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22,300 | 22,301 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 42 | 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 | 49 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Other (please specify):
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22,301 | 22,302 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Attending school (part-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | null | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Nepal | NPR Nepalese rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Bookmark posts to look at later
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 |
22,302 | 22,303 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 20 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | null | null | null | 1 | Data or business analyst | I don’t know | null | null | No | Personal Project | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,303 | 22,304 | 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) | 15 | Developer, front-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 14 | 4 | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | 8,500,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | I don't use Stack Overflow | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat 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;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, not at all. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Philosophically seeing through the essence, meaning, and role of the thing to stipulate what it should be or should not be. | 58,725 | 7 |
22,304 | 22,305 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | 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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 25 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 20 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Java;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Java;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Java;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Pip;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform | Ansible;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Ansible;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Vim | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Vim | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Vim | Copilot
Copilot | c++23;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | c++23;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | c++23;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Miro;Monday.com | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | 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.) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Other (write in): | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec ... | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | Snyk;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something | Communication and management skills. It's a scary time to be just a developer! | null | 8 |
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NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Fintech | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 4 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 180,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java | Java;Kotlin;Python | Java | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;Splunk | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Heroku;Pip;Splunk | Splunk | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | Aider;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Windsurf | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Red Hat | Jira;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | Jira;Obsidian;Trello | Jira;Obsidian;Trello | Affine
Affine | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Absolutely not! | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;IT operations | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 223,187 | 1 |
22,306 | 22,307 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 30 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | Other: | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django | Django;Axum | Django | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 27,306 | 6 |
22,307 | 22,308 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 1 | Data or business analyst | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Healthcare | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Nigeria | NGN Nigerian naira | 100,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase | null | null | null | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Decision intelligence | Personalized agent creation | null | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | Neo4j | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 65 | null |
22,308 | 22,309 | I code primarily as a hobby | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 55 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 55 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | C#;Python | C#;Python | C#;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | null | null | null | null | 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 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | null |
22,309 | 22,310 | 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.) | 18 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 18 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 180,000 | Yes | C;C++;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | C;C++;JavaScript;Lisp;PHP;Python;SQL | C;C++;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;PhpStorm;Vim | Cursor;PhpStorm;Vim | Cursor;PhpStorm;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | GitHub MCP Server | null | Llama Index;LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 180,000 | 7 |
22,310 | 22,311 | 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.);None of the above | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 12 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
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22,311 | 22,312 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Other (please specify): | 26 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
Social Good | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Ireland | EUR European Euro | 140,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Lisp;Lua;Perl;PowerShell;Python;R;Rust;SQL | Assembly;C;C++;Go;Lisp;Python;Rust;SQL | C;C++;Lisp;Python;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | MariaDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Poetry;Prometheus | APT;Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Poetry | APT;Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Poetry | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Rider;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code | RustRover;Visual Studio Code | RustRover;Visual Studio Code | Emacs
NA | c++23;Pydantic | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Microsoft Planner | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Planning, architecture, systems design, code reviews | 162,421 | 6 |
22,312 | 22,313 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | 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 | 17 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,313 | 22,314 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Books / Physical media | 13 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 20 | Cameroon | USD United States dollar | 15,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;npm | Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Kubernetes;npm;Vercel | Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Node.js;WordPress | Angular;Node.js;React;WordPress | Angular;Node.js;WordPress | Ionic
Ionic | Yes | Android Studio;Nano;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace;Trello | GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 15,000 | 9 |
22,314 | 22,315 | 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 | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 25 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 15 | 20 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 30,000 | Yes | Ada;C;C#;C++;Erlang;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lisp;Lua;PHP;Scala;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Dynamodb;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Dynamodb;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostGIS
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django;Express;Laravel;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;WordPress | Angular;Express;Laravel;Node.js;Spring Boot;WordPress | Angular;Express;Laravel;Node.js;Spring Boot;WordPress | ionic
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Redmine;Trello | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Redmine;Trello | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Redmine;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing 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 | just for few scripts, not more than that | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Vision | 34,804 | 9 |
22,315 | 22,316 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 24 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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22,316 | 22,317 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 6 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,317 | 22,318 | 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 | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 23 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Healthcare | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;iOS;iPadOS | Windows | Azure Devops;Jira | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;X;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work);X | Stack Overflow;X | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | 5 |
22,318 | 22,319 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 23 | 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);Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 26 | Architect, software or solutions | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 130,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;SQL;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;SQL;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;SQL;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;Valkey | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | APT;Bun;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Podman;Vite;Yarn | APT;Docker;Microsoft Azure;Vite;Yarn | .NET Aspire
.NET Aspire | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | Angular;ASP.NET Core;React | Angular;ASP.NET Core;React | NA
HTMX | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Miro;Wikis | Azure Devops;GitHub;Wikis | Azure Devops;GitHub;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | I use the term in a derogatory way, so 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | System and solution architecture; focus on readability of code; understanding computing fundamentals. | 94,846 | null |
22,319 | 22,320 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 40 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 40 | System administrator | 100 to 499 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 | Good brand and public image
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 6 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 70,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | C++ | null | NA
NA | Yes | IBM DB2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;MongoDB | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu;Red Hat | GitHub;GitLab | Azure Devops | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 70,000 | null |
22,320 | 22,321 | I code primarily as a hobby | Prefer not to say | null | I prefer not to say | null | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I 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 | 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 | Yes | C#;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | APT;Docker;Pip;pnpm;Vercel | APT;Docker;Pip;pnpm;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Django;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Django;Next.js;Node.js;React | Django;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | null | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium;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 | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | 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 | 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;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data | null | 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 | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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 platfo... | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | null |
22,321 | 22,322 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 30 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;Python;Scala | C#;HTML/CSS;Java | C#;HTML/CSS;Java | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Azure Data Explorer
Azure Data Explorer | Yes | Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Podman | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;RAG;Microsoft Fabric | .NET 8 or higher;RAG;Microsoft Fabric | .NET 8 or higher;RAG;Microsoft Fabric | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | 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 improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | Redis | Microsoft Semantic Kernel | Semantic Kernel | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 150,000 | 9 |
22,322 | 22,323 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 8 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,323 | 22,324 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,324 | 22,325 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 25 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Media & Advertising Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | Java;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | PHP;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Heroku;Kubernetes;Netlify;npm;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;WordPress | Angular;AngularJS;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;WordPress | Angular;AngularJS;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Jira | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per week | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 |
22,325 | 22,326 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (part-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 12 | Indonesia | IDR Indonesian rupiah | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig;Mojo | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Vlang, Markdown
Vlang, Markdown, Julia | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | helix
helix | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Arch | Windows;Arch | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;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 | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Not sure | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Generating content or synthetic data | null | Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Robotics | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have 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. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | supabase;pgvector | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity;Blackbox AI | 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 | null | null | null |
22,326 | 22,327 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 14 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 95,000 | Yes | C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;Zig | C#;HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | BigQuery;DuckDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Valkey | DuckDB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Netlify;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Vite | Bun;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;Deno;Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf | Aider;Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | Ubuntu;iOS;ChromeOS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | It is something we are pivoting to in our own organization. This is mainly for small contracts that consists of a small amount of lines of "custom" code, meaning code written outside the bootstrapped code generated when running such a command from the cli. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations | Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis;ChromaDB;supabase;Milvus | null | Ollama | null | LangSmith | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | I see developers needing to become project/product managers in a sense. They need to be able to define the requirements and acceptance criteria in a manner that AI systems can understand and implement. | 95,000 | 8 |
22,327 | 22,328 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 18 | 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 | 26 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 14 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 120,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | MongoDB | MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;React | ASP.NET Core;React;Svelte | ASP.NET Core;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Rider;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Rider;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Rider;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion;Trello | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | 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 | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | high-level project planning, knowing best practices | 139,218 | 7 |
22,328 | 22,329 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 18 | AI/ML engineer | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Insurance | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | null | Italy | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL | null | null | Azure AI Search
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;Poetry | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;LangGraph | uv | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI Reasoning models | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Predictive analytics | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | It is | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | Fix the AI code, as we used to fix junior code | null | 7 |
22,329 | 22,330 | 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 new to coding or currently a student | Coding Bootcamp;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Games or coding challenges;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 15 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Pacman;Vercel | Pacman;Vercel | Pacman;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;React | Angular;Laravel;React | Laravel;React | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Neovim;PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Neovim;PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | I try not to do vibe coding, but sometimes if i want fast solution I do do vibe coding. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Language processing | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | null | null | null | null |
22,330 | 22,331 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 5 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | null | null | Other: | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 1 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 60,000 | Yes | JavaScript;PHP | Go;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust | JavaScript;PHP | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite;Yarn | Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite;Yarn | Cargo;Docker;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Fastify;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Node.js;React | Express;Fastify;NestJS;Node.js | Express;Fastify;NestJS;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;PhpStorm;Visual Studio | Cursor;Neovim;Zed | Neovim | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;YouTube;Medium | 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 | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Critical thinking, creativity, problem solving, global understanding | 10,922 | 5 |
22,331 | 22,332 | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 6 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Healthcare | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 7 | Nepal | NPR Nepalese rupee | 940,000 | Yes | Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis | Oracle | Oracle | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Kubernetes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Kubernetes | OpenShift, Atlassian Bamboo
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Express;Node.js;Spring Boot | Angular;Express;Node.js;Spring Boot | Angular;Express;Node.js;Spring Boot | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows | Asana;Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | A bit | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing;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 ... | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or Info... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Problem solving, data structures and algorithms, programming, database, cloud computing | 6,836 | 6 |
22,332 | 22,333 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 6 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
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 | 10 | 3 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 90,000 | Yes | Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;TypeScript | Dart;Go;Kotlin | Dart;Go;Kotlin | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | null | null | rspack
rspack | Yes | Express;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Svelte | null | Flutter
Flutter | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | ability to think on your own; ability to finish a project on your own; looking at the bigger picture; future proofing a project; attention to detail | 104,413 | 8 |
22,333 | 22,334 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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 | 5 | Student | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,334 | 22,335 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,335 | 22,336 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 30 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 6 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL | Rust | Rust | Salesforce Apex
NA | Yes | MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Heroku;npm;Pip;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js | null | null | Salesforce LWC
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | Clickup;Confluence;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | null | null | Salesforce Trailhead
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Microsoft Phi-4 models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | We've been testing the idea, treating the AI as a junior developer to see how well it can follow the prompts to meet the requirement and still maintain quality and best practices, mixed results, but sometimes it just all comes down do how you craft the prompt | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | AutoGen (Microsoft);Zapier | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft 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;When I need quick help troubleshooting | understanding and having overall vision for build, its not just code, but UI, user experience and feel. Developers should leverage AI, but if junior devs let AI do all the work today, then where will future Senior devs come from? I believe devs should still put in the work to understand what they (and the AI) are produ... | null | 8 |
22,336 | 22,337 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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 | 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;Games or coding challenges | 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) | 4 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 9 | 8 | Romania | RON Romanian leu | 231,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Chocolatey;Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Ansible;pnpm;Vite;Yarn | Ansible;pnpm;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Next.js;React | Next.js;React | Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Pop!_OS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Notion | GitHub;Jira;Notion | GitHub;Jira;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Direct messaging of users;Job board | Use discussion or chat feature
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 | Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | Project planning;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;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, I am not doing vide coding, although I am curious what can I do with it so I do plan to play with it for a weekend or 2 and see how it goes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | MCP servers | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 platfor... | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | Sentry;Snyk | null | GitHub Copilot;Replit | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | I think still that most of the skills that are important today will be important in the next 3-5 years. Sure this is more of a educated guess, as technology has evolved immensely in the past 20-25 years the basic foundation and most important skills have remained the same so there is not much to think this will change ... | 53,072 | 9 |
22,337 | 22,338 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | null | 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);Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Ethiopia | ETB Ethiopian birr | null | Yes | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | C#;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;GDScript;Go;Groovy;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig;Mojo;Gleam | C# | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;SQLite | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;ChromeOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS;NixOS | GitHub;Google Workspace | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | No, but I plan to soon | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;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 | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | null | null |
22,338 | 22,339 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 23 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 23 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | 6,400,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip;Prometheus;Supabase;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Android | MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | yes | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 platfor... | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | people mgmt, design, user exp, critical thinking | 74,393 | 8 |
22,339 | 22,340 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | null | 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 as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 16 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
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22,340 | 22,341 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,341 | 22,342 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 8 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 1 | Student | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 5 | Uganda | UGX Ugandan shilling | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | null | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | "Vibe coding," as defined by Wikipedia—the process of generating software from large language model (LLM) prompts—is increasingly becoming part of professional development work, though it depends on the context and the standards of the organization or project.
In my own words, vibe coding is about using intuition and ... | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
22,342 | 22,343 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 3 | Developer, mobile | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | 9 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C;Java;Kotlin;Python;SQL | C#;Java;Kotlin;Python;SQL | Java;Kotlin;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | SQLite | Google Cloud SQL
Google Cloud SQL | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Pip | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Microsoft Azure;Pip | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI | FastAPI;Spring Boot | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm | NA
NA | Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama | Pydantic;Google Gemini | Pydantic;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Documenting code;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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agen... | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 8 |
22,343 | 22,344 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all ... | 14 | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 6 | 9 | Maldives | MVR Maldivian rufiyaa | 185,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;PHP;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker;Kubernetes | Composer;Docker;Kubernetes | Composer;Docker;Kubernetes | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Django;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;WordPress | Django;jQuery;Laravel;React;WordPress | Django;jQuery;Laravel;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Odoo;Google Gemini | Odoo;Google Gemini | Odoo;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian | Airtable;Clickup;GitHub;Notion;Trello | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Trello | Clickup;GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Twitch;LinkedIn | Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Twitch;LinkedIn | 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 | Message Boards;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Marketing | 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. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | null | 12,009 | null |
22,344 | 22,345 | I am a developer by profession | Prefer not to say | Other (please specify): | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 15 | Developer, back-end | I don’t know | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,345 | 22,346 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 9 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 19,200 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Kotlin;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Kotlin;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Kotlin;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | RocksDB
NA | Yes | Cargo | Cargo | Cargo | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
Forgejo | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Everything | 26,139 | 6 |
22,346 | 22,347 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 8 | 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 | 12 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Estonia | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Dart;Go;Python;SQL | Go;SQL;Zig | Go;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Cockroachdb | InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pip;Terraform | Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;Pip;Terraform | Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm | PyCharm | PyCharm | goland
goland | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub | Obsidian | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase | null | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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. | 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 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | rethinking | 69,609 | 6 |
22,347 | 22,348 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | null | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 17 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 15 | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | null | Yes | Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | Kotlin;Python;Scala;TypeScript | Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;Oracle | Dynamodb;Oracle | Dynamodb;Oracle | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Node.js;Spring Boot | Node.js;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Amazon Bedrock | Amazon Bedrock | Amazon Bedrock | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Asana;Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Asana;Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Asana;Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad 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 | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. Writing code directly is far more clear, readable, and effective than using natural languages. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Skill to convert real-world problems into abstract models. | null | 2 |
22,348 | 22,349 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | null | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Spain | EUR European Euro | 210,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 243,631 | 10 |
22,349 | 22,350 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 25 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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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 |
22,350 | 22,351 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Bl... | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 11 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | null | Argentina | ARS Argentine peso | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Lua;Perl;Python | C;C++;Dart;Kotlin;Rust;Zig;Gleam | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Prometheus;Splunk | Cargo;Ninja;Terraform | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Jira;Obsidian | Azure Devops | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);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 | Not sure | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics | Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | Soft skills, knowing how to describe a problem and knowing how to solve it | null | 7 |
22,351 | 22,352 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 16 | 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 | 27 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Austria | EUR European Euro | 128,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;Java;Perl;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;Java;Perl;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;Java;Perl;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;H2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;H2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;H2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Maven (build tool);Podman | Ansible;Maven (build tool);Podman | Ansible;Maven (build tool);Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;Vim | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows;Red Hat | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Predictive analytics | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | no, because there is more than just copying code, bc of scalability, security, usability, demands, etc.. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Usage of AI in daily business | 148,499 | 8 |
22,352 | 22,353 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 27 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 33 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 180,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | H2;Oracle;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Node.js;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | 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 | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platfor... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Understanding what is needed to be done for a project/product. When I startet my job, people were telling me, that tools like Rational Rose will replace software developers, than there were nearshoring and offsharing and the Model-Driven-Architecture... after all that "revolutions" software developers are still around.... | 208,826 | 8 |
22,353 | 22,354 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,354 | 22,355 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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 | 15 | Engineering manager | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 8 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 200,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Job board | null | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | none | 200,000 | 7 |
22,355 | 22,356 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,356 | 22,357 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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) | 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) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | 3,500,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Poetry;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Django;jQuery;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Shadcn/ui;uv | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | GitLab;YouTrack | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | Qwen
NA | Yes | A few times per week | I don't use Stack Overflow | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;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;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | null | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the 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 | Developing new solutions not present in the AI's training data | 44,658 | 7 |
22,357 | 22,358 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 21 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | 42 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 10 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 41,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL | null | null | sagemath
sagemath, agda | Yes | MySQL | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Pacman | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Express;React | Deno;Express;React | Deno;Express;React | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Jira | GitLab | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Other (write in): | a little | 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 | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I have ethical or security concerns about code;Other (please specify): | having the overall picture of realizing a project, facing its difficulties, managing to deliver it to the customer | 47,566 | 8 |
22,358 | 22,359 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Government | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 0 | 0 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 175,000 | Yes | SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB | null | null | https://webpagearea.com/csv-database/
Mariadb | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | Geany
Geany | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Debian | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla... | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | Understanding the basis for computational techniques and algorithms | 175,000 | null |
22,359 | 22,360 | I code primarily as a hobby | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 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) | 1 | Other (please specify): | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,360 | 22,361 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 15 | Developer, mobile | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | 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 | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 420,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 420,000 | null |
22,361 | 22,362 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 22 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 7 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,362 | 22,363 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 27 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
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22,363 | 22,364 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 11 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 3 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 35,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;R | null | null | NA
Julia | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Android Studio;Cline and/or Roo;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iPadOS | null | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 22,753 | null |
22,364 | 22,365 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 30 | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 30 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,365 | 22,366 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,366 | 22,367 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Primary/elementary school | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,367 | 22,368 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 1 | Azerbaijan | AZN Azerbaijan manat | 36,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 21,166 | null |
22,368 | 22,369 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 9 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Ireland | EUR European Euro | 65,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube | Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube | Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Predictive analytics | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;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 | MCP servers | 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 increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Architecture, Systems Design, Evaluating tradeoffs, Problem Decomposition, Security, Performance | 75,410 | null |
22,369 | 22,370 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 1 | Founder, technology or otherwise | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Media & Advertising Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 4 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | PostgreSQL;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Yarn | Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew | Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Next.js;React;WordPress | Phoenix | null | Hono
NA | Yes | Bolt;Cursor;Lovable.dev;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Vim;Zed | Cursor;Neovim;Vim;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;Android;ChromeOS | MacOS;Android;ChromeOS | Markdown File | Markdown File | Markdown File | Twenty
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code | 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 | I vibe code the first draft of new features, using a documentation to guide the AI. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | supabase | null | Ollama | n8n | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;v0.dev;Bolt.new;Lovable.dev | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | To understand the fundamentals. Specially memory management | 10,922 | null |
22,370 | 22,371 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | null | Academic researcher | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | Software Development | null | Yes | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,371 | 22,372 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 21 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job... | 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) | 21 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | null | Belgium | EUR European Euro | null | null | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;JavaScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;JavaScript;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform;Yarn | Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform | Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS | Markdown File | Markdown File | Markdown File | NA
NA | Hacker News;X;YouTube | Hacker News | Hacker News | NA
NA | null | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 |
22,372 | 22,373 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 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 | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 95,384 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite;Webpack | Docker;Heroku;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite;Webpack | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery;React | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;iOS;iPadOS | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | 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 | Chat (people);Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, I do not like this coding style. It may cause a lot of unexpected issues. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I 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 | Firstly soft skills. Then, of course, ability to understand how the code works. | 2,286 | 9 |
22,373 | 22,374 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | None of the above | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | null | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,374 | 22,375 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,375 | 22,376 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 15 | Developer, mobile | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 3 | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | 70 | Yes | Dart;Go;Groovy;Java;Kotlin;SQL;Swift | Go;Java;SQL;Swift | Go;Java;SQL;Swift | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew | Homebrew | Homebrew | NA
NA | Yes | React;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 42 | 1 |
22,376 | 22,377 | 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 | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 35 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 150,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Gradle;npm;Vite | APT;Docker;Gradle;npm;Vite | APT;Docker;Gradle;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot;Vue.js | Spring Boot;Vue.js | Spring Boot;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Debian | Ubuntu;Android;Debian | GitLab | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | null | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | AI wont change much | 174,022 | 8 |
22,377 | 22,378 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Not employed | Attending school (part-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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Colombia | COP Colombian peso | 1,600,000 | Yes | Assembly;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB | Dart;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;SQL | JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | hostinger | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Notion | Azure Devops;GitLab;Jira | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | 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... | 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 | Neo4j | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;AgentGPT | null | When I have ethical or security concerns about code | yes | 391 | null |
22,378 | 22,379 | 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 didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 9 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,379 | 22,380 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (part-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Ruby;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | NA
Jai | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | Apache CouchDB
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | APT;Make | APT;Make | Hetzner, gcc, g++
Hetzner, gcc, g++ | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Blazor;Django;Spring Boot | null | null | Beast
Beast | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Debian | Debian | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub | GitHub | Discord
NA | Discord;YouTube | null | null | 4chan
4chan | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not 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 | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | null | null | 3 |
22,380 | 22,381 | 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);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, et... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 16 | Student | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy 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 | 4 | 7 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Dart;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;R;Scala;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;Dart;Elixir;Erlang;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;Dart;Elixir;Erlang;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Gleam | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase;Valkey | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;Redis;Valkey | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;Redis;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Docker;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vercel;Vite | Docker;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Astro;Deno;Express;Flask;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js;WordPress | Deno;Express;jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js | Deno;Express;jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);ChromeOS;Pop!_OS | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Direct messaging of users | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, vibe coding takes away from being a software developer and reduces your understanding of the technologies you are using over time. It slowly takes away your ability to think like an engineer and therefor solve complex, or even simple, problems. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have 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 improved collaboration within my team. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | null | 7 |
22,381 | 22,382 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 14 | Academic researcher | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | Higher Education | 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
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22,382 | 22,383 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 41 | 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 | 43 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | Ethical concerns
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 8 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Ada;C | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;Amazon Redshift | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Flask;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Monday.com | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Logic games/puzzles | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No it is not. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Customer service support;Marketing | Integration with external agents and APIs | 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. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I 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 | Langfuse | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini | 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 | null | null | null |
22,383 | 22,384 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 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) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 7 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,384 | 22,385 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 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 | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,385 | 22,386 | I am learning to code | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 30 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 1 | Engineering manager | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS;Red Hat;ChromeOS | Windows;Android;ChromeOS | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | null | null | null |
22,386 | 22,387 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | None of the above | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Egypt | EGP Egyptian pound | null | Yes | C;C#;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | C#;Go;JavaScript;Python;SQL | C#;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;npm;NuGet;Pip;Railway | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;NuGet;Pip | Docker;NuGet;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask;Node.js | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Django;NestJS;Node.js;Vue.js | Django;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;RAG | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unsure | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing 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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | if i want development app Quickly i use it but almost app don't run | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | how to design system | null | null |
22,387 | 22,388 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 31 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 30 | DevOps engineer or professional | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
integrates with existing tech stacks | Prohibitive pricing
Literally does not work as expected | Healthcare | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 27 | 9 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 128,342 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS | yaml
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Terraform | APT;Docker | null | DSC
NA | Yes | jQuery | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Notepad++ | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Debian | Windows;Red Hat | GitLab;Microsoft Planner | GitLab;Microsoft Planner;Stack Overflow for Teams;Wikis | GitLab;Microsoft Planner | Sharepoint 2016
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Mattermost
Mattermost | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Innovative solutions and creative ideas. | 83,434 | 7 |
22,388 | 22,389 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 32 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 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 | Other (please specify):
Productive Developer Experience | Prohibitive pricing
Poor documentation and little online support or tutorials | Manufacturing | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 119,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;npm | Cargo;Cloudflare;npm;Supabase | Cargo;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Svelte | Deno;React;Svelte;Axum | Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;RustRover;WebStorm | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;RustRover;WebStorm | Neovim;PyCharm;RustRover;WebStorm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4;uv | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | MacOS | Windows | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | Yes, but seldom. Mostly just for things I do too infrequently to remember the fiddly syntax, such as generating shell scripts for multiple operating systems (zsh, Powershell, bash). | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | 1. Debugging and rewriting the trash code that AI and vibe coders are likely to produce in the transition period (since overenthusiastic executives are bound to push the technology into production use long before it's actually fit for task)!
2. Providing ethical oversight and review of the AI-generated code in order to... | 86,820 | 6 |
22,389 | 22,390 | 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 | 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 | 16 | Engineering manager | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,390 | 22,391 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | Books / Physical media | 2 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,391 | 22,392 | 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 | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | India | INR Indian rupee | 0 | Yes | C;C++;Python | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | null | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Writing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Humans are good at querying AI, but AI isn't that great at querying human beings. The ability of people to understand what the other actually wants will remain valuable. That being said, I do not believe AI tools will become good enough in the next 3-5 years to be able to do all coding tasks, hence, programming skills ... | null | null |
22,392 | 22,393 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 14 | Engineering manager | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,393 | 22,394 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (part-time) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,394 | 22,395 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 25 | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 32 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 30 | 10 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 250,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 45,509 | 6 |
22,395 | 22,396 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 3 | 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 | null | null | null | NA
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22,396 | 22,397 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 9 | Developer, mobile | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Poor usability
NA | Fintech | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Egypt | EGP Egyptian pound | 960,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,397 | 22,398 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,398 | 22,399 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,399 | 22,400 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Primary/elementary school | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 47 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 50 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
UI desin that is nice | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1,337 | 0 | Albania | PLN Polish zloty | 56 | Yes | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Lisp;MicroPython;R;SQL;Zig;Mojo;Gleam | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Lisp;MicroPython;R;SQL;Zig;Mojo;Gleam | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Lisp;MicroPython;R;SQL;Zig;Mojo;Gleam | vscode
visual studio no code | Yes | null | null | null | access
access | Yes | Gradle;Heroku;IBM Cloud;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;New Relic;npm;Podman;Poetry;Splunk;Yandex Cloud | Gradle;Heroku;IBM Cloud;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Podman;Poetry;Splunk;Yandex Cloud | Gradle;Heroku;IBM Cloud;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Podman;Poetry;Splunk;Yandex Cloud | custom shell for R766
NA | Yes | Angular;Blazor;Deno;FastAPI;Fastify;Phoenix;Spring Boot;Svelte;Axum | Angular;Blazor;Deno;FastAPI;Fastify;Laravel;NestJS;Nuxt.js | Angular;Blazor;Deno;FastAPI;Fastify | googrome
chrone | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Lovable.dev;Sublime Text;Xcode | Neovim;PhpStorm;PyCharm;RustRover;Xcode | Xcode | twitter
NA | Odoo;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Microsoft Fabric;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph;uv;visionOS | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Odoo;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Ultralytics | Odoo;Microsoft Fabric | graduate, clever, cool | mature, mature | Android;iPadOS | Android;iPadOS | Google Colab;Markdown File;Obsidian;YouTrack | Google Colab;Markdown File;Obsidian;YouTrack | Google Colab;Markdown File;Obsidian;YouTrack | python
c dharp | Discord;Twitch | Twitch | Twitch | word of nouth
NA | Yes | Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Cohere: Command A;Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models | Microsoft Phi-4 models | R distribution graph
mac graph app | Not sure/can't remember | Multiple times per day | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Multiple times per day | Videos;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Other (write in): | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | No, and I don't plan to | Very favorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | null | null | Project planning;Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works;I haven’t encountered any problems | Music is distracting | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Marketing;Robotics | Other specific task (write in): | null | null | Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Redis | LAMP stack | Vertex AI;Agno;AutoGen (Microsoft);CrewAI;IBM watsonx.ai;Llama Index;Ollama;Semantic Kernel;OpenRouter;LangChain;Smol-AGI;Zapier;Amazon Bedrock Agents;LangGraph;Haystack;Martian;phidata;Smolagents;lyzr | notepad++ | null | seq | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;Other (please specify): | java beans, low level rbac, carbon fibre, compression ratio, windows, procedures | 15 | null |
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