. | 40,605 | 5 |
19,962 | 19,963 | 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 | 22 | 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 | 18 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | null | null | Manufacturing | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | null | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 72,000 | Yes | Delphi;Go;SQL | Delphi;Go;SQL | Delphi;Go;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Firebird
Firebird | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Delphi 12+ Athens | Delphi 12+ Athens | Delphi 12+ Athens | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence | Confluence | Confluence | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Deciding which solutions to use. Testing the software. Adding maintainable code. | 83,531 | 8 |
19,963 | 19,964 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 4 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | null | School | Reputation for quality
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 | 4 | 2 | France | EUR European Euro | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Kotlin;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;MariaDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip | Ansible;Gradle;Kubernetes;Ninja;Prometheus | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Node.js;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Trello | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | Kind of. Vibe coding is useful in my job if you know exactly what you want from AI or you have too check everything AI submit to you. | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Critical thinking | null | null |
19,964 | 19,965 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 11 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 16 | DevOps engineer or professional | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 2 | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | 1,200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Kotlin;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Redis | PostgreSQL;Valkey | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Podman;Prometheus;Splunk;Vite | Gradle;Kubernetes;Podman;Prometheus | Gradle;Kubernetes;Podman;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Nuxt.js;Spring Boot;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Pop!_OS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian | Obsidian | Obsidian | 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 | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;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 | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have 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 the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to 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 | Communication
Prioritization
Domain expertise
Ability to consider edge cases, fault handling and tolerance, determine what is actually useful to create.
Being precise | 118,593 | 6 |
19,965 | 19,966 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
19,966 | 19,967 | 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) | 5 | 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);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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
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 | 4 | 4 | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python | JavaScript;Python | JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | Docker;Firebase;Microsoft Azure | Docker;Firebase;Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Django;FastAPI;Node.js;React | ASP.NET;Django;Node.js;React | ASP.NET;Django;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows;MacOS | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Writing code | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Business process automation | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 |
19,967 | 19,968 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 20 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Groovy;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;PowerShell;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MSBuild;Ninja | Ninja | Ninja | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Ultralytics | c++23;Ultralytics | Ultralytics | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows | Doxygen;GitHub;Jira | Doxygen;GitHub;Jira | Doxygen;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | Search for answers | null | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | 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. | 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 | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | problem description | null | 9 |
19,968 | 19,969 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job train... | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | null | null | NA
NA | null | FastAPI | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | 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 |
19,969 | 19,970 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 7 | Developer, mobile | 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | 4,200,000 | Yes | Dart | Dart | Dart | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Firebase;Gradle;npm | Firebase;Gradle;npm;Supabase;Vercel | Firebase;Gradle;npm | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Flutter
Flutter | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | hostinger;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;MacOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira;Notion | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | null | Yes, definitely | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code | Documenting code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 100 | 9 |
19,970 | 19,971 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;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 | 6 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | 4 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust | Assembly;C;Go;HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;Zig;Mojo;Gleam | C;HTML/CSS;Python;Rust | Nix, Nu
Nix, Nu | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;npm;Pip | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Pip | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Pip | Nix
Nix | Yes | Node.js | Astro;Svelte | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;Neovim;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Android;NixOS | Android;NixOS | Airtable;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | 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);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Somewhat | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | Generalized knowledge of systems related to the work | null | 6 |
19,971 | 19,972 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 20 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Ireland | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Go;Java;JavaScript;Python | Go;Python | Go;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;Redis;Amazon Redshift | Elasticsearch | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | Windows | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Job board | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | 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.;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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 10 |
19,972 | 19,973 | 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) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 18 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 1 | Estonia | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C#;PowerShell;SQL | Go;Lua;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;NuGet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio | Visual Studio Code | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | Confluence;GitLab;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 ... | 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 learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | 6 |
19,973 | 19,974 | 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.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | 20 | DevOps engineer or professional | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Trello | 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 every 2 - 3 months | null | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
19,974 | 19,975 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | 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;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 | 16 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Ruby;Rust;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Microsoft Azure;Pacman;Pip | null | null | Vultr
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Mithril, roda
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Odoo | null | null | null | null | Arch | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | GitHub;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | 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 | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Multi-platform search enablement | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have 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 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... | Problem solving, design, architecture, Brian understanding | null | 8 |
19,975 | 19,976 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 8 | Developer, mobile | Less than 20 employees | null | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 |
19,976 | 19,977 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 20 | Developer, mobile | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Italy | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Swift | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;Swift | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Swift | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Ktor
Ktor | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;Android;Debian | MacOS;Android;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all 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 | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Testing code | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | 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 | 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.;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 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 quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 9 |
19,977 | 19,978 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 27 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 20 | Product manager | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 22 | 22 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 96,000 | Yes | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Snowflake;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase | Snowflake;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Make;npm;Supabase;Vercel | Cloudflare;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Make;npm;Supabase;Vercel | Cloudflare;Datadog;Make;npm;Supabase;Vercel | NA
N8N | Yes | React;WordPress | Node.js | null | Flutter
Flutter | Yes | Lovable.dev;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Cursor;Lovable.dev;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Lovable.dev;Visual Studio Code | BBEdit
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;Android;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Miro;Notion | Google Workspace;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Notion | Google Workspace;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Notion | NA
Codeberg | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models | Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Predictive analytics | Learning new concepts or technologies | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;I haven’t encountered any problems | Partially, for experiments and PoC's but not production code, so far. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing | Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have 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 | 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 have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Architecture, system engineering, user research. | 111,374 | null |
19,978 | 19,979 | 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) | 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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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19,979 | 19,980 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 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);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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 31 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
ability to work with it in own closed infrastructure, no data sending out | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 10 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 321,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Django;jQuery;Node.js;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Django;Flask;jQuery;Node.js;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Django;jQuery;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Debian | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes, it is | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have 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 | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Roo code (Roo-Cline) | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 87,601 | 8 |
19,980 | 19,981 | 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 | 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 | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 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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19,981 | 19,982 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 5 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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19,982 | 19,983 | 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.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job... | 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, desktop or enterprise applications | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | 560,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MySQL;SQLite;Supabase | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Microsoft Azure;npm;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Supabase;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Microsoft Azure;npm | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;React;Symfony | Laravel;Symfony | Symfony | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Lovable.dev;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Debian | Ubuntu;Debian | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Monday.com | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Testing code;Search for answers | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Cybersecurity | 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 | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 31,572 | null |
19,983 | 19,984 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 6 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 6 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | null | Yes | Assembly;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
SpacetimeDB | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet | Chocolatey;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet | Chocolatey;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS | Angular;AngularJS | Angular;AngularJS | flutter
flutter | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. I do not think that LLMs are good enough yet to create complete applications which then require only a minimal amount of fixing. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | deep understanding of how stuff works under the hood. | null | 7 |
19,984 | 19,985 | 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 | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 14 | 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 | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 1 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 360,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Prometheus | Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;pnpm;Prometheus | Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | NestJS;Node.js;Symfony;WordPress | Angular;NestJS;Node.js;Symfony | NestJS;Node.js;Symfony | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Arch | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning | null | Documenting code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No as 100% solution. Code generated by AI is mostly a guide, not a working thing. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Understand that code can change, clients most often do not know what they need.
Deep knowledge of optimisation. | 98,244 | 9 |
19,985 | 19,986 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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19,986 | 19,987 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 80,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;F#;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Datadog;Docker;Make;MSBuild;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Datadog;Docker;MSBuild;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Datadog;Docker;MSBuild;Terraform | NA
NA | null | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Microsoft Planner | Azure Devops;Confluence;Microsoft Planner | Azure Devops;Confluence;Microsoft Planner | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Bluesky;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;Bluesky;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;Bluesky;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 | null | Answer a question
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | 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):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Is it fuck! | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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 improved collaboratio... | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | null | 108,913 | 5 |
19,987 | 19,988 | 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.) | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 27 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 45,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular | Blazor | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Notion;Trello | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Debugging and troubleshooting. I deal in desktop software and the random weird differences between systems and the corporate software they have installed regularly causes problems, and I don't expect AI is going to be able to predict these and pre-emptively code around them. | 61,264 | 6 |
19,988 | 19,989 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Other (please specify):
Open source | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 6 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;MATLAB;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip | APT;Make;Pacman | APT;Make;Pacman | NA
NA | Yes | Svelte | Svelte | Svelte | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS | Linux (non-WSL) | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Being able to quit software engineering for something better | null | null |
19,989 | 19,990 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 6 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | null | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 15 | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 636,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;VBA | Go;Kotlin;Rust;Scala | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Terraform;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;React;Spring Boot;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;Jira | GitHub;GitLab | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, I don't "Vibe code" 🙄 | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | 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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Creativity and problem-solving | 98,911 | null |
19,990 | 19,991 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 5 | 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 | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Higher Education | You like your manager
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | France | EUR European Euro | 28,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Symfony | Symfony | Symfony | API Platform
API Platform | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Windows;Android | GitLab | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | NO, never, too much security issues, nothings always 100% works and debugging is a nightmare | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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... | 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 learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Problem-solving and bug hunting | 32,484 | 8 |
19,991 | 19,992 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 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) | 15 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 4,500 | Yes | Go;PHP;Rust | Go;Rust | Go;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Redis | MySQL;Redis | MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Terraform | APT;Cargo;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make | APT;Cargo;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | MacOS;Debian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn;Medium | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I 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 want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | security testing, devops | 4,500 | 7 |
19,992 | 19,993 | 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.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 27 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 40 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Israel | ILS Israeli new shekel | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Redis;SQLite | DuckDB;Firebase Realtime Database;Redis;Snowflake | Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Poetry;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Poetry;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;React | FastAPI | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Odoo;Pydantic | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;uv | Pydantic | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Debian | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | 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 agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
19,993 | 19,994 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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 | 5 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;MongoDB;MySQL | InfluxDB;MongoDB;MySQL | InfluxDB;MongoDB;MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;NestJS;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | Nuxt.js;Vue.js | Nuxt.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Coding challenges | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have impr... | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | 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. | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Machine Learning, Model development, Rust | null | 6 |
19,994 | 19,995 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 10 | AI/ML engineer | Less than 20 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 | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 10 | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Rust;SQL | Go;Python;Rust | Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;npm;Pacman;Pip;Poetry;Yarn | Cargo;Docker;Pacman;Pip;Poetry;Vite | Cargo;Docker;Pacman;Pip;Poetry | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Axum | Node.js;React;Svelte;Axum | Axum | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Ultralytics | Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Ultralytics | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Ultralytics | null | null | Windows;Arch | Arch | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | 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 | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing 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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 9 |
19,995 | 19,996 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 38 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 38 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | null | null | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Thailand | THB Thai baht | 2,700,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;PHP;Scala;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server | MariaDB | MariaDB | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitLab | Confluence;GitLab | Confluence;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Slack (public channels, not work);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 | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | 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, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 82,603 | 10 |
19,996 | 19,997 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 23 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Insurance | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 4 |
19,997 | 19,998 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 18 | 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);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 17 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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 |
19,998 | 19,999 | 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 | 7 | 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;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 11 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 48,500 | Yes | Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | H2;InfluxDB;MariaDB | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android;ChromeOS | null | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;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 | Yes i almost use AI daily mostly for complex bug fix. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | Redis | null | IBM watsonx.ai | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code | 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 | decision making | 56,267 | 5 |
19,999 | 20,000 | 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 | Volunteering (regularly) | 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);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 | 26 | Developer, game or graphics | null | null | null | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 10,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Ruby | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Make;Ninja;npm | APT;Make | APT;Make | Portage
Portage | Yes | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Vim | Vim | Vim | Zsh
Zsh | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | Rdoc
Rdoc | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Message Boards;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 | 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 | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | Definitely not. I would way rather gain a proper understanding of the problem domain so that I can come up with a solution that suits the larger context well. Nothing in a codebase happens in a vacuum. If I want to see an example of a working solution, I seek out blog posts, articles, print materials, prominent and wel... | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I 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... | Everything that was valuable beforehand. I really don't see AI changing the industry as much as many people seem to imagine. If it's doing anything significant on a large scale, it's helping "cut-and-paste programmers" do that faster and even more recklessly. | 10,000 | 10 |
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