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NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 142,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Groovy;JavaScript;Perl;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Arch;Pop!_OS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
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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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21,402 | 21,403 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Coding Bootcamp | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 1 | UX, Research Ops or UI design professional | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
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Learning opportunities | Ethical concerns
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NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Homebrew;Pip | Homebrew | Homebrew | Bundle
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Vim;VSCodium;Zed | Zed | Zed | RubyMine, Helix
RubyMine, Helix | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
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NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 2 | Thailand | USD United States dollar | 45,000 | Yes | Assembly;C;C++;Go;Python;Rust;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Svelte | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;uv;Ultralytics | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Arch | MacOS;Ubuntu;Arch | YouTrack | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Company-sponsored forums | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Availability of better alternatives
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NA | Yes | BigQuery;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Clickhouse | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;MSBuild;pnpm;Poetry;Vite;Webpack | Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;MSBuild;pnpm;Vite | Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;MSBuild;pnpm;Vite | uv
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NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini;uv | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Miro;Notion;YouTrack | YouTrack | YouTrack | NA
NA | Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Debugging or fixing code | null | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla... | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | JetBrains AI Assisstant, JetBrains Junie | When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 174,022 | null |
21,406 | 21,407 | 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.) | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 22 | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Higher Education | Other (please specify):
Working for a greater goal that matters, as opposed to working to make such somebody rich | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 0 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 125,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python;R;Rust | C;C++;Python;Rust;Zig | C;C++;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | DuckDB | null | etcd3
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Poetry | Docker;Kubernetes;Make | Docker;Kubernetes;Make | uv
uv | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat;Fedora | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | 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) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Not. At. All. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not liste... | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Software Architecture
Systems Design
Critical thinking | 81,262 | 8 |
21,407 | 21,408 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 13 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Suriname | SRD Surinamese dollar | 500,000 | null | GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | Docker;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Astro;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Astro;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | null | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Odoo;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Odoo;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Odoo;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Debian | Windows;Debian | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | null | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Long-form articles | null | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | 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 | 12,873 | null |
21,408 | 21,409 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django | Django | Django | Jekyll
Jekyll | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;uv | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Ubuntu | ChromeOS | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | 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;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | null |
21,409 | 21,410 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | 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 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 1 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 94,000 | Yes | C#;Go;Rust | C;Go;Rust | Go;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Terraform | Cargo | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Neovim;VSCodium | Neovim;VSCodium | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | Azure Devops;Markdown File;Obsidian | Markdown File;Obsidian | Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Videos | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | 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;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Problem solving, sound judgement, autonomy | 94,000 | 7 |
21,410 | 21,411 | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 13 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information 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 | 4 | 2 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python | C++;Python;Rust | C++;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Make;Ninja;Pip | Ninja;Pip | Ninja;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;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 need quick help troubleshooting | null | 72,958 | 7 |
21,411 | 21,412 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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 | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | null | null | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 15 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Rust | Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Terraform | NA
NA | null | Astro;Axum | Axum | Axum | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;RustRover;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;RustRover;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | MacOS;Ubuntu | Confluence;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Obsidian | Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | NO | No, 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 increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla... | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Rust, Infrastructure | null | 6 |
21,412 | 21,413 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 24 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Other (please specify):
maintenance (bugfixing speed) | Ethical concerns
Poor maintenance (e.g. closed sourced, not popular) | Other: | Other (please specify):
Tech stack | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 5 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 2,485,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Scala | OCaml | null | Haskell, Aiken
Coq, Lean, Agda, Idris | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | Apache Kafka, Cardano ledger
Cardano ledger | Yes | Docker;Make;Terraform | Make | Make | stb, Nix, GHC
Nix, GHC, Dune | Yes | jQuery;Node.js | null | null | Servant
Servant | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | null | null | Emacs
Emacs | null | null | null | Aiken | null | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | Markdown File | swagger (openapi), Codeberg, org-mode, haddock
Codeberg, org-mode, haddock, LaTeX | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Telegram
Matrix | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Other (write in): | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed ab... | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | Common sense, logic, formal language, type theory, formal methods, math, soft skills, management skills | 59,556 | 9 |
21,413 | 21,414 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 4 | Developer, back-end | 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
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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 |
21,414 | 21,415 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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 | 28 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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 | 14 | 27 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 158,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Heroku | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Zed | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning | 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 | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Reading code, debugging, architecting, product and UX abilities | 158,000 | 8 |
21,415 | 21,416 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | 12 | 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 | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 156,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Elixir;Erlang;F#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Lua;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;Gleam | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pip;pnpm;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Cargo;Cloudflare;pnpm;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Cargo;pnpm;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Svelte | Deno;NestJS;Phoenix;Svelte;Vue.js | Deno;NestJS;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Rider;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | RubyMine
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | Windows;Fedora | MacOS | Coda;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | 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;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | 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 | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Absolutely not. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;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. | 156,000 | 8 |
21,416 | 21,417 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | None of the above | 1 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 19 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 30,000 | Yes | Python | Python | Python | LaTeX
LaTeX | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 30,000 | null |
21,417 | 21,418 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 15 | Architect, software or solutions | 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 | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | null | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 204,000 | Yes | Go;Java;Python;SQL | Go;SQL | Go;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Prometheus | Kubernetes;Prometheus | Kubernetes;Prometheus | Grafana
Grafana | Yes | Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;NixOS | Windows | Confluence;Jira;Markdown File | Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Trello | Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Lobste.rs
Lobste.rs | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;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 | 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... | 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... | Dunno. | 55,671 | null |
21,418 | 21,419 | 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) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all ... | 12 | DevOps engineer or professional | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 260,000 | Yes | GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Scala;TypeScript;Zig | GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;H2;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Splunk;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Astro;Deno;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js | Deno;Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js | Deno;Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 260,000 | 10 |
21,419 | 21,420 | I code primarily as a hobby | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 54 | 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 | 45 | Other (please specify): | 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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21,420 | 21,421 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 14 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 19 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 3 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 130,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | JavaScript;TypeScript | JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Express;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | Express;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Trello | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;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 | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something | Communication | 94,846 | 3 |
21,421 | 21,422 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 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);Games or coding challenges;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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);Games or coding challenges;Other (please specify):;Books / Physical media | 20 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Other (please specify):
Higher quality marketing materials than developer documentation | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
Ownership and Equity | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 16 | 50 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;OCaml;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | meteorjs, OrbStack
OrbStack | Yes | Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Node.js;React | Deno;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Bolt;Cursor;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Bolt;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Gemini AI Studio
Gemini AI Studio | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Monday.com;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Monday.com;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Monday.com;Obsidian;Wikis | Dropbox Paper
Dropbox Paper | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Nomic
Nomic | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Other (write in): | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
Browse Q&A on a topic to get a better picture of that topic | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Other (write in): | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | I use it to make initial interfaces and explore spaces. As a general rule, if you get an interesting output, someone else has built a real version of that interesting thing already. | 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. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoS... | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | Almost all skills will remain valuable. | null | 5 |
21,422 | 21,423 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,423 | 21,424 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above;Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | null | null | 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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21,424 | 21,425 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 16 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 16 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Fintech | 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 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 180,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MySQL | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch | Dynamodb | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Docker;Kubernetes;pnpm;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;pnpm;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;pnpm;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Zed | Claude Code;Cursor;Zed | Claude Code;Cursor;Zed | NA
NA | Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well 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 | 180,000 | 8 |
21,425 | 21,426 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Not employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 3 | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 3 | Developer, QA or test | null | null | null | null | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | null | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 20 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 0 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
21,426 | 21,427 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Other (please specify): | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 20 | Other (please specify): | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;R;Rust;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Python;Rust;SQL | Go;Python;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server;Snowflake;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Pydantic | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Monday.com;Obsidian;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | 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 | 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;Other (write in): | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | All of the current skills. Engineering isn't going away. | null | null |
21,427 | 21,428 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 18 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | null | null | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 130,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 176,984 | 6 |
21,428 | 21,429 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 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 new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 8 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Other: | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 8 | null | Ukraine | EUR European Euro | 3,500 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cassandra;Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;Clickhouse | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus;Webpack | Cloudflare;Microsoft Azure;Terraform | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Gin, golang, mux
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | null | null | Goland
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code | null | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Redis | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Coding itself | 4,061 | null |
21,429 | 21,430 | 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 | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 21 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Easy-to-use API
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 | null | null | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 800,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;PHP;Python;SQL | NA
Haskell | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | Elasticsearch;MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Pip;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Podman | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes | NA
NA | Yes | Symfony | Symfony | Symfony | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim | PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim | PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Fedora | Fedora | GitHub;GitLab;Redmine | GitHub;GitLab;Redmine | GitHub;GitLab;Redmine | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | null | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code | debugging and fixing ai generated code and applications | 37,445 | 8 |
21,430 | 21,431 | 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 (full-time) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;Blogs or podc... | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 9 | DevOps engineer or professional | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Lua;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;OCaml;PHP;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;Rust;Scala;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Lisp;Lua;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
Haskell | Yes | MariaDB;SQLite | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Bun;Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Pacman;Pip;Podman;Terraform;Vite | Ansible;APT;Bun;Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;WordPress | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Laravel;React | jQuery;Laravel;React | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Cursor;Neovim;PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Neovim;PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | c++23;hostinger;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | c++23;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | iOS;Fedora | Windows | Doxygen;GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Doxygen;GitHub;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | Doxygen;GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | 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 | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Project planning | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in): | nah | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation;Decision intelligence | Multi-platform search enablement | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I 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 | Problem solving, reading/writing documentation and critical thinking | null | 6 |
21,431 | 21,432 | I code primarily as a hobby | 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
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 |
21,432 | 21,433 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 11 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 144,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;Cockroachdb | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;Vite;Yarn | Bun;Docker;npm;Vite | Bun;Docker;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | Node.js | Node.js | Bun
SolidJS, Bun | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub | Confluence;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | 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;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Absolutely not. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 144,000 | 8 |
21,433 | 21,434 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 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);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 | 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 | Financial analyst or engineer | 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 | Robust and complete API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 15 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL | Elixir;Erlang;Java;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Python;Rust;SQL | Clojure
Clojure | Yes | PostgreSQL | Datomic;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | QuestDB
QuestDB | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;uv | null | null | MacOS;NixOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Reddit;Hacker News;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 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, 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 have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | 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 | Debugging. System design. API design. Learning. Stake holder communication. | 116,015 | 8 |
21,434 | 21,435 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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) | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 13 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 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 | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
21,435 | 21,436 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-time) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 5 | Argentina | ARS Argentine peso | 36,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;PowerShell;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Google Cloud;npm;Pacman;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Node.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | 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 | Documenting code | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Nope | 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: | 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 | 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... | Reasoning | 30,710 | 9 |
21,436 | 21,437 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 3 | Student | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 10 | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | 1,200,000 | Yes | PHP;Python;SQL | Go;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL | PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;WordPress | Django;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js | jQuery;Laravel | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Nano;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | hostinger;Odoo | Odoo;Large Language Model | Odoo | null | null | MacOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;Red Hat | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Trello | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes, it is. | No, but I 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 | 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 | 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 help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Troubleshooting | 4,214 | null |
21,437 | 21,438 | 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 | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 18 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 176,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | C#;Dart;Kotlin;Rust;TypeScript | Kotlin;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;H2;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | PostgreSQL;Valkey | PostgreSQL;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Next.js;Spring Boot;Svelte | Svelte | Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Amazon Bedrock | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Amazon Bedrock | Tailwind CSS 4;Amazon Bedrock | null | null | Windows;Android;NixOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian;Red Hat | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | It is not. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something | null | 176,000 | 9 |
21,438 | 21,439 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Data engineer | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | 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 | 10 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 75,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Heroku | Heroku | Heroku | NA
NA | Yes | Flask | Flask | Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Windows;MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Asana;Coda;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | Asana;GitHub;Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams;Wikis | Asana;GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Other (write in): | 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 | 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;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Social skills | 75,000 | 0 |
21,439 | 21,440 | 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.) | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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) | 28 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 21 | 9 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 140,000 | Yes | C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;PowerShell;SQL | C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;PowerShell;SQL | C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | DuckDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio | Vim;Visual Studio | Vim;Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Message Boards;Long-form articles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very favorable | Highly distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code | 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 | No, not in the least. Opinion: Vibe coding is a fad. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | pgvector | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Requirements analysis.
Performance optimization, especially when it depends on thorough understanding of computing model.
Correctness analysis. | 140,000 | 10 |
21,440 | 21,441 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | 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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21,441 | 21,442 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | 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);Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 4 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | null | null | null | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 4 | Spain | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Xcode | Android Studio;Cursor;Notepad++ | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android;iPadOS;ChromeOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iPadOS;ChromeOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code | null | Writing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works;I haven’t encountered any problems | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations;Customer service support;Marketing;Cybersecurity | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | ChromaDB;supabase | null | AutoGen (Microsoft) | null | Vectra AI | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Replit;v0.dev;Perplexity;Bolt.new;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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;I don’t think I’ll need help fro... | null | null | 9 |
21,442 | 21,443 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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) | 8 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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 | 5 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Netlify;npm;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Railway;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;npm;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Vue.js | NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Cursor;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Xcode | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;v0.dev;Perplexity;Lovable.dev | null | null | null | null | 7 |
21,443 | 21,444 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 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);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 10 | Architect, software or solutions | 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 | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Austria | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Rust;SQL;Zig | HTML/CSS;Rust;SQL | NA
Lean, Bend | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Cockroachdb | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | Surrealdb
Surrealdb | Yes | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Vite | Cargo;Docker;Pacman;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Vite | Cargo;Docker;Pacman;pnpm;Vite | Nix
Nix | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React;Axum | Axum | Axum | Leptos
Leptos | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Neovim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;NixOS | Android;Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | Markdown File | Markdown File | Logseq
Logseq | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | YouTube | YouTube | Mastodon, Fediverse
Mastodon, Fediverse | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase | 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 | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | null | 6 |
21,444 | 21,445 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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;Blogs or podcasts | 11 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat 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 | 7 |
21,445 | 21,446 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Primary/elementary school | I prefer not to say | null | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | MacOS | null | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Microsoft Copilot
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Less than one year | A few times per month or weekly | null | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | 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 | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Debugging | null | null |
21,446 | 21,447 | 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.) | 34 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 34 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 6 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 214,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | null | null | gem, honeycomb
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | null | null | RubyMine, Augment
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | null | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion | null | null | Figma
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);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 | null | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Not really. I use an LLM to get part way to a solution, but then take it over and make changes myself. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | Ollama;Zapier | null | Honeycomb | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Devin AI;Perplexity | Augment | 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 quick help troubleshooting | Tying together new feature development, to actually create what the user wants, will still need a human. AI tools are good at coming up with solutions, but only with very detailed prompts which require a deep understanding of the problem space. | 156,131 | 7 |
21,447 | 21,448 | 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 | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 24 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 11 | 7 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 112,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Lua;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Rust;TypeScript | C#;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Cargo | Cargo | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;React | ASP.NET Core;React | ASP.NET Core;React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Monday.com;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;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 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users | 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 | 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 | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Hell no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec ... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Having a brain | 81,713 | 8 |
21,448 | 21,449 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 27 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 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 | 35 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 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 | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 5 | France | EUR European Euro | 55,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Perl;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Perl;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Perl;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;DuckDB;Elasticsearch;H2;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Cockroachdb | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Cockroachdb | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Cockroachdb | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite;Webpack | Bun;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;npm;Prometheus;Vite | Bun;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;npm;Prometheus;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;Fastify;NestJS;Nuxt.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Nuxt.js;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Nuxt.js;Spring Boot;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | null | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | yes, setting up apps, implementations, testing, reviewing, documentation. It does require keeping a close watch, and sometimes trial and error to find a good prompt, or to know what to leave to the AI. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Language processing;Other specific task (write in): | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | technical expertise will become even more valuable during the next years, as the easy jobs can be automated, leaving only the complex problems. | 63,808 | 6 |
21,449 | 21,450 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 15 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Mexico | USD United States dollar | 79,742 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Fedora;Pop!_OS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No, but I utilize LLMs as tools to aid in my development process. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | System design and architecture, reasoning, communication, knowing what to test and why, ethical and secure software development | 79,742 | 10 |
21,450 | 21,451 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 21 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;Rust;SQL | C#;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | 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) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | 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 | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. It's a garbage approach. "Natural language" is loaded with culturally dependent meaning, contextually dependent meaning, unspoken assumptions, shared values between speaker and listener, shared understanding, etc. It's a very bad way of defining requirements, which is what you are doing when you write a prompt for ... | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Writing and debugging code. | 100,000 | 7 |
21,451 | 21,452 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | null | 4 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,452 | 21,453 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | 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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21,453 | 21,454 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 18 | Developer, mobile | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | null | 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 | 15 | 6 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 460,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Kotlin | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Gradle;Homebrew;npm;Yarn | Firebase;Gradle;Homebrew;npm;Yarn | Firebase;Gradle;Homebrew;npm;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;React | Next.js;React | Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Android Studio;Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Aider;Android Studio;Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Aider;Android Studio;Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | MacOS;Android | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Job board | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Testing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes, but with caution because things can get out of control fast and you lose the context and then you have to trust too much on things that you can't guarantee it's right | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Communication clarity, context switching, complex tasks disambiguation | 83,737 | 9 |
21,454 | 21,455 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,455 | 21,456 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);None of the above;Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Attending school (full-time);Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (l... | 100 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all ... | 100 | Retired | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
Stackoverflow wants us to lie in order to skew their results | Other (please specify):
The firm I work for received a significant amount of money and required all employees to create stackoverflow accounts and skew the results | Other: | Other (please specify):
Some might say it is a harmless lie | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10,000 | 1,000 | North Korea | KPW North Korean won | 400,000,000 | null | null | null | null | _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _
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... | null | null | null | apple, banana, cherry, dog, elephant, flower, guitar, house, ice, jungle, kite, lemon, mountain, night, ocean, piano, queen, river, sun, tiger, umbrella, volcano, whale, xylophone, yarn, zebra, ant, book, car, door, eagle, fish, garden, hat, island, jacket, key, lamp, mirror, nest, orange, pen, quilt, rocket, star, tra... | null | null | null | null | apple, banana, cherry, dog, elephant, flower, guitar, house, ice, jungle, kite, lemon, mountain, night, ocean, piano, queen, river, sun, tiger, umbrella, volcano, whale, xylophone, yarn, zebra, ant, book, car, door, eagle, fish, garden, hat, island, jacket, key, lamp, mirror, nest, orange, pen, quilt, rocket, star, tra... | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Daily or almost daily | Logic games/puzzles;Other (write in): | Other (write in):
apple, banana, cherry, dog, elephant, flower, guitar, house, ice, jungle, kite, lemon, mountain, night, ocean, piano, queen, river, sun, tiger, umbrella, volcano, whale, xylophone, yarn, zebra, ant, book, car, door, eagle, fish, garden, hat, island, jacket, key, lamp, mirror, nest, orange, pen, quilt,... | Not sure | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly distrust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | Other (write in): | Now the question is: how much is one's integrity worth? Is it worth being paid hundreds to fill out a survey? | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | honesty and integrity | 444,449 | 10 |
21,456 | 21,457 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 4 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,457 | 21,458 | 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.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | 19 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 255,000 | Yes | JavaScript;Python;R;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Rust | Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Cockroachdb | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Django;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | AngularJS;Django;React | AngularJS;Django;React | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;RustRover;Vim;WebStorm | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;RustRover;Vim;WebStorm | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;RustRover;Vim;WebStorm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;RAG;Ollama;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;RAG;Ollama;uv | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | Lucidchart
Lucidchart | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | mistral, gemma
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;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 | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics;Cybersecurity | Language processing;MCP servers;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | Redis;pgvector | null | Ollama;OpenRouter;LangChain;Zapier | null | Sentry | 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;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Performance tuning; Systems and network development; Clean code and other best practices | 255,000 | 7 |
21,458 | 21,459 | 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 | 33 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media | 45 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 120,000 | Yes | Delphi;Go;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Ruby;SQL | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Make;MSBuild | Cargo | null | winget
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails | Deno | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Nano;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Cline and/or Roo;RustRover;Zed | null | NA
NA | RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Odoo;Delphi 12+ Athens | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Red Hat | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Medium | Discord | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;Perplexity Sonar models | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Data and analytics | MCP servers | 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 helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | writing | 120,000 | 10 |
21,459 | 21,460 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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) | 27 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | null | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 22 | 6 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Python;Ruby | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;Prolog;Python;Rust;SQL;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Python | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | Cassandra;Databricks SQL;PostgreSQL;Clickhouse | PostgreSQL | NA
HANA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Datadog;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Datadog;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | null | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | null | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Large Language Model;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Debian;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Debian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Miro;Wikis | GitHub;Miro;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | 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 | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, how did we get here. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla... | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Ability to see beyond what’s requested in a given task. For example, solving the issue outside software.
Also, comp science knowledge could define the line between "software clerks” that interface AI systems with whatever and developers as we knew them before AI | null | null |
21,460 | 21,461 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 5 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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 | 6 | Ukraine | EUR European Euro | 30,000 | Yes | Go;TypeScript | Go;TypeScript | Go;TypeScript | NA
NA | null | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 34,804 | 6 |
21,461 | 21,462 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | null | I prefer not to say | null | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | System administrator | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | EUR European Euro | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | NA
NA | null | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Railway;Splunk;Supabase... | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Railway;Splunk;Supabase... | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Railway;Splunk;Supabase... | NA
NA | null | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno;Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress;Axum | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno;Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress;Axum | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno;Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress;Axum | NA
NA | null | Aider;Android Studio;Bolt;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode;Zed | Aider;Android Studio;Bolt;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode;Zed | Aider;Android Studio;Bolt;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode;Zed | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS;NixOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS;NixOS | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | null | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);op... | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);op... | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);op... | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | null | Ask a question
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21,462 | 21,463 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 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);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media | 56 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 120,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;PowerShell;SQL | Assembly;C;C++;Delphi;Lisp;R;Ruby | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js | Ruby on Rails | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | MacOS;Ubuntu;Fedora | GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Bluesky;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Bluesky;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Problem solving | 120,000 | 7 |
21,463 | 21,464 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 5 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
I wasn't very happy with my previous job. Few opportunities for growth, old tools, legacy systems, the company didn't have a code review culture, but I recently passed a selection process for a really cool job. | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 5 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 50,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;PHP;SQL | PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Oracle;Redis | Elasticsearch;MySQL;Redis | MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Composer;Docker;Firebase;New Relic;npm;Pip;pnpm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Composer;Docker | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Composer;Docker | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;React;Symfony;Vue.js | Laravel;Symfony | Laravel;Symfony | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Google Gemini | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;Linear;Obsidian | GitHub;Linear;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Image generating models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI Image generating models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Image generating models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | 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 learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | managing skills | 9,102 | 4 |
21,464 | 21,465 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 24 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 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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21,465 | 21,466 | 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 | 11 | 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 | 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) | 25 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 126,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Ruby;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Ruby;TypeScript | Crystal
Crystal | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Terraform;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;VSCodium;WebStorm;Windsurf | VSCodium;WebStorm;Windsurf | VSCodium;WebStorm;Windsurf | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Ollama | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Ollama | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Ollama | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Pop!_OS | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Obsidian | GitLab;Google Workspace;Obsidian | GitLab;Google Workspace;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | Hell no. Our codebase is too complex for (current) AI tools to process. Vibe coding omits a lot of crucial components of a production-grade product, such as security, scalability, and maintainability. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | null | null | null | 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 | 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. | null | pgvector;Milvus | null | Ollama;LangChain | null | Langfuse | null | ChatGPT | Windsurf, GitLab Duo | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Creative problem solving - coming up with novel solutions. Software architecture design. | 126,000 | 9 |
21,466 | 21,467 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 15 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 10,000 or more 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 | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 20 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 400,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | 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;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 400,000 | 8 |
21,467 | 21,468 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | null | null | 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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21,468 | 21,469 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 14 | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 70,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;npm;pnpm;Vite;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;React;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | null | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | 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 | 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 | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 95,299 | 3 |
21,469 | 21,470 | 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 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 38 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 5 | Thailand | THB Thai baht | 960,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Lisp;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
Clojure | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | Datomic;DuckDB;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Prometheus | APT;Homebrew;Make;Podman | APT;Homebrew | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;FastAPI | FastAPI | FastAPI | NA
Reitit | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Zed | null | null | Emacs
Emacs | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama;uv | null | null | Android;Debian | MacOS;Debian | Confluence;Jira | GitLab | null | NA
Codeberg | Dev.to | null | null | Lemmy
Lemmy | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code | 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. | 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 want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Political skill | 29,370 | 10 |
21,470 | 21,471 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 35 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 4 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 356,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;Lua;Perl;Ruby;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;Perl;Ruby;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;Perl;Ruby;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Redis | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cargo;Datadog;Docker;npm;Podman;Terraform;Webpack | Ansible;Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Podman | Ansible;Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Sinatra
Sinatra | Yes | Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Debian | Ubuntu | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Mastodon
Mastodon | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Other (write in): | 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 | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | The ability to develop code without consuming huge amounts of resources and infringing copyright and licenses. | 259,732 | 8 |
21,471 | 21,472 | I am learning to code | Prefer not to say | null | I prefer not to say | null | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 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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21,472 | 21,473 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 17 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 8 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Heroku;Kubernetes;Splunk | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Heroku;Kubernetes;Splunk | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Heroku;Kubernetes;Splunk | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;React;WordPress | Flask;React;WordPress | Flask;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;Stack Overflow for Teams | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | Ollama;OpenRouter;LangChain;LangGraph | null | Snyk;Grafana + Prometheus;LangSmith;Langfuse | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Devin AI;Bolt.new;Amazon Codewhisperer;Cody | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | 8 |
21,473 | 21,474 | 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 | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 38 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 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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21,474 | 21,475 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 20 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Manufacturing | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Thailand | THB Thai baht | 2,100,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Java;Scala | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | BigQuery | null | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | React | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | GitHub;Google Workspace | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;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 | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | YES | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI a... | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | I think it's necessary to have skills because if you don't have skills, how will you know if the results you get are correct or good? | 64,247 | 7 |
21,475 | 21,476 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 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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21,476 | 21,477 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;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);Blogs or podcasts | 35 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,477 | 21,478 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 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);Books / Physical media;Colleague or on-the-job training | 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) | 7 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,478 | 21,479 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 24 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 28 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,479 | 21,480 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 18 | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 999 | 999 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 140,000 | Yes | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Ruby;Rust;TypeScript | C++;HTML/CSS;PHP;Python;Ruby;Rust;Zig | C++;HTML/CSS;PHP;Python;Ruby;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | MariaDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | MariaDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js;WordPress | Deno;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Ruby on Rails;Svelte;WordPress | Deno;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Ruby on Rails;WordPress | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Debian;Pop!_OS | MacOS;Debian | Asana;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | Doxygen;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | Doxygen;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | Gerrit code review
Gerrit code review | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;Bluesky | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Other (write in): | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
No new shit needed. Re-educate the PM that adds this question. | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | What own words are there for yes and no? No. | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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 | Other (please specify): | All skills of today, plus learning how to reject AI spam, such as DDOS by AI to issue trackers, security reports, and job applications. The added skill of rejecting and terminating those who use them inappropriately | 190,598 | 8 |
21,480 | 21,481 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Attending school (full-time);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 | 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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 4 | AI/ML engineer | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 10 | Nigeria | NGN Nigerian naira | 140 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Ada;Assembly;C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;Java;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;Prolog;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig;Mojo;Gleam | Assembly | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;MongoDB;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;IBM Cloud;npm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;Flask;jQuery;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android;Linux (non-WSL);ChromeOS | Windows;Android | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Stack Overflow for Teams | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Packt
3mtt | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | A few times per week | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Coding challenges;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 | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | null | Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | NPL | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | CrewAI;IBM watsonx.ai | null | opik | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT;Auto-GPT;Replit | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Even the most advanced AI still relies on humans to define what problem needs solving. Developers who can break down a business or technical challenge, ask the right questions, and think through the consequences of different solutions will always be in demand | null | null |
21,481 | 21,482 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | Prefer not to say | Primary/elementary school | Student | Attending school (part-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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);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 | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 6 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | TypeScript | C++;PowerShell | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 and their own individuality to create new original code | null | null |
21,482 | 21,483 | 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) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job... | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 180,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Flask;jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot | Flask;Node.js | Flask;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Hell no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI 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 | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Problem solving | 180,000 | 9 |
21,483 | 21,484 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Retired | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 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);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 56 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | Solving real-world problems
NA | null | null | null | 3 | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Python;R;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Python;SQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Substack | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | 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;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | 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.;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Thinking, especially about "what could possibly go wrong?" | null | 8 |
21,484 | 21,485 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 8 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 5 | Colombia | USD United States dollar | 100,000 | null | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | NestJS;Node.js;React | null | null | Flutter
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS | MacOS;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Job board | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Absolutely not | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | 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 quick help troubleshooting | Being able to understand poorly explained instructions from the management and cliente | 100,000 | 10 |
21,485 | 21,486 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or... | 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) | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 25 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 65,460 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | GDScript;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Pip;Poetry;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm | uv
uv | Yes | Node.js;React | FastAPI;Node.js;Vue.js | Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;uv | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;uv | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Trello;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models) | Meta Llama (all models) | Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, not at all. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Orchestrating well thought-out complex architectures across different parts of systems and ensuring good UI / UX. | 75,943 | 7 |
21,486 | 21,487 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 30 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 8 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 180,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Delphi;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | C#;Delphi;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Blazor;Express;Fastify;Node.js;React | null | null | Quazar
Quazar | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | Delphi
Delphi | Microsoft Fabric;Delphi 12+ Athens | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian;iPadOS | GitHub;GitLab;Microsoft Planner;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Search for answers | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Microsoft Copilot | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Planning and consistency in projects. AI does not do good code reusability. Coders still need to understand the code it is generating | 117,017 | 9 |
21,487 | 21,488 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 20 | Developer, front-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Fintech | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 15 | Argentina | ARS Argentine peso | 100,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
elm, haskell | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Homebrew;npm;Vite | Homebrew;npm;Vite | Homebrew;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Node.js | Angular;Node.js | Angular;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim;WebStorm | Neovim;WebStorm | Neovim;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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... | Doing job without AI, fact-checking, critical thinking | 85,306 | 9 |
21,488 | 21,489 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 28 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 32 | Developer, game or graphics | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 4 | Argentina | ARS Argentine peso | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | Copilot by Github
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | good, simple, and scalable design | null | 7 |
21,489 | 21,490 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | 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);Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | 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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21,490 | 21,491 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 4 | 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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21,491 | 21,492 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 520,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI | FastAPI;React;Svelte | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Fedora | Windows;Fedora | GitHub;Jira;Notion | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no, it does not | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | clean code and architectures | 27,372 | 5 |
21,492 | 21,493 | 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) | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other (please specify): | 15 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,493 | 21,494 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 9 | Academic researcher | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 696 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python | R;SQL | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub;Google Colab;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Colab;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Colab;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Predictive analytics | Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes. It is. Mostly for projects with tight deadlines and low stakes. | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Networking with others and softskills as a whole will remain valuable. Hardskill for obscure but base stuff such as Cobol or Machine Language might get a little bump up though. | 127 | null |
21,494 | 21,495 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 13 | 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 | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Indonesia | IDR Indonesian rupiah | 116 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | null | 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 |
21,495 | 21,496 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 1 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;Webpack | Bun;Docker;Microsoft Azure;Terraform | Docker;Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Vue.js | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Vue.js | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;RAG | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Android;iOS | Azure Devops;Markdown File;Obsidian | Airtable;Azure Devops;Markdown File;Obsidian | Azure Devops;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);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 | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 3 |
21,496 | 21,497 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Bl... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Coding Bootcamp;Books / P... | 6 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,497 | 21,498 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 47 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 48 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Robust and complete API
Good documentation, particularly beyond the obvious (and it's quite telling that this isn't even a choice here) | Security or privacy concerns
Poor or non-existent documentation (again, that this isn't even an option...) | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Perl;Ruby | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;OCaml;Perl;Ruby | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Perl;Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;SQLite | MongoDB;SQLite | MongoDB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Make;New Relic | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Make | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Make | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;jQuery;Ruby on Rails | Angular;Ruby on Rails | Angular;Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | null | null | 8 |
21,498 | 21,499 | I code primarily as a hobby | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | 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 | 25 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Astro;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;Substack | Stack Overflow;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 | A few times per month or weekly | Videos;Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;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 | Nope | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | All of them. I don't see humans being replaced in that window. Some humans will be replaced during that time, which is why you want to be the best at whatever your current skills are. | null | null |
21,499 | 21,500 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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