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21,800 | 21,801 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 40 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Other (please specify):
Will work best with our current software and systems | Security or privacy concerns
Risk of not being around in the long term | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
The opportunity to work on real, meaningful problems that make a difference | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 140,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Perl;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Zig | null | Haskell
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Terraform | null | null | CMake
NA | Yes | React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | GVim
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Other (write in): | I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | No. For a professional programmer with professional responsibilities, "vibe coding" is a serious breach of professional ethics. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 c... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;Other (please specify): | The same skills that are valuable now. Whether or not employers recognise this remains to be seen, but I hold out hope that programming will not become enshittified as other parts of the world have become. | 91,013 | 9 |
21,801 | 21,802 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,802 | 21,803 | 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) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | 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) | 22 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 2 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 110,000 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Ruby;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Supabase;Vite | Docker;Vite | Docker;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;WordPress | Astro;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | Astro;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Windows;MacOS;Arch | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | Forgejo
Forgejo | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Direct messaging of users | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No it isn't. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla... | I 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 | GitHub MCP Server;supabase | null | OpenRouter | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | Ability to people intuitions and adapt software and products towards their needs. | 136,392 | 9 |
21,803 | 21,804 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 4 | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | 29,000 | Yes | C++;JavaScript;Lua;R | C++;Lua;Rust;TypeScript | C++;Lua | Mathematica, GLSL
GLSL, Haskell | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | c++23;uv | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows;Arch | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Trello | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;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 | 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 | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | Problem solving and inventiveness. AI is good at things that have been done already and are repetitive. Human developers are good at inventing new solutions for problems. | 17,199 | 8 |
21,805 | 21,806 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 15 | Developer, front-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 3 | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | 9,500,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;Python;Rust | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;npm;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);pnpm;Supabase;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress | Angular;React;Vue.js | Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Cursor | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | null | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in): | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | Claude Code;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Ability to use AI effectivily. | 65,634 | 6 |
21,806 | 21,807 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | null | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,807 | 21,808 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcam... | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 9 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | null | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Nigeria | NGN Nigerian naira | 3,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;Flask;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Django;Express;Flask;Node.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows | Windows;MacOS | GitHub;Google Colab;Notion | GitHub;Google Colab;Notion | GitHub;Google Colab;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);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 | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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. | 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 | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 1,937 | 8 |
21,808 | 21,809 | 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 | 17 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 20 | Product manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | null | Italy | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;New Relic;npm;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;New Relic;npm;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;New Relic;npm;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;jQuery;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery;Vue.js | ASP.NET;jQuery;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;iPadOS | Windows | GitHub | 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 | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Attention to sensible data and ability to recognize a right answer from a wrong one | null | 8 |
21,809 | 21,810 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 11 | Engineering manager | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Fintech | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 30 | null | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 4,092,815 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | 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 | 98,089 | null |
21,810 | 21,811 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,811 | 21,812 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 11 | 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 | 15 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Malaysia | MYR Malaysian ringgit | 150,000 | Yes | Dart;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | C++;Dart;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Dart;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | null | FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | FastAPI;Node.js;React | FastAPI;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Trello | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | null | 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;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. It is not quite reliable. Perhaps I haven't got to know how to use it correclty. | 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.;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 | 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 think it would be the knowledge that can tell whether AI's answers are correct or not. I mean more and more people would take AI's answers as correct answers, but in fact only experienced developers would doubt AI's answers | 35,344 | 8 |
21,812 | 21,813 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 10 | Data engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 3 | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 120,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 120,000 | 7 |
21,813 | 21,814 | 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.) | 6 | 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);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 | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Manufacturing | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 65 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | 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 | 75 | 10 |
21,814 | 21,815 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 6 | Developer, mobile | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 6 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Java;Kotlin;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin;SQL | NA
NA | null | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Jira | Jira;Microsoft Planner;Notion | Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Medium | Stack Overflow;Medium | NA
NA | null | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | 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;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 3 |
21,815 | 21,816 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 19 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Bangladesh | USD United States dollar | 12,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;R;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Heroku;Kubernetes;npm;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Heroku;Kubernetes;Netlify;npm;Pip;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Heroku;Kubernetes;npm;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Express;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Angular;Astro;Deno;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Svelte | Astro;Express;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Nano;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
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NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | 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, but I plan to soon | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Project planning;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 12,000 | 5 |
21,816 | 21,817 | 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) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 2 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 |
21,817 | 21,818 | 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 | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 11 | Developer, mobile | 5,000 to 9,999 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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21,818 | 21,819 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,819 | 21,820 | 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 | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 8 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C;C++;Go | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;TypeScript | C;C++;Go | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;LangGraph | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model | null | null | Android;Arch | Android;Arch | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;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 really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No, and I don't even want that — it would take the joy out of creating the software and turn me into just a spectator. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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. | Redis;supabase | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to 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 | Skills Related to Distributed Systems and Machine Learning and Development, Cybersecurity and DevOps | null | null |
21,820 | 21,821 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 22 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 35 | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 10 | Estonia | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
SpacetimeDB | Yes | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Yarn | Bun;Vite | null | Grafana, Kafka, Harbor, Spinnaker, Heptapod, Microk8s
NA | Yes | Express;Fastify;Node.js;Vue.js | Axum | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Trello;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | 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 | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | all of them, literally | 69,609 | 9 |
21,821 | 21,822 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 20 | 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 | 31 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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21,822 | 21,823 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media;Schoo... | 5 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 20 | Hungary | HUF Hungarian forint | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Databricks SQL;Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Firebase;npm;Pip;Poetry | APT;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;npm;Pip;Poetry | APT;Docker;Firebase;npm;Pip;Poetry | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js | Angular;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Angular;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;Shadcn/ui;uv | Pydantic;uv | null | null | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Pop!_OS | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Pop!_OS | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | No, not at all | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code | Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | 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... | Software Design & Architecture, knowing where to look if something goes wrong | null | null |
21,823 | 21,824 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 38 | System administrator | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Fortran;PHP;Python;R;Rust | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Polars | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Pop!_OS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;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 | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing 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): | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing 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 | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agen... | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | Knowing enough to not blindly follow AI | null | null |
21,824 | 21,825 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Primary/elementary school | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 82 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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 | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 55 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Poor usability
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,825 | 21,826 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 2 | Developer, full-stack | 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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21,826 | 21,827 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,827 | 21,828 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 3 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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21,828 | 21,829 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | None of the above;Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | null | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | null | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | null | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,829 | 21,830 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (part-time) | 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) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 13 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
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21,830 | 21,831 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 11 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,831 | 21,832 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | Data or business analyst | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Myanmar | MMK Myanmar kyat | null | Yes | Ada | null | null | NA
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NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
21,832 | 21,833 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (part-time) | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 6 | Developer, mobile | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | null | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | 1,200,000 | 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 | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 4,214 | 7 |
21,833 | 21,834 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);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): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 35 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
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21,834 | 21,835 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 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 | 6 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 3 | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | 408,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;Make;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite | Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Gradle;Make;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;Node.js;React | Angular;ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;Node.js;React | Angular;ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting 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 | not at all, AI is good for simple tasks. so I divide a big project into smaller parts, vibe code that part, and then assemble all parts together manually.
(if we consider AI ideal) | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | null | Other specific task (write in): | 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. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | debugging, innovation, creativity, understanding large projects. | 9,685 | 8 |
21,835 | 21,836 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 2 | 3 | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | 324,000 | Yes | C#;C++;Delphi;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Delphi;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Delphi;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft Access;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft Access;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet;Terraform | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;Blazor;Django;Flask;jQuery;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;WordPress | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;Flask;jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot | ASP.NET;Django;Flask;jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;Notepad++;Trae;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Trae;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Trae;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor 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 | 18,267 | 7 |
21,836 | 21,837 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 1 | 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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21,837 | 21,838 | 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) | 7 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 11 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,838 | 21,839 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 7 | 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 | 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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21,839 | 21,840 | 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 | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 5 | 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 | 5 | 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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21,840 | 21,841 | 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 | 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 | 31 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 0 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python;Ruby | Java;Rust | Java | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Solr
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Maven (build tool) | Cloudflare;Docker;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | GitHub
GitHub | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing 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 | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Troubleshooting and debugging | null | 5 |
21,841 | 21,842 | 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) | 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);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 | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,842 | 21,843 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | 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);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;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 | 14 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 5 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 12,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MySQL;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;MySQL;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Firebase;npm;Pip;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Terraform;Vite | Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Firebase;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Symfony;Vue.js | Django;Nuxt.js;React;Symfony;Vue.js | Django;Symfony;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium | NA
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NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Multiple times per day | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users | 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 | 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 | Other (write in): | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | Software architecture | 13,922 | 7 |
21,843 | 21,844 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other (please specify): | 37 | 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 | null | null | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 3 | 2 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 280,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Python;Rust | C++;Elixir;Erlang;Rust | C++;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Ninja | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | null | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | all | 76,412 | 8 |
21,844 | 21,845 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 20 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 2 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | null | null | null | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Spain | EUR European Euro | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | I don't use Stack Overflow | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
21,845 | 21,846 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Primary/elementary school | Student | Attending school (full-time);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 | Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,846 | 21,847 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 14 | Developer, QA or test | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | Software Development | null | Yes | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,847 | 21,848 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,848 | 21,849 | 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.);Volunteering (regularly) | 37 | 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;Online Courses or Certification (includes all ... | 45 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | 2,200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;PowerShell;Python;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | Rust;Mojo;Gleam | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Firebase Realtime Database;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | null | null | In-house blob storage
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus;Supabase;Yarn | null | null | Azure dev ops
NA | Yes | Django;Drupal;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode | null | null | VSC
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS;ChromeOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;Trello;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work);X;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | I haven’t encountered any problems | Not yet, but it will be once the tooling is a bit more mature. Probably this year. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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 | Redis;Neo4j;GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB;supabase;pgvector;Pinecone | null | Ollama;Semantic Kernel;LangChain | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Asking goood and practically useful questions at increasingly higher abstraction levels | 217,420 | 7 |
21,849 | 21,850 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 10 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,850 | 21,851 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | 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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21,851 | 21,852 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 33 | 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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 38 | System administrator | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 15 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;Lua;PHP | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;Lua;PHP | LSL (Linden Scripting Language)
LSL (Linden Scripting Language) | Yes | MariaDB;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Homebrew;Make | Heroku;Make | Make | MacPorts
MacPorts | Yes | WordPress | WordPress | WordPress | Gin Web Framework
Fiber | Yes | null | null | null | NA
GitHub Copilot | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian | Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
Mattermost | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | phpBB, Discourse
phpBB, Discourse | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Daily or almost daily | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Other (write in): | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
21,852 | 21,853 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | null | 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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21,853 | 21,854 | I am a developer by profession | 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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21,854 | 21,855 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 14 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 3 | 4 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 70,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pacman;pnpm;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | APT;Bun;Docker;npm;Pacman;Vite;Yarn | APT;Bun;Docker;npm;Pacman;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Astro;Deno;Node.js;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Astro;Node.js;Vue.js | Astro;Node.js;Vue.js | elysia JS
elysia JS | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Android Studio;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | Arch | Arch | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | Notesnook
Notesnook | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | 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 | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes, but you should always understand what AI generates for you. Otherwise its not your code | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | null | 81,210 | 10 |
21,855 | 21,856 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 35 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | 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 | Other: | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 20 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;VBA | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;VBA | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Composer;Docker;Gradle;Make;npm;NuGet;Vite | Ansible;APT;Composer;Docker;Gradle;Make;npm;Vite | APT;Composer;Docker;Gradle;Make;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel | jQuery;Laravel;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | Laravel | Joomla
Joomla | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Eclipse;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | 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);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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;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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | develop software which is needed. An AI might not understand the context and create some software, but not necessarily what people need, especially when preparing the software for future enhancements. | 116,015 | null |
21,856 | 21,857 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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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 |
21,857 | 21,858 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 43 | 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 | 47 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Manufacturing | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 49,345 | Yes | C | C++;Lisp;OCaml | null | Postscript
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 | Confluence;Doxygen;Jira | Doxygen;Jira | Doxygen;Jira | Bitbucket
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Exchange;Hacker News;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Exchange;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | It's the opposite of professional work. | 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 | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | knowing the architecture of the software, reasoning about complex logic, doing arithmetic, having a mental model of the application domain | 67,179 | 9 |
21,858 | 21,859 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 11 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Energy | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 3 | Finland | EUR European Euro | 47,000 | Yes | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Scala | C#;Elixir;Go;Java;Gleam | C#;Go;Java | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew | Google Cloud;Homebrew | Google Cloud;Homebrew | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Pop!_OS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | Discord;Hacker News | Discord;Hacker News | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Other (write in): | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No, maybe during brainstorming a bit. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Designing complex systems that require articulated vision, collaboration with stakeholders, keeping the quality good, and things simple. | 54,527 | 6 |
21,859 | 21,860 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 26 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 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) | 28 | Data engineer | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 240,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Pip | Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | React;WordPress | React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | hostinger;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Polars;hostinger;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | hostinger;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion;Wikis | Azure Devops;Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion;Wikis | Azure Devops;Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Never | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platfor... | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Soft skills. Code understanding, Software Engineering | 43,689 | 4 |
21,860 | 21,861 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 38 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 45 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker | Docker | Docker | 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 | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Writing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Blackbox AI | null | When I want to learn best practices | null | null | null |
21,861 | 21,862 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 30 | Architect, software or solutions | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Government | 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 | 10 | 5 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;H2;IBM DB2;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Podman;Splunk | Docker;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Vite | Docker;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS | Next.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS | Ubuntu;iOS;Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | 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 | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;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, to a great extent | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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 have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 10 |
21,862 | 21,863 | I am a developer by profession | 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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21,863 | 21,864 | 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;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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 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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21,864 | 21,865 | 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 | 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 as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 15 | Data engineer | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,865 | 21,866 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., 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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled ap... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 15 | Developer, mobile | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,866 | 21,867 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cassandra;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask | Deno;Django;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Nuxt.js;React | Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Fedora | Windows;Fedora | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code | Testing code | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
21,867 | 21,868 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | 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) | 12 | System administrator | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 5 | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | 3,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Delphi;PowerShell | Python;Swift;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Delphi 12+ Athens | Delphi 12+ Athens | Delphi 12+ Athens | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Confluence;YouTrack | GitLab;Obsidian | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | 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 | 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 want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 38,278 | null |
21,868 | 21,869 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 17 | 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 | Games or coding challenges | 20 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 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
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,869 | 21,870 | 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.) | Student | 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);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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 12,000 | Yes | C;Python;R;Rust | Python;Rust | Python;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Make;npm;Pip | Cargo | Cargo | conda, homebrew
conda, homebrew | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | I haven’t encountered any problems | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Critical thinking, creativity, analytical thinking, communication, social skills | 13,922 | null |
21,870 | 21,871 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | null | Academic researcher | null | null | null | null | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 1 | Israel | USD United States dollar | 17,777 | Yes | Ada | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Job board | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation | Agent/multi-agent orchestration | 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 | null | Agno | null | Adversarial Robustness Toolbox (ART) | null | AgentGPT | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | ai | 17,777 | 0 |
21,871 | 21,872 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | 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);Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 3 | Developer, QA or test | Less than 20 employees | null | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,872 | 21,873 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 18 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 22 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 15 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;Java;OCaml;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Java;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;pnpm;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Vite | Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | FastAPI;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;Jira | Linear;Notion;Obsidian | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);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 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing 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 | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or Info... | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | null | null | null |
21,873 | 21,874 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 12 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Go | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | pnpm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Flutter
NA | Yes | Neovim | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | null | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | grep.app
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat 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;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Other (write in): | Absolutely not. | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Creative and original thinking, expansive and foresighted value hierarchy. | null | 10 |
21,874 | 21,875 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 6 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Manufacturing | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 1,244,472 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Heroku;Kubernetes;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | uv | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos | Answer a question
NA | 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 | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, it's not part of my professional work | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | GitHub Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | IT fundamental understanding. | 29,825 | 3 |
21,875 | 21,876 | 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.) | 17 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 28 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 750,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Erlang;Lua;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;Lua;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Erlang;Lua;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | Riak
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Splunk | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Splunk | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Splunk | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting 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;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 78,616 | 7 |
21,876 | 21,877 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,877 | 21,878 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | null | null | 3 | 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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21,878 | 21,879 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 30 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,879 | 21,880 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | 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 | 13 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Belgium | EUR European Euro | 36,480 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;F#;HTML/CSS;Rust;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | DuckDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Webpack | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Prometheus | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;jQuery;React;Axum | ASP.NET Core;jQuery;React | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Notepad++;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Nano;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Nano;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | NixOS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | Gitea
Gitea | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, and I don't plan to | 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 have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | null | 42,322 | 8 |
21,880 | 21,881 | I am a developer by profession | 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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21,881 | 21,882 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 2 | Student | I don’t know | null | In-person | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | No | null | 3 | 13 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Arch;NixOS | ChromeOS | GitHub;Wikis | Markdown File | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models) | null | null | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code | 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 | null | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, I use AI to learn how to do things. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;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. | 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 | Knowing when code needs error-checking. AI answers are made to vibe code. I don't write if __name__ == "__main" in a simple Fibonacci-number calculating Python program. | null | null |
21,882 | 21,883 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 27 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 36 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 6 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | C;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL | Java;Python;SQL | Java;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;npm;Webpack;Yarn | APT;Composer;Docker | APT;Composer;Docker | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Windsurf | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Perplexity | OpenAI Codex, Cursor | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Using such tools & higher level software engineering tasks. | 116,015 | 8 |
21,883 | 21,884 | 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 | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 22 | Developer, front-end | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
Documentation | Other (please specify):
Lack of documentation | Banking/Financial Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 2 | Spain | EUR European Euro | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos | null | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 4 |
21,884 | 21,885 | 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 | null | null | null | 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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21,885 | 21,886 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Other (please specify): | Not employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 8 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
if it works | Other (please specify):
if it doesn't work | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Kazakhstan | KZT Kazakhstani tenge | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Dart;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;OCaml;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,886 | 21,887 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 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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21,887 | 21,888 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 4 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 8 | 6 | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 24,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | C#;Go | C# | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Notepad++;Rider | Claude Code;Cursor;Notepad++;Rider | Cursor;Notepad++;Rider | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows | Clickup;Confluence;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Dev.to;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Dev.to;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Dev.to;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | 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 | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | soft skills like communications, problem solving, new learnering | 24,000 | 8 |
21,888 | 21,889 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 23 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Italy | EUR European Euro | 50,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | Kotlin | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;H2;MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;NuGet;Podman;Splunk;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot | React | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | SwiftData | SwiftData | SwiftData | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | 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 | 58,007 | 8 |
21,889 | 21,890 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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 |
21,890 | 21,891 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 24 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 10 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 5,000 to 9,999 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 1 | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | 18,000,000 | Yes | SQL | SQL | SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | BigQuery;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | BigQuery;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | Oracle Cloud
Oracle Cloud | Yes | Angular | Angular | Angular | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Windows;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Comment on Q&A posts
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 | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing;Cybersecurity | Multi-platform search enablement;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | pgvector | null | Vertex AI;Llama Index;LangChain;Amazon Bedrock Agents;LangGraph | null | New Relic | Datadog | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini | 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 | Domain knowledge | 124,359 | null |
21,891 | 21,892 | 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 | 23 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 17 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 22 | 32 | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 60,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | Cosmos DB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cosmos DB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Splunk;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Splunk;Vite | Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Splunk;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js;React | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | null | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics | Writing code | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Yes, partially | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices | null | 60,000 | 6 |
21,892 | 21,893 | 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 (20-29 hours per week) | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 5 | Product manager | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
21,893 | 21,894 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 8 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 25 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 58,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C++;Go;HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | Meilisearch
Meilisearch | null | Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Vite | Homebrew;npm;Vite | Homebrew;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;FastAPI;Laravel;Node.js;React;Svelte | Angular;React | Angular;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion;Trello | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Daily or almost daily | 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 | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Very well 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;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Not really. When encountering hard problems or when I want to challenge solutions I encounter, I like to use LLMs to check wether my solution can be topped by the "hive mind of developers" which an LLM can be | 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 have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Knowing about the whole domain of the project, knowing about experiences with specific customers from the past | 67,289 | 8 |
21,894 | 21,895 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 5 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Prolog;Python;R;Rust;TypeScript | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;OCaml;Python;R;Rust;TypeScript | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;R;Rust;TypeScript | Lean, Agda
Lean, Agda, IDP-Z3 | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Supabase | Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Poetry;Vercel | Bun;Cargo;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Vercel | Bun;Cargo;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Vercel | uv
uv | Yes | Django;Svelte | Django;Svelte | Django;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Arch | Ubuntu;Debian | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear | GitHub;GitLab;Linear | GitHub;GitLab;Linear | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube | 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 | Long-form articles | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Absolutely not. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Estimating the benefits and costs of the implemented solutions at a large scale (i.e. thinking in a systems-based way, as opposed to "local" optimal solutions to specific subtasks) | null | null |
21,895 | 21,896 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | null | I prefer not to say | null | 12 | null | null | 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
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21,896 | 21,897 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 46 | 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 | Blogs or podcasts | 50 | Developer, mobile | null | null | null | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 25,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;Swift | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;Swift | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;Swift | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Gradle;Homebrew | Gradle | Gradle | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js | jQuery | jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;Xcode | Android Studio;Eclipse;Xcode | Android Studio;Eclipse;Xcode | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | 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 | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes(?) | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or Info... | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;Other (please specify): | All skills will remain valuable but interpersonal communication with others and with chatbots will become critically important | 16,252 | 9 |
21,897 | 21,898 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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21,898 | 21,899 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Applied scientist | Less than 20 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 3 | Austria | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;MATLAB;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Arch | Red Hat | Azure Devops;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Writing code | Learning about a codebase | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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 | 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 compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Thinking outside the box | null | null |
21,899 | 21,900 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | 5 | 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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