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22,800 | 22,801 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | I prefer not to say | null | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Coding Bootcamp | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | UX, Research Ops or UI design professional | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
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NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 0 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
22,801 | 22,802 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 13 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | India | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Dart;Go;SQL;TypeScript | Dart;Go;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Express;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | Astro;Deno;React;Svelte | Deno;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | hostinger | hostinger | hostinger | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Pop!_OS | Windows;Android | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
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22,803 | 22,804 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 30 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | null | null | Computer Systems Design and Services | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,804 | 22,805 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 7 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
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NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Google Cloud | Cloudflare | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Flutter
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Claude Code | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Asana;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Reddit | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | X Grok models | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Customer service support;Marketing | 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.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 |
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Suitability for the need | Other (please specify):
AI | Energy | Solving real-world problems
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NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Vite;Webpack | Kubernetes;NuGet;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Vite | Kubernetes;NuGet;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Nano;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian;YouTrack | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;YouTrack | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Committing and reviewing code | null | null | Other (write in): | NO | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to 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 the same as before. AI has not done anything. AI can’t do the work developers do. Vomiting bad code isn’t developers’ work. If someone thinks it is they’re not a developer. They’re a code monkey. | 197,225 | 8 |
22,806 | 22,807 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Hungary | HUF Hungarian forint | 18,700,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;NestJS;Node.js;React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Clickup;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot;v0.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | null | 54,074 | 6 |
22,807 | 22,808 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other (please specify): | 30 | Founder, technology or otherwise | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 30 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
Crystal | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | CouchDB,Redis
NA | Yes | APT;Bun;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Vite | null | null | Gitea
NA | Yes | Fastify;Node.js;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Sublime Text;Zed | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab | null | null | Gitea,Baserow
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | null | null | Matrix
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Ollama
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Never | 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 | null | Design, Strategy, Debugging, Adaptation, Communication, Leadership | null | 10 |
22,808 | 22,809 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Other (please specify): | Student | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | 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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22,809 | 22,810 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Coding Bootcamp | 40 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 20 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;H2;Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;Redis;Snowflake | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;H2;Microsoft SQL Server | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;H2;Microsoft SQL Server | MarkLogic
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Podman;Prometheus | Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure | Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;FastAPI;Node.js;Spring Boot | Angular;FastAPI;Spring Boot | Angular;FastAPI;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | Windows;MacOS | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Bullshit coding | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 116,015 | 7 |
22,810 | 22,811 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 40 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 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 | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
New use cases, interesting approach. | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 30 | 50 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 40,000 | Yes | Assembly;C++;Delphi;HTML/CSS;Python;Rust | C++;Delphi;OCaml;Rust;Scala;Swift;TypeScript | C++;Delphi;Rust | Free Pascal, Haskell
Free Pascal, Haskell, WASM | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Ninja | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo | Delphi Package Manager
Delphi Package Manager | Yes | WordPress | WordPress | WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | RAD Studio
RAD Studio | c++23;Delphi 12+ Athens | c++23;RAG;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama | c++23;Delphi 12+ Athens | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Slack
Slack | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Discourse
Discourse | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Other (write in): | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Persistence, scepticism, logical reasoning, creativity, humour. | 26,004 | null |
22,811 | 22,812 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 16 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 26 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 |
22,812 | 22,813 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 160,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 104,015 | 7 |
22,813 | 22,814 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | 2,000,000 | Yes | C#;PowerShell;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;PowerShell;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;PowerShell;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | Yes | IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server | IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server | IBM DB2;Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery | jQuery | jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Jira | Jira | Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 23,248 | 5 |
22,814 | 22,815 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | 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 | 15 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | null | Italy | EUR European Euro | 40,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;IBM Cloud;npm;Vercel;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | null | Express;Node.js;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows;MacOS;Debian | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow;Discord | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | null | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code | 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 | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 46,406 | null |
22,815 | 22,816 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 21 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 26 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 25 | 8 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Make;Netlify;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Make;Netlify;Pip;Vite;Yarn | Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Make;Netlify;Pip;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;Node.js;React | Django;React | Django;React | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Notion;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | Bitbucket
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot 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 per month or monthly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
Get my questions marked as dupe, even though it isn't | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;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 | No. It takes longer to generate the desired output than to do it myself. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 quick help troubleshooting | Juniors won't exist or won't have a solid understanding of basic concepts since decision making is all offloaded to AI.
StackOverflow has been the source of learning for AI, and the problems of stale information will creep up as new and upcoming technologies wont exist in the eyes of AI. Developer documentation is not... | null | 7 |
22,816 | 22,817 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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) | 30 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 0 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 1,000,000 | Yes | JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Heroku;New Relic;npm;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);New Relic;npm;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);New Relic;npm;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;React;Ruby on Rails | jQuery;Ruby on Rails | jQuery;Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | I haven’t encountered any problems | 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 | 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 | 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 have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Product design | 650,094 | 10 |
22,817 | 22,818 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 3 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,818 | 22,819 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 3 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | I don’t know | 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 | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 10 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL | C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Faiss, PineconeDB
Faiss, PineconeDB, All VectorDBs | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask;Node.js | Angular;Django;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React | Django;Flask;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | c++23;hostinger;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | c++23;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | null | Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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 | Prompt Engineering, Agentic Retrieval Augmented Generation, Low-Level Programming, OS development, Cyber Security | null | null |
22,819 | 22,820 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media | 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);Books / Physical media | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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22,820 | 22,821 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | 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;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 8 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,821 | 22,822 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | null | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | Developer, mobile | null | null | null | null | Work | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,822 | 22,823 | 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.);Volunteering (regularly);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Coding Bootcamp | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media | 12 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
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22,823 | 22,824 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,824 | 22,825 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | null | null | null | null | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | 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
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22,825 | 22,826 | 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 | 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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 22 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,826 | 22,827 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 37 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 45 | Data engineer | 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 | Costs are manageable
Strong user base | Availability of better alternatives
Lack of community or user base | Other: | Solving real-world problems
Massive ROI | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 10 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;Perl;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Databricks SQL;DuckDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Other (write in): | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
My own reputation and answers | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | I don't vibe code, but I can see the benefits, especially for those who aren't experienced. I'm in the opposite position far to much experience in tech that is now legacy | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Data and analytics;Marketing | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | DevReady, Cambium | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | I think the design, logic and architecture of code and applications will still be in the human domain. I can see that AI will be able to provide answers in this space as well, but it will be 5-15 years in the future. Coding will become more like asking the right question, but linking questions and their code answers to... | 97,514 | 10 |
22,827 | 22,828 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;School (i.e., Univer... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 5 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 4 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 100,800 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | C#;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Prolog;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Composer;Gradle;Netlify;npm;Railway | Chocolatey;Composer;Firebase;Gradle;Netlify;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Railway;Supabase;Vite;Webpack | Chocolatey;Composer;Gradle;Netlify;npm;Railway | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js | Angular;ASP.NET;Astro;Blazor;Express;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js | Angular;Express;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js | NA
NA | null | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | GitHub | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Notion | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | null | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Job board | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | null | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | NO | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 5,306 | 9 |
22,828 | 22,829 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 16 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 25 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 30 | 15 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 80,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Podman;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Podman;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Express;Node.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js;WordPress | Deno;Express;Node.js;Svelte;Vue.js | Deno;Express;Node.js;Svelte;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad 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;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Understanding systems. | 92,812 | 8 |
22,829 | 22,830 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;School (i.e., University, Colle... | 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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22,830 | 22,831 | 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 | 12 | 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 15 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,831 | 22,832 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | I prefer not to say | null | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | null | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | null | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 3 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 200,000 | Yes | C#;Delphi;Kotlin;SQL | null | null | 20
4 | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft SQL Server;Clickhouse | null | null | 12
1 | null | Firebase;Google Cloud | null | null | 4
0 | null | WordPress | null | null | 2
0 | null | Android Studio;Notepad++;Visual Studio | null | null | 12
3 | Google Gemini | null | null | 2 | 0 | Windows;Android | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | null | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges | Answer a question
NA | No, not at all | About half of the time | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | IT operations | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 54,580 | 6 |
22,832 | 22,833 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Other (please specify): | I prefer not to say | null | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,833 | 22,834 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 19 | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 25 | Architect, software or solutions | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Government | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | Philippines | PHP Philippine peso | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph | null | null | lm-studio, | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Arch | null | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | 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 | Yes vibe coding is part of my professional development work since I am more in a conceptual and guidance and mentoring right now. vibe coding allows me to evaluate what is the common knowledge as stored in the lossy compression of LLMs. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications | 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 | 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.;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 | Redis;Qdrant;pgvector;Milvus;Pinecone | null | Ollama;LangChain;LangGraph | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Devin AI;Replit;v0.dev;Perplexity;Bolt.new;Lovable.dev;Cody | 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... | learning new domains | null | null |
22,834 | 22,835 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Not employed | Attending school (full-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 6 | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 0 | Yes | GDScript;HTML/CSS;TypeScript | GDScript;HTML/CSS;TypeScript | GDScript;HTML/CSS;TypeScript | XML
XML | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | npm;Yarn | npm | npm | NA
NA | Yes | React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;Android | null | GitHub;Trello | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;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 | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
22,835 | 22,836 | 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 | 12 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 12 | Developer, front-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | 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 | Angular;React | Angular;React | Angular;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Job board | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code | null | null | Search for answers | 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 | null | 7 |
22,836 | 22,837 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 12 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 4 | Russian Federation | USD United States dollar | 60,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Go;Java;Rust;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama;LangGraph;Ultralytics | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu;Debian | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | Documenting code;Predictive analytics | 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 monthly or infrequently | Yes, to a great extent | Data and analytics | Multi-platform search enablement;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have 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. | 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. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | ChromaDB | null | AutoGen (Microsoft);Ollama;LangChain;LangGraph | null | LangSmith;Langfuse | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Tabnine;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 60,000 | 8 |
22,837 | 22,838 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;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 | 9 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Singapore | SGD Singapore dollar | null | Yes | Dart;Java;Python;TypeScript | Dart;Java;Kotlin;Rust | Dart;Java | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool) | Cloudflare;Maven (build tool) | Cloudflare;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
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NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;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 | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting 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;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot | Junie | 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 | null | null | 9 |
22,838 | 22,839 | 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 | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 25 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | Less than 20 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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22,839 | 22,840 | 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) | 1 | 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);Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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22,840 | 22,841 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 28 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,841 | 22,842 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | 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 (please specify): | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 14 | 14 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;SQLite | MariaDB | MariaDB | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Heroku;Maven (build tool);Netlify;npm;pnpm;Railway;Vite | Cloudflare;Maven (build tool);pnpm;Vite | Cloudflare;Maven (build tool);pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Flask;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | fuck no | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | I do not see the "thinking" part of development being replaced by AI any time soon. Sure, it can write a lot of boilerplate and in some cases produces adequate solutions to more complex problems, but it has no imagination, it doesn't innovate. | null | 0 |
22,842 | 22,843 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 18 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,843 | 22,844 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 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) | 9 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,844 | 22,845 | 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 | 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 | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 5 | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | null | Yes | Python | Python | Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Node.js | FastAPI;Node.js | FastAPI;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Debian | GitHub;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes,it's part of. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Integration with external agents and APIs | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | Planning and reflection, Finding the best solution | null | null |
22,845 | 22,846 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 4 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 24,000 | Yes | C;PowerShell;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Fastify | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;uv | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | null | GitHub;Jira | null | null | jupyter notebook
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Substack | null | null | 4programmers
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6,550 | 8 |
22,846 | 22,847 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 20 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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22,847 | 22,848 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | 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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22,848 | 22,849 | 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 | null | 10 | 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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 14 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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22,849 | 22,850 | 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 | 21 | 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 | 23 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,850 | 22,851 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,851 | 22,852 | I code primarily as a hobby | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,852 | 22,853 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 25 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 25,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Java;Python;Rust;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);Ninja;npm;Pacman;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes | Cloudflare;Docker | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django;FastAPI;Vue.js | Angular;Django;FastAPI | Angular;Django;FastAPI | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | c++23;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | c++23;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Arch | MacOS;Arch | GitHub;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexi... | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Multiple times per day | Long-form articles;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning | Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;I haven’t encountered any problems | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration | 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 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Abilities to design AI tools or integrate them to existing softwares | 25,000 | 4 |
22,853 | 22,854 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 17 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,854 | 22,855 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | 7 | 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 | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | Indonesia | IDR Indonesian rupiah | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Writing code | Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, but I plan to | 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 | 10 |
22,855 | 22,856 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 6 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,856 | 22,857 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | 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);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 | 5 | Data engineer | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Energy | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 9 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,857 | 22,858 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 7 | Data engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Government | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 49,500 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Lua;Python;SQL | Elixir;Erlang;Go;Scala;Mojo | null | NA
Clojure | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Databricks SQL;DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Pip;Terraform | Docker;Terraform | Docker;Terraform | Just
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic | null | null | Windows;Pop!_OS | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;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;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | For small tasks I would say yes | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | Multi-platform search enablement | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | 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.;Write in the most significant c... | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | '- Understanding of how technologies interact with each other.
- Orchestrating AI systems
- Coding will still be valuable, mainly debugging | 67,390 | null |
22,858 | 22,859 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 14 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 14 | 14 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 1,500,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;Elixir;Erlang;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C++;Elixir;Erlang;Python;Rust;SQL | C++;Elixir;Erlang;Python;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Poetry;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Poetry;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Phoenix;Symfony | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Phoenix | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Phoenix | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23;Pydantic | uv | null | null | null | Windows | Arch | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;Linear | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Very unfavorable | Highly 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;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | 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 | 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | null | 70,208 | 5 |
22,859 | 22,860 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Primary/elementary school | Employed | null | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | null | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | null | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 |
22,860 | 22,861 | 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 | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 4 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
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 | 3 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | COBOL | Java;JavaScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Enterprise Database Server, DMS II
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | 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 increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 |
22,861 | 22,862 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-time) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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 | 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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22,862 | 22,863 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | 35 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 15 | Finland | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | Clojure, ClojureScript
Clojure, ClojureScript, Jank | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Podman;Webpack | Docker | Docker | Leiningen, Shadow-CLJS, tools.build
Shadow-CLJS, tools.build | Yes | Node.js;React | null | null | Reagent, re-frame, SolidJS, Uix
Reagent, Uix | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio Code | null | null | Emacs
Emacs | null | null | null | null | Odin | Windows;Android;Debian | Debian | Confluence;GitHub;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Obsidian | draw.io, Graphviz, PlantUML
draw.io, Graphviz, Codeberg | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Mastodon
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | 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 | Other (write in): | Absolutely not | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to 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... | The most important skill is actually just general problem-solving skills. Using a lot of AI will be absolutely detrimental to them. Also there will be a flood of poor quality, unethical slop in every creative field, including code pull requests. One fool may ask more than seven wise men can answer. | 116,015 | 9 |
22,863 | 22,864 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 14 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
Heavy use of AI | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 3 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,864 | 22,865 | 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 | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 14 | DevOps engineer or professional | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | Republic of Korea | KRW South Korean won | 135,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Groovy;Python;SQL | C;C++;Go;Python;Rust;SQL | C;Go;Python;SQL | NA
racket | Yes | Cloud Firestore;DuckDB;MySQL;Redis | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Valkey | DuckDB | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Ninja;npm;Pip;Podman;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Ninja;Podman;Prometheus | Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Ninja;Podman | nix
nix | Yes | Node.js;Ruby on Rails | null | null | NA
go http | Yes | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | emacs with gptel.el and mcp.el
emacs with gptel.el and mcp.el | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;uv | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;uv | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;uv | null | null | Fedora | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | sourcegraph cody, sourcegraph ampcode
sourcegraph cody, sourcegraph ampcode | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | I use vibe coding for boilerplate code like `terraform` configs and non-critical parts of the codebase and for throwaway one-off scripts | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | 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... | null | GitHub MCP Server | sourcegraph ampcode | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Domain knowledge, fundamental programming knowledge to allow me to judge the suitability of the code generated by AI/LLM's, understanding the business and problem space, collaborating with other humans / teamwork | 99,215 | null |
22,865 | 22,866 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Other (please specify): | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
Permanance | Other (please specify):
Contains AI | Manufacturing | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 2 | 20 | Lithuania | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;Rust;SQL | null | null | uxn
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Homebrew;Make | null | null | nix, cmake
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | VSCodium | null | null | helix
NA | null | null | null | null | null | NixOS | null | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | null | null | Codeberg,Sourcehut
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X | null | null | Mastodon
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Other (write in): | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | Mental resilience
Ability to work in highly stressful environments,
Lying in job interviews
Frugality
| null | null |
22,866 | 22,867 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 11 | Developer, mobile | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | 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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22,867 | 22,868 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time);Attending school (part-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | null | null | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;MySQL | NA
NA | null | Firebase;Pip | npm;Pip | Pip | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;Django;Node.js | Django | Django | NA
NA | null | Android Studio;Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | null | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics | null | Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;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 | not completely to develop whole software
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22,868 | 22,869 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Student | Less than 20 employees | People manager | In-person | No | School | Costs are manageable
NA | null | Higher Education | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 1 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 1,520 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning | Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1,763 | null |
22,869 | 22,870 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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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22,870 | 22,871 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 4 | Panama | USD United States dollar | 9,600 | Yes | Assembly;C;C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Assembly;C;C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Assembly;C;C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;Amazon Redshift;Valkey | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
Weaviate | Yes | Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;Terraform | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core | Angular;Django;Express;Laravel;React;Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Visual Studio | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;Kaggle;YouTube | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | being able to understand the full picture | 9,600 | 8 |
22,871 | 22,872 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,872 | 22,873 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 10 | Student | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,873 | 22,874 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 4 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 1 | Madagascar | MGA Malagasy ariary | 10,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Go;Python;SQL | Python | Yes
Yes | Yes | MongoDB;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | No
No | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | No
No | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | No
No | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | No | No | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Pop!_OS | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Pop!_OS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Stack Overflow for Teams | No
No | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | NO
No | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Other (write in): | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No, it's not, just an assistance | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2,251 | 8 |
22,874 | 22,875 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 20 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 84,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C# | Bash/Shell (all shells);C# | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Wikis | Azure Devops;GitHub;Wikis | Azure Devops;GitHub;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | More than half the time | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | null | 84,000 | 8 |
22,875 | 22,876 | I am learning to code | 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) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,876 | 22,877 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,877 | 22,878 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 4 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | null | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 27,360 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | css
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis;SQLite | eventstore db
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Vite;Yarn | Chocolatey;Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Vite | Chocolatey;Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Node.js;React | Deno;Node.js;React | Deno;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Cursor;Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Cursor;Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Redmine | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Other (write in): | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | unfortunately, yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | 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.;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 | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | I'm not sure | 31,742 | 7 |
22,878 | 22,879 | 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 | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 27 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,879 | 22,880 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 15 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 4 | 5 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | 90,000 | Yes | Assembly;C;C#;C++;F#;Go;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;Rust;TypeScript | C;C#;C++;F#;Go;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | C;C#;C++;F#;Go;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;Neo4J;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Ninja;NuGet;Pip;Poetry;Terraform | Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;MSBuild;Ninja;NuGet;Pip;Poetry;Terraform | Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;MSBuild;Ninja;NuGet;Pip;Poetry;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Django;FastAPI;Flask;Svelte | ASP.NET Core;Django;FastAPI;Flask;Svelte | ASP.NET Core;Django;FastAPI;Flask;Svelte | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;uv | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;uv | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;uv | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Fedora;NixOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | GitHub;Jira;Obsidian;Wikis | GitLab;Obsidian;Wikis | Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, but I have encountered code developed by teams using it which has caused a lot of wasted time when doing security reviews. | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | Application Security will grow even further, my workload has already. | 104,413 | null |
22,880 | 22,881 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 20 | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 15 | 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 | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,881 | 22,882 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 6 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,882 | 22,883 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 5 | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | 1,000,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;Vite;Yarn | APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;Vite;Yarn | APT;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;NestJS;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;Django;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;Nano;Neovim;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Nano;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Nano;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;Google Gemini | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat;Fedora | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Not vibe coding really, we use prompt engineering or some thing like that | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | 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 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. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Engineering, or even may be not this | 23,739 | 7 |
22,883 | 22,884 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 55 | 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 40 | Academic researcher | null | null | null | No | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Government | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 1 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 50,000 | Yes | Python | null | null | Julia
NA | Yes | MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | GitHub;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have 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. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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.;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 | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | DeepSeek | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | Program testing and error trapping | 32,505 | 7 |
22,884 | 22,885 | 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 | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Good brand and public image
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;SQL | C;C++;Dart;Go;Java;JavaScript;Python;R;Rust;TypeScript | Java;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;H2;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | NA
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot | React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot | Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
RubyMine | Amazon Bedrock | Tailwind CSS 4;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Amazon Bedrock | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Titan models | Amazon Titan models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Amazon Titan models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, but I plan to | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Problem Solving, Clarity of Thought | null | null |
22,885 | 22,886 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 5 | Developer, back-end | 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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22,886 | 22,887 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 25 | 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 | 40 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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22,887 | 22,888 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 14 | 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);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Insurance | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 75,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Rust;TypeScript | null | null | Elm
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails | Phoenix | Phoenix | Elm
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Neovim;VSCodium | Neovim;VSCodium | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Arch | MacOS | GitHub;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;YouTrack | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | 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 about a codebase | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | Translating customer wishes into requirements | 87,011 | 6 |
22,888 | 22,889 | 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 | Attending school (part-time) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media | 20 | 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 | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
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 | 10 | 10 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | COBOL;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);Pip;Poetry;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Next.js;Node.js | Next.js | Next.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Predictive analytics;Other (write in): | Search for answers | 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 monthly or infrequently | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla... | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Engineering, Architecture | 232,029 | 5 |
22,889 | 22,890 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 2 | Developer, mobile | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a 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 | Ethical concerns
NA | Media & Advertising Services | 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 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Microsoft Azure | Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Railway;Splunk;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack... | Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Microsoft Azure | NA
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22,890 | 22,891 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Primary/elementary school | Employed | None of the above | 22 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 32 | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | 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 | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 385,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users;Job board | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 105,066 | null |
22,891 | 22,892 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 8 | Data or business analyst | null | null | null | null | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | C;C#;C++;Go;JavaScript;MATLAB;PHP;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | C;C#;C++;JavaScript;Python;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | null | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;MySQL | MongoDB;MySQL | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Less than one year | Multiple times per day | Videos;Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 3 |
22,892 | 22,893 | I code primarily as a hobby | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 16 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 30 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | Healthcare | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;Python;R;Ruby;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim | null | null | KWrite, Qt Creator
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | GitLab, KDE Invent
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Message Boards;Direct messaging of users | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unsure | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | I used it a few times for development, for e.g. a complex SQL statement | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Really understanding code. It's one thing to somewhat combine AI stuff and put it together to whatever. But it's another thing to really understand what's going on. | null | null |
22,893 | 22,894 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 18 | Developer, back-end | 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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22,894 | 22,895 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 14 | Architect, software or solutions | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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22,895 | 22,896 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | 8 | Engineering manager | Less than 20 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 | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Fintech | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | null | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA | Claude Code;Cursor | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | Airtable;GitHub;Miro;Notion | Airtable;GitHub;Notion | Airtable;GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | 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.;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Product design | null | 8 |
22,896 | 22,897 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 20 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | EUR European Euro | 42,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Dart;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Python;Ruby | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Symfony | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Arch;iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | 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 | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Debugging | 48,726 | 6 |
22,897 | 22,898 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, 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 | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 30 | Developer, back-end | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Government | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 3 | null | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Oracle;Redis;SQLite | Cosmos DB;MongoDB;SQLite | MongoDB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Podman | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Podman | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Rider;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | MacOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Miro | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Co-Pilot
Co-Pilot | Yes | Multiple times per day | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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. | 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... | Building good structures | null | 8 |
22,898 | 22,899 | 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);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 40 | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | null | null | No | Work | null | null | Government | Expert mentors
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Splunk;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;IT operations | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 |
22,899 | 22,900 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | null | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | Academic researcher | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | Israel | ILS Israeli new shekel | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
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