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25-34 years old
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Employed
None of the above
8
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
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22,101
22,102
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week)
2
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types)
6
Developer, embedded applications or devices
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
In-person
No
Work
Robust and complete API NA
Lack of AI or AI agents NA
Computer Systems Design and Services
Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
5
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India
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Yes, I use AI tools weekly
Favorable
Somewhat trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies
Generating content or synthetic data
Writing code;Search for answers
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Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming
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Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering
Multi-platform search enablement
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I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
None of the above
4
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community)
8
Developer, embedded applications or devices
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
Remote
No
Personal Project
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Software Development
Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems NA
No
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
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I am a developer by profession
Prefer not to say
Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.)
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
Volunteering (regularly)
4
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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
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8
Developer, full-stack
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Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
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Reliability and low latency NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Software Development
Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems NA
No
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily
3
5
Turkey
EUR European Euro
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Yes
Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript
Assembly;C;C++;Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig
Assembly;C;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
PostgreSQL;SQLite;Clickhouse
Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Clickhouse;Valkey
PostgreSQL;SQLite;Clickhouse
FoundationDB FoundationDB
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite
Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite
OpenTofu OpenTofu
Yes
Express;Node.js;Svelte
Astro;Express;Svelte
Express;Svelte
NA NA
Yes
Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;VSCodium
IntelliJ IDEA;VSCodium
IntelliJ IDEA;VSCodium
NA NA
Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui
c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui
Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui
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null
MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL)
Windows;MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL)
null
null
null
Logseq, Hedgedoc, OneDev Logseq, Hedgedoc, OneDev
Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums
Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums
Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums
NA NA
No
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No
Less than once per month or monthly
Between 5 and 10 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
null
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
No, not at all
I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools
Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently
Indifferent
Highly distrust
Very poor at handling complex tasks
Documenting code;Search for answers
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in):
Learning new concepts or technologies
null
Generating content or synthetic data
I don’t use AI tools regularly
No.
No, and I don't plan to
Not at all or minimally
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It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
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When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code
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10
22,104
22,105
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
22
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;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
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25
Developer, full-stack
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
No
Personal Project
Other (please specify): Having experience with that technology
Ethical concerns Lack of experience with that technology
Banking/Financial Services
Competitive pay and benefits NA
I'm not sure
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily
25
20
Romania
RON Romanian leu
null
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript;VBA
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
Microsoft SQL Server
Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;Redis
Microsoft SQL Server
NA NA
Yes
Datadog;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet
Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Podman
Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet
NA NA
Yes
ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery
ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery
ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery
NA NA
No
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null
NA NA
.NET 8 or higher
.NET 8 or higher
.NET 8 or higher
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Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL)
Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat
GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File
GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File
GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;Twitch
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News
NA NA
No
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NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 10 and 15 years
Less than once per month or monthly
Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts
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null
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics
Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation
Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data
Learning new concepts or technologies
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
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I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or Info...
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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
Reasoning, debugging, working in a team, communication
null
8
22,105
22,106
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
None of the above
10
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
20
Developer, back-end
1,000 to 4,999 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
No
Work
Costs are manageable NA
Ethical concerns AI bs marketing
Healthcare
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,106
22,107
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
19
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;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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media
24
Developer, back-end
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
No
Personal Project
Robust and complete API NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Internet, Telecomm or Information Services
Competitive pay and benefits NA
No
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily
30
10
Paraguay
PYG Paraguayan guarani
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null
NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
null
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null
NA NA
Yes
Less than once per month or monthly
More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008
Infrequently, less than once per year
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
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Somewhat trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code
Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics
Project planning
Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
no
No, but I plan to
Not at all or minimally
null
null
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null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
null
null
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null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code
High level systems thinking
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8
22,107
22,108
I am learning to code
18-24 years old
Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.)
Student
Attending school (full-time)
null
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
null
4
Student
null
null
null
null
School
Robust and complete API NA
Outdated or obsolete technology or features NA
null
null
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
1
1
India
INR Indian rupee
null
Yes
HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;TypeScript
C++
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Node.js;React
Next.js;Spring Boot
null
NA NA
Yes
IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Ubuntu
null
GitHub;Markdown File
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Discord
null
null
NA NA
Yes
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per month or weekly
Between 1 and 3 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board
Use discussion or chat feature NA
No, not really
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Somewhat distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies
Predictive analytics
Writing code;Deployment and monitoring
Documenting code;Testing code
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works
No
No, but I plan to
Yes, somewhat
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
null
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platfor...
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
Low level programming
null
null
22,108
22,109
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
None of the above
11
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
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;Colleague or on-the-job training
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types)
15
Developer, back-end
1,000 to 4,999 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
No
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null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,109
22,110
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
8
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange
20
Architect, software or solutions
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Costs are manageable NA
Poor usability NA
Other:
Job stability and career growth with a single employer NA
I'm not sure
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
6
null
Netherlands
EUR European Euro
64,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript
Haskell Haskell
Yes
SQLite
SQLite
SQLite
NA NA
Yes
APT;Composer;Docker;npm;Pip;Podman;Webpack
APT;Composer;Docker;npm;Pip;Podman;Webpack
APT;Composer;Docker;npm;Pip;Podman;Webpack
RunPod, Vast.ai, CUDO Compute RunPod, Vast.ai, CUDO Compute
Yes
jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js
jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js
jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js
NA NA
Yes
PhpStorm;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code
PhpStorm;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code
PhpStorm;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code
PSPad PSPad
Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Google Gemini
Large Language Model;Google Gemini
null
null
Windows;Android
Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL)
GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File
GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File
GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
NA NA
Yes
Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models
Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models
Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 10 and 15 years
Less than once every 2 - 3 months
Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board
Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer NA
Neutral
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently
Indifferent
Somewhat distrust
I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know
null
Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in):
Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data
null
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly
No
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Not at all or minimally
null
Language processing
null
null
null
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen...
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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
requirements elicitation, creating truly new solutions, knowing and reconstructing the reasons implementations are as they are, creating integrations between different companies' software platforms
74,249
6
22,110
22,111
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
Volunteering (regularly)
8
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
null
15
Developer, full-stack
500 to 999 employees
Individual contributor
In-person
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,111
22,112
I am a developer by profession
45-54 years old
Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.)
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
None of the above
8
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system)
15
Data engineer
null
null
null
No
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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null
null
null
null
NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,112
22,113
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.)
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
None of the above
8
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
null
10
Developer, back-end
null
null
null
No
Personal Project
null
null
Software Development
null
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
5
null
Ukraine
USD United States dollar
60,000
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
ASP.NET Core;Blazor
ASP.NET Core;Blazor
ASP.NET Core;Blazor
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
.NET 8 or higher
.NET 8 or higher
.NET 8 or higher
null
null
Windows;MacOS
Windows
Azure Devops
Azure Devops
Azure Devops
NA NA
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
openAI GPT (chatbot models)
openAI GPT (chatbot models)
openAI GPT (chatbot models)
NA NA
No
A few times per week
Between 10 and 15 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
null
null
No, not really
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;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in):
null
Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
null
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Not at all or minimally
IT operations
MCP servers
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have 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
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I want to fully understand something
AI
60,000
8
22,113
22,114
I am a developer by profession
45-54 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Not employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.)
25
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
35
Architect, software or solutions
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
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null
null
NA NA
null
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null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
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null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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null
22,114
22,115
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
None of the above
2
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training;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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc)
7
Developer, full-stack
100 to 499 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
No
Work
Reputation for quality NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Other:
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
null
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NA NA
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,115
22,116
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
null
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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange
15
Developer, full-stack
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Costs are manageable NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Software Development
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
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NA NA
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,116
22,117
I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies
Prefer not to say
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
None of the above
8
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
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
14
Data scientist
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
In-person
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Robust and complete API NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Other:
null
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
2
null
United States of America
USD United States dollar
null
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;MATLAB;Perl;Python;Swift
null
null
NA NA
Yes
MySQL;SQLite
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
MacOS;iOS;iPadOS
MacOS
null
null
null
NA NA
Stack Exchange
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Less than once per month or monthly
Less than one year
Infrequently, less than once per year
null
null
Neutral
I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools
No, and I don't plan to
Indifferent
Somewhat distrust
Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data
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
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem
null
null
null
22,117
22,118
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week)
11
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;Games or coding chal...
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
null
17
Developer, back-end
1,000 to 4,999 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
No
Work
Reliability and low latency NA
null
Other:
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null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,118
22,119
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week)
2
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community)
4
Developer, full-stack
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
No
Work
Robust and complete API NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Software Development
Solving real-world problems NA
No
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
12
14
India
INR Indian rupee
400,000
Yes
HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Cosmos DB;MongoDB;MySQL
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Digital Ocean;Google Cloud;Make;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;pnpm;Railway;Vercel;Vite
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Express;FastAPI;React;WordPress
Angular;Django;Next.js
null
NA NA
Yes
Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code
Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Windsurf
null
NA NA
hostinger;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini
Tailwind CSS 4;LangGraph
null
null
null
Android
Windows
GitHub;Google Workspace;Monday.com;Trello
Airtable;Asana;Notion
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn
Slack (public channels, not work);Medium
null
NA NA
Yes
Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models)
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 3 and 5 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
Chat (people);Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI)
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
Yes, definitely
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Somewhat trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data
null
Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
Search for answers
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
I do not do vibe coding.
No, but I plan to
Yes, somewhat
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code
Problem solving, out of the box thinking, Knowlege of using AI efficiently
4,650
9
22,119
22,120
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.)
Employed
Volunteering (regularly)
null
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Coding Bootcamp;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
null
Developer, back-end
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
No
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null
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,120
22,121
I am learning to code
18-24 years old
Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.)
Student
None of the above;Attending school (full-time)
null
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year
null
null
Student
null
null
null
null
School
Reliability and low latency NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
null
null
I'm not sure
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
null
null
India
INR Indian rupee
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
No
null
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null
NA NA
No
null
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null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Windows
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
No
A few times per month or weekly
I don't use Stack Overflow
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Videos
null
Yes, definitely
About half of the time
No, but I plan to soon
Unsure
Somewhat trust
Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks
Writing code
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
null
Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers
I haven’t encountered any problems
null
Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently
No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors
Software engineering
null
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.
null
null
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have ...
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
ChatGPT;Replit
null
When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem
null
null
null
22,121
22,122
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
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);Games or coding challenges
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
null
8
Developer, full-stack
20 to 99 employees
null
null
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made
Work
Other (please specify): Absence of "AI" crap
Other (please specify): "AI" slop integration
Manufacturing
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,122
22,123
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
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
12
Developer, full-stack
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
In-person
No
Work
Reputation for quality NA
Ethical concerns NA
Software Development
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,123
22,124
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
None of the above
12
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
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 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
18
Developer, back-end
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
null
Personal Project
Costs are manageable NA
Inefficient or time-costly NA
Software Development
Working with new technologies and tools NA
Yes
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
6
7
South Korea
KRW South Korean won
6,300
Yes
C;Go;Java;Perl;PHP;SQL
Lisp
null
NA Clojure
Yes
MariaDB;SQLite
Datomic
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
null
null
null
HTMX NA
Yes
Aider
null
null
Emacs NA
Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama
null
null
null
null
Ubuntu;Android
Red Hat
null
null
null
Gitea NA
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models)
null
null
NA NA
Not sure/can't remember
Daily or almost daily
Between 5 and 10 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
null
Answer a question NA
Neutral
null
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Somewhat trust
Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks
Writing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies
Deployment and monitoring
Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics
Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation
Search for answers
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
My pair programming partner
Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.
AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
null
AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
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.
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
null
null
null
Ollama;OpenRouter;LangChain
null
null
null
Google Gemini
null
I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore
Communication skills
5
3
22,124
22,125
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Not employed
None of the above
4
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community)
7
Developer, mobile
null
null
null
null
Work
Customizable and manageable codebase NA
Availability of better alternatives NA
null
null
null
null
null
null
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null
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,125
22,126
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
null
15
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Books / Physical media;Colleague or on-the-job training
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
Books / Physical media
20
Developer, full-stack
1,000 to 4,999 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Costs are manageable NA
Availability of better alternatives NA
Software Development
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,126
22,127
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
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts
15
Developer, game or graphics
1,000 to 4,999 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
No
Work
Reputation for quality NA
null
Software Development
Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
10
10
United States of America
USD United States dollar
170,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript
null
null
NA NA
Yes
MongoDB;MySQL
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Cloudflare;Datadog;npm
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Node.js;Spring Boot
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;Sublime Text
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian
Windows;Debian
Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
null
null
NA NA
Yes
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per month or weekly
Between 5 and 10 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
Chat (people)
null
Neutral
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Somewhat trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code
null
Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
Documenting code
Search for answers
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming
Profesionally, no. As a side-hobby however I do try it out from time to time.
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Yes, to a great extent
Software engineering
null
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.
AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem
Overall architectural awareness of complex systems. Context of entire systems is what AI lacks and that separates Senior vs Junior developers.
170,000
8
22,127
22,128
I am a developer by profession
45-54 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Not employed
None of the above
15
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22,128
22,129
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
31
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training
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)
38
Founder, technology or otherwise
null
null
null
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Other (please specify): Stupid question
Ethical concerns NA
Software Development
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,129
22,130
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 as required for my job or to benefit my career
null
8
Developer, embedded applications or devices
500 to 999 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
No
Work
Reliability and low latency NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Software Development
Solving real-world problems NA
No
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily
null
null
Germany
EUR European Euro
60,000
Yes
C;C++;Python
C++;Python;Rust
C++;Python
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
APT;Docker;Pacman;Pip
Cargo;Docker;Pacman;Pip
Docker;Pacman;Pip
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Nano;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium
Nano;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium
Nano;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Arch
Ubuntu
Clickup;Confluence;Doxygen;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis;YouTrack
Doxygen;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis;YouTrack
Doxygen;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis;YouTrack
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos)
Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos)
Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos)
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per month or weekly
Between 5 and 10 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
null
Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed NA
No, not really
I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools
No, and I don't plan to
Very unfavorable
Highly distrust
I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
null
null
Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works
No!
No, and I don't plan to
Not at all or minimally
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting
Using their brains
69,609
9
22,130
22,131
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
None of the above
12
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
12
Developer, full-stack
1,000 to 4,999 employees
People manager
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
No
Work
Reliability and low latency NA
Availability of better alternatives NA
Software Development
You like your manager NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
5
5
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null
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null
null
null
NA NA
null
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null
NA NA
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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9
22,131
22,132
I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am
25-34 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Retired
Volunteering (regularly)
10
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year
null
18
null
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null
null
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,132
22,133
I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies
25-34 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly)
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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
8
Engineering manager
100 to 499 employees
People manager
Remote
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,133
22,134
I am learning to code
18-24 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Not employed
None of the above
2
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., Universi...
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts
4
Developer, full-stack
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,134
22,135
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,135
22,136
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,136
22,137
I am a developer by profession
55-64 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Retired
Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week)
30
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year
null
40
Retired
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed)
No
Personal Project
Reputation for quality NA
Ethical concerns NA
Manufacturing
Developing specialized expertise NA
null
null
null
5
Turkey
TRY Turkish lira
null
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL
Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL
Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL
NA NA
Yes
PostgreSQL;SQLite
PostgreSQL;SQLite
PostgreSQL;SQLite
NA NA
Yes
APT;Cargo;Make;Pip
APT;Docker;Make;Ninja;Pip
APT;Make;Pip
NA NA
Yes
Flask
null
null
starlette, lektor, htmx starlette, lektor, htmx
Yes
Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
Geany Geany
uv
uv
uv
null
null
Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL)
Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL)
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
NA NA
null
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NA NA
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7
22,137
22,138
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
3
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community)
5
AI/ML engineer
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed)
No
Work
Other (please specify): good docs or well documented code
Lack of or sub-par API NA
Software Development
Solving real-world problems NA
No
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
null
null
Germany
EUR European Euro
57,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);Python
Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Lisp;Python
Bash/Shell (all shells);Python
NA Haskell
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip
Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip
Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Zed
Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Zed
Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Zed
NA NA
Pydantic;uv
Pydantic;uv
Pydantic;uv
null
null
MacOS
MacOS
GitLab;Markdown File
GitLab;Markdown File
GitLab;Markdown File
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn
Stack Overflow;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn
Stack Overflow;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn
NA NA
Yes
openAI GPT (chatbot models)
Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models)
openAI GPT (chatbot 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
Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed NA
No, not really
null
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks
Search for answers
Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
Learning new concepts or technologies
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
sometimes
No, but I plan to
Yes, somewhat
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code
Domain Knowledge, knowledge of general software dev principles
66,128
6
22,138
22,139
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week)
1
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts
2
Developer, back-end
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
No
Personal Project
Reputation for quality NA
Outdated or obsolete technology or features NA
Software Development
Job stability and career growth with a single employer NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
4
6
Philippines
PHP Philippine peso
null
Yes
C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript
C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript
C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase
Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase
Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;NuGet;Vercel;Vite
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;NuGet;Vercel;Vite
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;NuGet;Vercel;Vite
NA NA
Yes
ASP.NET Core;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js
ASP.NET Core;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js
ASP.NET Core;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js
NA NA
Yes
Cursor;PhpStorm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Cursor;PhpStorm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Cursor;PhpStorm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
.NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui
.NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui
.NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui
null
null
Windows;Android;iOS
Windows;Android;iOS
Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello
Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello
Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per month or weekly
Between 1 and 3 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts
Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed NA
Neutral
Less than half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Somewhat trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
null
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
null
Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works
no
Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently
Yes, somewhat
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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed abo...
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.
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
Redis;supabase
null
LangChain;Zapier
null
Honeycomb
null
ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Devin AI;Perplexity;Bolt.new;Lovable.dev
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices
problem solving
null
9
22,139
22,140
I am a developer by profession
45-54 years old
Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.)
Student
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Attending school (full-time)
20
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);School (i.e., University, College, etc)
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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types)
22
Student
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null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,140
22,141
I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies
18-24 years old
Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.)
Employed
None of the above
3
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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
5
DevOps engineer or professional
500 to 999 employees
Individual contributor
In-person
No
Work
Customizable and manageable codebase NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Government
null
I'm not sure
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
null
null
Israel
ILS Israeli new shekel
null
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Lua;Python
Elixir;Go;Lua;Rust;Gleam
Go;Lua
NA NA
Yes
Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MongoDB;Redis
Redis;Valkey
Redis
NA NA
Yes
Ansible;APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Pacman;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform
APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Pacman;Prometheus;Terraform
APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Pacman;Prometheus;Terraform
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Pydantic
Pydantic
Pydantic
null
null
Android;Debian;Arch
Windows;Ubuntu
GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian
GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian
GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian
NA NA
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
openAI GPT (chatbot models)
null
null
NA NA
No
A few times per month or weekly
Between 3 and 5 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
null
null
No, not at all
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently
Favorable
Somewhat distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
null
null
null
null
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
no
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Yes, somewhat
null
null
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null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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null
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null
null
infrastructure management & devops
null
null
22,141
22,142
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
null
Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student
Other (please specify):
null
null
null
Product manager
I don’t know
People manager
In-person
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Personal Project
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
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NA NA
null
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null
NA NA
null
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null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
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null
NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,142
22,143
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 (10-19 hours per week)
7
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career
null
10
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
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
9
null
Ukraine
UAH Ukrainian hryvnia
2,800,000
Yes
Go;HTML/CSS;Java;PowerShell;Python;SQL
Rust
null
NA Clojure
Yes
Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Amazon Redshift
Dynamodb;Elasticsearch
null
NA ScyllaDB
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Pip;Prometheus
Terraform
null
NA NA
Yes
Spring Boot
null
null
Go Gin Web Framework Go Fiber
Yes
Visual Studio Code;VSCodium
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;ChromeOS
MacOS;Ubuntu
Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion
GitLab;Markdown File;Notion
GitLab;Markdown File;Notion
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium
Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 5 and 10 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
null
Use discussion or chat feature NA
No, not really
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Somewhat trust
Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring
Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation
Search for answers
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving
No
Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering
null
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h...
null
67,105
8
22,143
22,144
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Student
Attending school (full-time)
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)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
Other (please specify):
8
Student
null
null
null
null
Personal Project
Robust and complete API NA
Availability of better alternatives NA
null
Collaboration and support from a team NA
No
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
4
4
Spain
EUR European Euro
null
Yes
Assembly;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;SQL
C#;C++;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python
C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python
NA NA
Yes
Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL
MongoDB;PostgreSQL
MongoDB;PostgreSQL
NA ArrowDB
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Pip
Docker;npm;Pip
Docker;npm;Pip
NA NA
Yes
FastAPI;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js
FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress
FastAPI;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js
NA NA
Yes
Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Rider;Visual Studio Code
Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
Tailwind CSS 4
c++23;Tailwind CSS 4
Tailwind CSS 4
null
null
Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Arch
Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
GitHub;Obsidian
GitHub;Obsidian;Trello
GitHub;Obsidian
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);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
A few times per week
Between 5 and 10 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.)
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
No, not really
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently
Indifferent
Somewhat trust
I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know
Generating content or synthetic data
Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
null
Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving
No, I'm surprised this is even a question. I'm familiar with the term but genuinely unsure if it's a meme or a real thing.
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Not at all or minimally
null
null
AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.
null
AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
null
null
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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 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
Software architecture, UX design, writing maintainable code
null
null
22,144
22,145
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
null
3
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
School (i.e., University, College, etc)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts
10
Developer, full-stack
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
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null
null
NA NA
null
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null
NA NA
null
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NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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null
NA NA
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
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null
22,145
22,146
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
None of the above
10
null
null
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
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null
null
null
null
null
null
null
22,146
22,147
I am learning to code
18-24 years old
Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, 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 NA
null
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NA NA
null
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NA NA
null
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null
null
NA NA
null
null
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null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
NA NA
null
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null
NA NA
null
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22,147
22,148
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
null
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
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community)
24
Developer, back-end
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
No
Work
null
null
Fintech
Developing specialized expertise NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
null
null
Netherlands
EUR European Euro
100,000
Yes
Python;SQL
Python;SQL
Python;SQL
NA NA
Yes
PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite
PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite
PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite
NA NA
Yes
APT;Docker;Pip
APT;Docker;Pip
APT;Docker;Pip
Pyinfra Pyinfra
Yes
Flask
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab
Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab
Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab
PyDev, Geany PyDev, Geany
Pydantic;Ollama
null
null
null
null
Debian;Linux (non-WSL)
Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat
Jira;Markdown File
Markdown File
Markdown File
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 5 and 10 years
A few times per month or weekly
Job board
Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts NA
Neutral
More than half the time
No, and I don't plan to
Unfavorable
Highly distrust
Very poor at handling complex tasks
Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
null
null
null
No
No, but I plan to
Not at all or minimally
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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
null
116,015
8
22,148
22,149
I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am
35-44 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
None of the above
6
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
null
12
Engineering manager
100 to 499 employees
People manager
Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed)
No
Work
Easy-to-use API NA
Inefficient or time-costly NA
Transportation, or Supply Chain
null
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 NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
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NA NA
null
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NA NA
null
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null
NA NA
null
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null
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null
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NA NA
null
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NA NA
null
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NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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null
null
null
null
null
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null
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null
null
null
null
null
null
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null
null
null
null
null
null
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22,149
22,150
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.)
13
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
null
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null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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null
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NA NA
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NA NA
null
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NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
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null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
null
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null
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null
NA NA
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,150
22,151
I am learning to code
18-24 years old
Other (please specify):
Not employed
None of the above
null
Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student
Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification)
No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year
null
1
Other (please specify):
null
null
null
null
Personal Project
null
null
null
null
I'm not sure
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
null
null
United States of America
USD United States dollar
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
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null
NA NA
null
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NA NA
null
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null
null
null
null
null
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null
NA NA
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
Not sure/can't remember
Less than once every 2 - 3 months
More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Chat (people)
null
Not sure
I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools
No, but I plan to soon
Unsure
Neither trust nor distrust
Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in):
Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers
null
null
It’s hard to understand how or why the code works
I don't know
No, but I plan to
No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla...
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above:
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I want to compare different solutions
Maybe
null
null
22,151
22,152
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
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,152
22,153
I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies
18-24 years old
Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.)
Student
Attending school (full-time)
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,153
22,154
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
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training
16
Developer, full-stack
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
No
Work
Reliability and low latency NA
Availability of better alternatives NA
Banking/Financial Services
You like your manager NA
No
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
10
4
United States of America
USD United States dollar
170,000
Yes
C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript
C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript
C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
NA NA
Yes
Google Cloud;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Splunk
Google Cloud;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Splunk
Google Cloud;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Splunk
VMware Tanzu Application Service NA
Yes
Angular;ASP.NET Core;Node.js
Angular;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Svelte
Angular;ASP.NET Core;Node.js
NA NA
Yes
Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Google Gemini
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Google Gemini
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Google Gemini
null
null
Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Confluence;GitHub;GitLab
Confluence;GitHub
Confluence;GitHub
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models)
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models)
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning 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;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI)
Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer NA
Neutral
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools weekly
Favorable
Somewhat distrust
Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data
Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
No - vibe coding does not produce quality, secure software, and leads to not understanding your own software.
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Not at all or minimally
Software engineering
null
null
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
null
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
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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
Collaboration with business, UX, product management. AI can help build stuff, but it takes a human to figure out what to build and direct the process of building it, and validating it.
170,000
7
22,154
22,155
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)
2
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
Colleague or on-the-job training
8
Developer, embedded applications or devices
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
No
School
Robust and complete API NA
Availability of better alternatives NA
Fintech
Solving real-world problems NA
No
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily
20
20
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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7
22,155
22,156
I am a developer by profession
65 years or older
null
Employed
None of the above
null
null
null
null
null
null
Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.)
1,000 to 4,999 employees
People manager
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,156
22,157
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.)
26
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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
28
Developer, full-stack
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
No
Work
Reputation for quality NA
Availability of better alternatives NA
Internet, Telecomm or Information Services
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,157
22,158
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
None of the above
5
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);...
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training
8
Architect, software or solutions
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
No
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,158
22,159
I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am
45-54 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Not employed
None of the above
20
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc)
20
AI/ML engineer
null
null
null
null
Personal Project
AI integration or AI Agent capabilities NA
null
null
null
No
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily
null
5
Switzerland
CHF Swiss franc
null
Yes
Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript
Rust;Mojo
Rust
NA NA
Yes
MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite
null
null
NA NA
null
Bun;Docker;npm;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Vite;Webpack
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Deno;Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Aider;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Zed
Zed
Zed
NA NA
Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph
Google Gemini;Ollama
Google Gemini;Ollama
null
null
Ubuntu;Android
null
GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File
Markdown File
Markdown File
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Substack;Medium
Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow
NA NA
Yes
Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Re...
Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models
Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models
NA NA
Yes
A few times per month or weekly
More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008
Infrequently, less than once per year
Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI)
Answer a question NA
Yes, somewhat
About half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Very well at handling complex tasks
Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
null
Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works
Yes, it has become the main part of my non-professional development work. Prototyping is much faster.
Yes, I use AI agents at work daily
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering
Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
null
AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above.
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
null
Redis;Neo4j;GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB;pgvector
null
Agno;Llama Index;Ollama;OpenRouter;LangGraph;Smolagents
null
LangSmith
wandb
ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT;Auto-GPT;OpenHands (formerly OpenDevin);Roo code (Roo-Cline);Tabnine;Replit;v0.dev;Perplexity;Lovable.dev;Cody
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code
null
null
null
22,159
22,160
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
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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career
null
8
Developer, back-end
100 to 499 employees
Individual contributor
In-person
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made
Work
Robust and complete API NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Software Development
Competitive pay and benefits NA
I'm not sure
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
4
3
France
EUR European Euro
36,000
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
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null
null
NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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null
NA NA
Yes
Less than once per month or monthly
Between 5 and 10 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI)
Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer NA
No, not at all
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Somewhat distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;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
null
null
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
No I use LLM as super search engine.
No, and I don't plan to
Yes, somewhat
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se...
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41,765
6
22,160
22,161
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Not employed
None of the above
7
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training
20
Developer, full-stack
null
null
null
null
Work
Connected to an open-source project NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
null
Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks NA
Yes
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
10
20
Australia
AUD Australian dollar
145,000
Yes
C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript
C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript
C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Vercel;Vite
Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet;Vercel;Vite
Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet;Vercel;Vite
NA NA
Yes
ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React;Svelte
ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Svelte
ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Svelte
NA NA
Yes
Android Studio;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode
Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm
Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm
NA NA
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ollama
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ollama
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ollama
null
null
Windows;MacOS
Windows;MacOS
GitHub;Linear;Markdown File
GitHub;Linear;Markdown File
GitHub;Linear;Markdown File
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube
Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube
Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI Reasoning models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 10 and 15 years
Less than once per month or monthly
null
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
No, not at all
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation
Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data
null
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
HELL 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
null
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers
That entirely depends on just HOW good the AI's get. I can see them being so close to being good but just not quite good enough to replace just about any of us. Or I can see them being so good they replace all of us. I don't see any in between.
94,264
5
22,161
22,162
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week)
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);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
8
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,162
22,163
I am a developer by profession
45-54 years old
Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.)
Employed
None of the above
28
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts
No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year
null
43
Developer, full-stack
500 to 999 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
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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null
NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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null
22,163
22,164
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly)
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);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
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community)
25
Developer, full-stack
null
null
null
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Reputation for quality NA
Ethical concerns NA
Software Development
Solving real-world problems NA
No
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
4
4
France
EUR European Euro
45,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript
C;Erlang;Go
null
NA NA
Yes
MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn
Terraform
null
NA NA
Yes
Astro;Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;Phoenix;React
null
null
Zola NA
Yes
PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm
Neovim;VSCodium
null
NA NA
Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui
uv
null
null
null
Linux (non-WSL)
Linux (non-WSL)
GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Trello;YouTrack
GitLab
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
null
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per month or weekly
Between 3 and 5 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
null
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
No, not really
More than half the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Somewhat distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring
Project planning;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works
No
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering;Decision intelligence
Agent/multi-agent orchestration
AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.
AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
null
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code
Domain knowledge, solving business issues, transform business needs to solutions
52,207
7
22,164
22,165
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Employed
Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time)
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 required for my job or to benefit my career
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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null
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null
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null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
22,165
22,166
I am a developer by profession
45-54 years old
Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.)
Employed
Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week)
30
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
35
Architect, software or solutions
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Good brand and public image NA
Outdated or obsolete technology or features NA
Banking/Financial Services
Job stability and career growth with a single employer NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
7
5
Ukraine
UAH Ukrainian hryvnia
75,000
Yes
Python;SQL
Python;SQL
Python;SQL
NA NA
Yes
Databricks SQL;PostgreSQL;Clickhouse
Databricks SQL;PostgreSQL
Databricks SQL;PostgreSQL
NA NA
Yes
Docker;Google Cloud;Pip
Docker;Google Cloud;Pip
Docker;Google Cloud;Pip
NA NA
Yes
FastAPI
FastAPI
FastAPI
NA NA
Yes
Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code
Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code
Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;LangGraph
Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;LangGraph
Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;LangGraph
null
null
Windows
Red Hat
GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File
GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File
GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn;Medium
Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn;Medium
Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn;Medium
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 3 and 5 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board
Comment on Q&A posts NA
No, not really
Less than half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Somewhat distrust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Project planning;Writing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies
Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring
Generating content or synthetic data
Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code
Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
no
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics
Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.
null
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.
AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code
null
1,797
7
22,166
22,167
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA 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
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null
null
null
null
null
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null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
22,167
22,168
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.)
Employed
None of the above
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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system)
20
Engineering manager
20 to 99 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 tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Costs are manageable NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Healthcare
Competitive pay and benefits NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
15
null
France
EUR European Euro
80,000
Yes
Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;MATLAB;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript
C++
null
Terraform NA
Yes
PostgreSQL
Redis
null
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Terraform
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
NA NA
Yes
Next.js;React
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode
Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Xcode
Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Xcode
NA NA
Odoo;Google Gemini
Ollama;LangGraph
null
null
null
MacOS;iOS;iPadOS
MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS
GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Trello;Wikis
GitHub;GitLab;Jira
GitHub;GitLab;Jira
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium
Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium
Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium
NA NA
Yes
Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
NA NA
Not sure/can't remember
A few times per month or weekly
Between 5 and 10 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI)
Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer NA
Not sure
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Somewhat distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics
Testing code
null
Learning about a codebase;Documenting code
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
I have used it but it has limitations. And when things get tough you have to step in. The problem is that things get tough for the AI at simple steps.
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering
Vector databases for AI applications
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.
null
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.
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 collaboration within my team.
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
null
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h...
Clean coding, simplicity of solutions, accuracy of solutions, deep understanding of how computers work.
92,812
8
22,168
22,169
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-time)
10
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange
15
Architect, software or solutions
null
null
null
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made
Work
Connected to an open-source project NA
Ethical concerns NA
Software Development
Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks NA
No
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
10
15
Romania
RON Romanian leu
null
Yes
Assembly;C;Dart;GDScript;HTML/CSS;MicroPython;PHP;Python;SQL
Assembly;C;Dart;Elixir;Erlang;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;MicroPython;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript
Assembly;C;Dart;GDScript;HTML/CSS;MicroPython;PHP;Python;SQL
NA NA
Yes
BigQuery;MariaDB
Elasticsearch;MariaDB;PostgreSQL
MariaDB
NA NA
Yes
APT;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pacman;Pip;Webpack
APT;Composer;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Pacman;Pip;Vite
APT;Composer;Docker;npm;Pacman;Pip
NA NA
Yes
Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js;WordPress
Express;Laravel;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js
Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js
NA NA
null
Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Xcode
Visual Studio Code;VSCodium
Visual Studio Code;VSCodium
NA NA
Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama
Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama
Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama
null
null
Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch
Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch
GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File
GitLab;Markdown File
Markdown File
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube
null
null
NA NA
null
DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models)
DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models)
DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models)
NA NA
No
Daily or almost daily
Between 10 and 15 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles
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
Generating content or synthetic data
Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code
Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
Predictive analytics
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works
No, my work is too complex to be reliably solved using LLMs.
Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently
Not at all or minimally
Business process automation;Data and analytics;Marketing
Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;Personalized agent creation
AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have 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 security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
null
ChromaDB;Milvus
LangChain, LangGraph
Ollama;LangChain;LangGraph
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
Logic, software architecture design, reverse engineering
null
9
22,169
22,170
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
None of the above
1
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types)
10
AI/ML engineer
100 to 499 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Costs are manageable data safety
Availability of better alternatives NA
Manufacturing
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
22,170
22,171
I am learning to code
18-24 years old
Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.)
Student
Attending school (full-time)
null
Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student
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;School (i.e., University, College, etc)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community)
4
Student
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
22,171
22,172
I am a developer by profession
45-54 years old
Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.)
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week)
25
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
null
30
Developer, full-stack
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
22,172
22,173
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
Volunteering (regularly)
19
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system)
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career
null
24
Developer, full-stack
null
null
null
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Robust and complete API NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Energy
Competitive pay and benefits NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
20
null
Australia
AUD Australian dollar
350,000
Yes
C#;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;VBA
C#;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;VBA
C#;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;VBA
NA NA
Yes
PostgreSQL;SQLite
PostgreSQL;SQLite
PostgreSQL;SQLite
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Pip;Webpack;Yarn
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Pip;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Pip;Webpack;Yarn
NA NA
Yes
React;Axum
React;Axum
React;Axum
NA NA
Yes
IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm
IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm
IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Windows
Windows
Clickup;GitHub;Notion;Obsidian
Clickup;GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian
Clickup;GitHub;Notion;Obsidian
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 10 and 15 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
null
Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer NA
No, not really
I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools
No, and I don't plan to
Very unfavorable
Highly distrust
Very poor at handling complex tasks
null
Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in):
Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data
null
null
Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly
no
No, and I don't plan to
Not at all or minimally
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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
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.
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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.
227,533
10
22,173
22,174
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
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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts
12
Developer, full-stack
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
No
Work
Reputation for quality NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Media & Advertising Services
Competitive pay and benefits NA
No
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
3
2
France
EUR European Euro
48,000
Yes
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;Rust
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby
NA crystal
Yes
MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite
Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
NA NA
Yes
Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Homebrew;New Relic;npm;Webpack;Yarn
Cloudflare;Homebrew;New Relic;Yarn
Cloudflare;Homebrew;New Relic;Yarn
NA NA
Yes
jQuery;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails;Vue.js
Ruby on Rails
NA NA
Yes
Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code
Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA
Cursor
NA NA
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null
null
null
Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;iPadOS
MacOS;Debian
Asana;GitHub;Notion;Trello
GitHub;Trello
GitHub;Trello
NA NA
Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium
Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos)
Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos)
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models
NA NA
Yes
A few times per month or weekly
Between 5 and 10 years
Less than once every 2 - 3 months
Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts
Ask a question NA
No, not really
About half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools weekly
Indifferent
Somewhat distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics
Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation
Generating content or synthetic data
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving
null
Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering
null
AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.
AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;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
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.
null
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
GitHub MCP Server
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null
null
Sentry
null
ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem
null
55,687
4
22,174
22,175
I am learning to code
18-24 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Student
Attending school (full-time)
null
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
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22,175
22,176
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.)
Employed
Attending school (part-time)
1
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc)
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,176
22,177
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
None of the above
3
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types)
10
Developer, back-end
500 to 999 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
Connected to an open-source project NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Banking/Financial Services
Control over the level of quality in projects NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
8
5
Denmark
DKK Danish krone
600,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);COBOL;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL
Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Python;Rust;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Python
NA NA
Yes
IBM DB2;SQLite
PostgreSQL;SQLite
SQLite
NA NA
Yes
Ansible;APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);NuGet;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);NuGet;Podman;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform
Ansible;APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);NuGet;Podman;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform
NA NA
No
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null
NA NA
Yes
IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium
IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;RustRover;VSCodium
IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;RustRover;VSCodium
NA NA
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null
null
MacOS;Fedora
Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro
GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian
GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File
NA NA
GitHub (public projects, not private repos)
GitHub (public projects, not private repos)
GitHub (public projects, not private repos)
NA NA
Yes
Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models
Mistral AI models
Mistral AI models
NA NA
Yes
A few times per month or weekly
Between 10 and 15 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
null
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
No, not really
Less than half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools weekly
Favorable
Somewhat trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
Predictive analytics
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring
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null
I haven’t encountered any problems
No
Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering;IT operations
Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Integration with external agents and APIs
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
null
AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
null
null
null
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.
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null
null
null
null
null
null
ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot
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
Understanding business context and limitations
93,312
8
22,177
22,178
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
Engaged in paid work (10-19 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);School (i.e., University, College, etc)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,178
22,179
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
Attending school (part-time)
1
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
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
5
Developer, back-end
100 to 499 employees
Individual contributor
In-person
No
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22,179
22,180
I am a developer by profession
55-64 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Employed
None of the above
30
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
null
25
Developer, full-stack
1,000 to 4,999 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization
Work
null
null
Government
null
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
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null
United States of America
USD United States dollar
155,000
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
null
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null
No, but I plan to soon
Unfavorable
Somewhat distrust
I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know
null
null
Writing code;Testing code
null
null
I don’t use AI tools regularly
no
No, but I plan to
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155,000
8
22,180
22,181
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
9
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts
10
Developer, front-end
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
No
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22,181
22,182
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
None of the above
15
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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
null
29
Developer, full-stack
null
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null
No
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NA NA
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22,182
22,183
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week)
12
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,183
22,184
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);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week)
10
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community)
9
Developer, full-stack
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Reputation for quality NA
Lack of AI or AI agents NA
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22,184
22,185
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time)
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
Academic researcher
1,000 to 4,999 employees
Individual contributor
In-person
No
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22,185
22,186
I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Other (please specify):
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);None of the above;Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Attending school (full-time);Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (l...
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22,187
I code primarily as a hobby
25-34 years old
Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.)
I prefer not to say
null
null
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other (please specify):
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
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15
Other (please specify):
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null
null
null
Personal Project
Connected to an open-source project NA
Ethical concerns NA
null
null
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
null
null
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BAM Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark
null
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;JavaScript;Python
Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;JavaScript;Python
NA NA
Yes
MySQL;PostgreSQL
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Cargo;Docker;npm;Pacman;Pip
Cargo;Docker;npm;Pacman;Pip
Cargo;Docker;npm;Pacman;Pip
NA NA
Yes
Node.js
Svelte
null
NA NA
Yes
Nano
Nano
Nano
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch
null
GitHub;Obsidian;Wikis
GitHub;Obsidian;Wikis
GitHub;Obsidian;Wikis
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Not sure/can't remember
Daily or almost daily
Between 5 and 10 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
Chat (people);Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Other (write in):
Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer Find solutions to problems
No, not really
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;...
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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;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works
This is not coding, this is playing pretend, like you're the boss and the LLM is a (not so good) coder. It's a waste of time both for you (all the debugging instead of just writing it yourself, plus you forget how to actually code), and your company because of your own waste of time. I would never stoop so low, and tho...
No, and I don't plan to
Yes, to a great extent
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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.
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When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h...
Everything ever. What worth is a skill-less or half-skilled developer? Either they will be replaced by the machine, or not. And in the cases when not, skills are still needed. Don't you agree?
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22,187
22,188
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
Volunteering (regularly)
15
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types)
32
Developer, back-end
null
null
null
No
Personal Project
Easy-to-use API NA
Lack of or sub-par API NA
Software Development
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null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,188
22,189
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.)
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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts
15
Developer, back-end
1,000 to 4,999 employees
Individual contributor
Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed)
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,189
22,190
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,190
22,191
I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies
18-24 years old
Other (please specify):
I prefer not to say
null
null
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification)
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)
4
Student
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NA NA
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22,191
22,192
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
Volunteering (regularly)
11
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts
No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year
null
15
Developer, full-stack
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
No
Personal Project
Reliability and low latency NA
Poor usability 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
15
8
United States of America
USD United States dollar
150,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
BigQuery;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase
BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase
BigQuery;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase
NA NA
Yes
Bun;Chocolatey;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Netlify;npm;Pacman;Supabase;Vercel;Vite
Bun;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pacman;Supabase;Vite
Bun;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pacman;Supabase;Vite
NA NA
Yes
Deno;Next.js;Node.js;React
Node.js;React;WordPress
Node.js;React
NA NA
Yes
Visual Studio Code;VSCodium
VSCodium
VSCodium
NA NA
Shadcn/ui
Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG
null
null
null
MacOS;iOS;Arch;iPadOS
MacOS;Android
GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear
GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear;Notion
GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear
NA NA
null
null
null
NA NA
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NA NA
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150,000
7
22,192
22,193
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.)
6
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange
8
Developer, back-end
100 to 499 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
No
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null
null
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null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,193
22,194
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
7
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification)
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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc)
10
Developer, mobile
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
No
Personal Project
AI integration or AI Agent capabilities NA
null
Fintech
null
I'm not sure
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
null
null
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
GBP Pound sterling
120,000
null
Dart;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Swift;TypeScript
Dart;Erlang;Go;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;R;Rust;Swift;TypeScript
Dart;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Swift;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;MySQL
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
null
FastAPI
FastAPI
FastAPI
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
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 every 2 - 3 months
null
null
Neutral
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
null
null
Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
null
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I want to learn best practices
null
163,370
8
22,194
22,195
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Employed
Volunteering (regularly)
12
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training
14
Developer, full-stack
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made
Work
Reputation for quality NA
Outdated or obsolete technology or features NA
Other:
Other (please specify): Remote work
I'm not sure
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily
null
null
Hungary
HUF Hungarian forint
null
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;PHP;Rust;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Docker;npm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn
Docker;npm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn
NA NA
Yes
Laravel;NestJS;Node.js;React;Vue.js
Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React
Laravel;NestJS;Node.js;React
NA NA
Yes
Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium
Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium
Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium
NA NA
Google Gemini
Google Gemini
Google Gemini
null
null
Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL)
Windows
GitHub;Markdown File;Trello;Wikis
GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Trello;Wikis
GitHub;Markdown File;Trello;Wikis
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
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 week
Between 10 and 15 years
A few times per week
Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI);Other (write in):
Other (write in): Read answer for my problem. Duh...
Yes, somewhat
More than half the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Somewhat trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data
Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics
Project planning;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in):
no
Yes, I use AI agents at work daily
Yes, to a great extent
Software engineering
null
AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.
AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
AI agents have increased my productivity.
null
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code
Auditing AI code, writing proper prompts. Validating AI generated results.
null
6
22,195
22,196
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week)
10
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification)
10
Developer, full-stack
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,196
22,197
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.)
38
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community)
42
Developer, embedded applications or devices
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
Remote
No
Work
Costs are manageable The need to migrate to new crypto technology
Outdated or obsolete technology or features NA
Software Development
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null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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22,197
22,198
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.)
Employed
Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week)
1
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;School (i.e., Universit...
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career
null
3
DevOps engineer or professional
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
No
Work
Connected to an open-source project NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Software Development
Competitive pay and benefits NA
No
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
3
10
Spain
EUR European Euro
9,216
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);Python
Bash/Shell (all shells);C
Bash/Shell (all shells)
NA NA
Yes
Cloud Firestore;Redis
Valkey
null
NA NA
Yes
APT;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);New Relic;npm;Pip;Poetry
APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Make
APT;Docker
NA NA
Yes
Flask;Node.js;Spring Boot
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Large Language Model
Large Language Model
Large Language Model
null
null
Linux (non-WSL);Arch
Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Fedora
GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis
GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis
GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube
NA NA
Yes
openAI GPT (chatbot models)
Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models)
openAI GPT (chatbot models)
NA NA
No
A few times per week
Between 1 and 3 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI)
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
No, not really
About half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation
Writing code
null
Generating content or synthetic data
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming
Somewhat
Yes, I use AI agents at work daily
Not at all or minimally
Software engineering
Language processing
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 increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
null
AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
null
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
null
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
Redis
null
null
null
New Relic
null
ChatGPT;AgentGPT
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code
Architecturing.
10,692
1
22,198
22,199
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
null
16
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training
25
Data engineer
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
No
Work
Reputation for quality NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Software Development
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
22,199
22,200
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.)
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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange
24
Academic researcher
20 to 99 employees
null
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Costs are manageable NA
Availability of better alternatives NA
Higher Education
null
No
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
5
2
Germany
EUR European Euro
65,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript
Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript
Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
InfluxDB;MongoDB;SQLite
Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MongoDB;SQLite
InfluxDB;MongoDB;SQLite
NA NA
Yes
APT;Docker;Gradle;npm;Pip;Poetry
APT;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;npm;Pip
APT;Docker;Gradle;npm;Pip
NA NA
Yes
FastAPI
FastAPI
FastAPI
NA NA
Yes
Android Studio;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code
Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code
Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File;Miro;Notion
GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Linear;Markdown File;Notion
GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File;Notion
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium
Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium
Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 10 and 15 years
Less than once per month or monthly
Videos;Chat (bot/AI)
Answer a question NA
Yes, somewhat
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data
Committing and reviewing code
null
Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming
Vibe coding is a good starting point (i.e., scaffolding a project backbone), but as the project grows, it becomes inefficient
Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently
Yes, to a great extent
Software engineering
null
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen...
null
null
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
GitHub Copilot
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions
Sills that help define tasks and describe goals
75,410
null