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23,100 | 23,101 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 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) | 2 | Developer, game or graphics | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | null | Assembly;C;C++;R | C;C++;R | C;C++;R | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Pip | APT;Pip | APT;Pip | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Google Gemini;Ollama | c++23;Google Gemini | c++23;Google Gemini | null | null | Arch | Arch | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
23,101 | 23,102 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 41 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | null | Yes | C#;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Bluesky;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
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NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | Italy | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C;HTML/CSS;Perl;Python;SQL;VBA | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
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23,103 | 23,104 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 7 | AI/ML engineer | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
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NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;npm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;YouTrack | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | 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 | Answer a question
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23,106 | 23,107 | 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 | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 18 | Applied scientist | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 10 | Israel | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Redis;Snowflake | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | null | null | NA
NA | Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | Confluence;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Substack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Redis;Qdrant;Weaviate | null | Vertex AI;Ollama;OpenRouter;Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | Snyk | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Devin AI;Roo code (Roo-Cline);Tabnine;Replit;Amazon Codewhisperer | null | When I want to fully understand something | null | null | 8 |
23,107 | 23,108 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 4 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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23,108 | 23,109 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | 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) | 10 | 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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23,109 | 23,110 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 25 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
Sustainable Business model | Ethical concerns
Proprietary Protocols/Vendor Lock in | Manufacturing | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | 1,674,192 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Python;SQL | C#;Python;SQL | C#;Python;SQL | Qml
Qml | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild | Kubernetes;MSBuild;Podman | Kubernetes;MSBuild | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Nano;PyCharm;Rider | Claude Code;Nano;PyCharm;Rider;WebStorm | Claude Code;Nano;PyCharm;Rider | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Arch | Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitLab;Markdown File | GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Videos;Job board | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Customer service support | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | Understanding business needs, seeing and exploiting opportunities to innovate, coordinating large projects to success | 94,389 | 7 |
23,110 | 23,111 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 10 | 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) | 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) | 13 | Project manager | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,111 | 23,112 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 31 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 34 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 6 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 324,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;R;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;Amazon Redshift | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Microsoft Azure;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Microsoft Azure;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | yes, especially for side projects | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | New Relic;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | defining problems; gathering user requirements; adjusting solutions to real-world scenarios | 58,980 | 6 |
23,112 | 23,113 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 33 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 43 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 9 | 10 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 81,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | GLSL
GLSL | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Splunk | Splunk | Splunk | GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | Blazor | null | WebForms
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;PyCharm;Vim | Android Studio;PyCharm;Vim | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | 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) | MIT Scratch, Shadertoy
MIT Scratch, Shadertoy | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No, and it never will. I have no faith in vibe coding, even though I like the idea. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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. | 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... | Business requirements. Software architecture. User experience. Technical support. Technical documentation. Code reviews. Bug analysis. Bug fixing. Security. Mentoring. | 93,972 | 7 |
23,113 | 23,114 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Coding Bootcamp | null | null | 1 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 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 | null | null | null | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | USD United States dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,114 | 23,115 | 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) | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | 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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23,115 | 23,116 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled ap... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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);Coding Bootcamp | null | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | null | null | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | School | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Other: | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C | Assembly;C# | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra | null | null | NA
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23,116 | 23,117 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 17 | 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);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 | Blogs or podcasts | 19 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,117 | 23,118 | 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 | 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);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 | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 65,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Homebrew;Make;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Solidjs
Solidjs | Yes | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Zed | Zed | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Odoo;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube | Hacker News;YouTube | Hacker News;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Well kindof. It’s mostly boilerplate generation or too lazy to look up the correct syntax.
Copilots inline suggestions are pretty fast almost like auto completion and for small contexts like 1-10 LoC often what I want or pretty close. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 75,410 | 10 |
23,118 | 23,119 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 39 | AI/ML engineer | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Node.js;React;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Trello;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);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 every 2 - 3 months | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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. | 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 | 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;Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Actual best practice and DRY code. | null | 0 |
23,119 | 23,120 | 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 | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 25 | Developer, mobile | 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 ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 7 | Slovakia | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Groovy;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Datadog;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | null | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS;Android | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | null | Gemini (Flash general purpose 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 | Long-form articles;Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;Tabnine | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Soft skills, communication, ability to identifying problems | null | 7 |
23,120 | 23,121 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 8 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 1,100,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | Swift | null | TypeScript
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL | SQLite | null | evitaDB
NA | Yes | Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Yarn | Cloudflare;Kubernetes;pnpm;Vercel;Yarn | Kubernetes;pnpm;Vercel;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Next.js;React;WordPress | Next.js;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Nano;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4;SwiftData | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than 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;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes, for personal project and curiosity | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | 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 | null | 51,486 | 7 |
23,121 | 23,122 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 23 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
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23,122 | 23,123 | 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 | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 12 | Other (please specify): | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 30 | Czech Republic | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;Go;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;R | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;PostgreSQL | Cosmos DB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cosmos DB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Poetry | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;FastAPI | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Nano;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Pydantic | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Pydantic;Microsoft Fabric;visionOS | .NET 8 or higher;Pydantic | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;iOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams;Wikis | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;LinkedIn | Teams
Teams | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Other (write in): | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No. Tried it extensively and even as an ML expert myself, I have to say - Doesn't work for the high complexity tasks that I am working with every day. Quality is outright dangerously bad. Plus, it doesn't safe any time at all. In its current state, just a waste of time for our professional use | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | 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 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... | Logical thinking. | 160,000 | 6 |
23,123 | 23,124 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Other (please specify): | I prefer not to say | null | 1 | 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 | 2 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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23,124 | 23,125 | 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.) | 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 required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 13 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 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 | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 6 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 80,200 | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,125 | 23,126 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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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23,126 | 23,127 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 11 | Engineering manager | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 125,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MySQL;PostgreSQL | H2;PostgreSQL | H2;PostgreSQL | ScyllaDB
ScyllaDB | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cargo;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot | Django;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Django;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Rider;RustRover | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Rider;RustRover | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Rider;RustRover | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;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 every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Predictive analytics | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code | Testing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have 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. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Rust | 145,018 | 7 |
23,127 | 23,128 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,128 | 23,129 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | null | null | null | 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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23,129 | 23,130 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 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;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Coding Bootcamp;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;Games or coding challenges;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 10 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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23,130 | 23,131 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 8 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 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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23,131 | 23,132 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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 | 35 | DevOps engineer or professional | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Other (please specify):
Working on Open Source software and benefiting Open Source communities | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 226,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Perl;PHP;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Perl;PHP;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Perl;PHP;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Composer;Docker;npm;pnpm;Webpack;Yarn | APT;Composer;Docker;pnpm;Webpack | APT;Composer;Docker;pnpm;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Svelte;WordPress | Node.js;WordPress | Node.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Vim | Vim | Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Debian | Debian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Wikis | GitHub;Wikis | GitHub;Wikis | WordPress P2
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Other (write in): | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
Check for notifications | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | The ability to actually understand how things work and how things go wrong in connection with the real world. | 226,000 | 8 |
23,132 | 23,133 | I am learning to code | Prefer not to say | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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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23,133 | 23,134 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., 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;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 9 | Other (please specify): | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,134 | 23,135 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 5 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,135 | 23,136 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | 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 | 10 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 5 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;TypeScript | C#;Java;Kotlin;TypeScript | C#;Java;Kotlin;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;Heroku;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet;Vite | Docker;NuGet | Docker;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Spring Boot | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;Visual Studio;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;WebStorm | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Android | GitHub;Notion;Trello | GitHub;Notion;Trello | GitHub;Notion;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
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 | Long-form articles | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Not fully but I suppose it is getting more comfortable to work like this on some smaller pieces of code. | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Engineering massive architectures of codebase for professional purposes. | null | null |
23,136 | 23,137 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,137 | 23,138 | I am a developer by profession | 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 (10-19 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 4 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 4 | Student | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PHP;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;MSBuild;NuGet | Docker;MSBuild;NuGet | Docker;MSBuild;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Rider | Rider | Rider | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Direct messaging of users | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | null | null | 7 |
23,138 | 23,139 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 19 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 3 | Singapore | SGD Singapore dollar | 98,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript;VBA | Java | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Snowflake | MongoDB;Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Vite | Cloudflare | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | NestJS;Spring Boot | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph | Google Gemini | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows | GitHub;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I 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 | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code | Project management, problem solving skill | 76,550 | 6 |
23,139 | 23,140 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 25 | System administrator | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | 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 | Media & Advertising Services | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 80,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Fastify;jQuery;Node.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph | null | null | null | null | NixOS | NixOS | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | null | null | 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;Perplexity Sonar models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning | null | 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 | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in): | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Cybersecurity | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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 | Vertex AI;LangGraph | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Perplexity | 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 | consulting | 92,812 | null |
23,140 | 23,141 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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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23,141 | 23,142 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 7 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | C#;HTML/CSS;Java | C#;HTML/CSS;Java | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Docker | Microsoft Azure | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js | Angular;ASP.NET Core | Angular;ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not liste... | 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. | 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 | null | null | null |
23,142 | 23,143 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 7 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,143 | 23,144 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 12 | DevOps engineer or professional | 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 | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cassandra;DuckDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;New Relic;npm;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Prometheus;Splunk;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django;Flask;Laravel;Next.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js;WordPress | Django | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting 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 | it is coding, it is not engeneering! you are just pretending to know to be a developer!
| No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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 | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | 7 |
23,144 | 23,145 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 17 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 1 | Israel | ILS Israeli new shekel | 125,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript | C#;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Pip;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Node.js;React;WordPress | null | null | Meteor.js
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | null | GitHub;Google Workspace;Notion | null | null | Bitbucket
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;YouTube;Substack | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Neither trust nor 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;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | I still believe most of the development process will still be done by people, so many skills would remain valuable. For certain, the planning of multiple phases of projects, including scalability and future unknowns. | 36,768 | 8 |
23,145 | 23,146 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 8 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | 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) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | 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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23,146 | 23,147 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 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) | 16 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,147 | 23,148 | 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 | 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 | 5 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Cuba | USD United States dollar | 3,600 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Pip;Vercel;Vite | Docker;Pip;Vercel;Vite | Docker;Pip;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js | Django;FastAPI;Next.js;React;Vue.js | Django;FastAPI;Next.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic | Tailwind CSS 4;Odoo;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Pydantic | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;v0.dev | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 3,600 | 3 |
23,148 | 23,149 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | Prefer not to say | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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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23,149 | 23,150 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 3 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | null | null | null | No, not really | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
23,150 | 23,151 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Coding Bootcamp | 6 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
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23,151 | 23,152 | 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.) | 5 | 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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23,152 | 23,153 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Other (please specify): | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 6 | Student | I don’t know | 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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23,153 | 23,154 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 11 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Government | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 56,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MongoDB;Oracle | H2;Oracle | H2;Oracle | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite | Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;pnpm;Vite | Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Deno;Node.js;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian | GitLab;Obsidian | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Other (write in):
Search for an answer to a problem. | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, often just hit or miss when generating code. Workplace has very slow adaptation. Often hit or miss when using TDD. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 64,968 | 6 |
23,154 | 23,155 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | Prefer not to say | Primary/elementary school | Student | Attending school (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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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23,155 | 23,156 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp;Ga... | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,156 | 23,157 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 7 | Student | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
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 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C;PHP;Python | C;C#;C++;Dart;Go;PHP;Zig | C;PHP | ASPL
ASPL, V | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | null | Firebase | Make | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | PhpStorm;Rider;Visual Studio Code | PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | null | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | 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 | Not really, only for individual pieces of code | 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 | 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Problem solving/critical thinking, security/privacy, project planning, describing problems, debugging | null | null |
23,157 | 23,158 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | null | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | 21,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,158 | 23,159 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,159 | 23,160 | 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.) | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;Games... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exch... | 25 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | Israel | ILS Israeli new shekel | 612,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;Ruby;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
Dart | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;Amazon Redshift | MongoDB;MySQL | MongoDB;MySQL | NA
Firebase Cloud Firestore | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Make;npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Make;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Flask;Vue.js | FastAPI;Flask;Vue.js | Flask;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | MacOS;Debian;Red Hat | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
granit | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | 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 weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | it is part of my hobby code development and side projects, not part of my professional development work. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | 180,015 | 7 |
23,160 | 23,161 | I am learning to code | 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) | null | null | null | 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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23,161 | 23,162 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 9 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 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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23,162 | 23,163 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | None of the above | 14 | 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;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 9 | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C;C++;Dart | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Monday.com;Notion;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations;Customer service support | Agent/multi-agent orchestration | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 4 |
23,163 | 23,164 | 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 | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 24 | 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;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or co... | 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 | 27 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Fintech | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;F#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server | NA
SurrealDb | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Terraform;Yarn | Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Terraform | Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React;Vue.js | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React;Svelte | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Claude Code;Neovim;Rider;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) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Coding challenges;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics | null | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | 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 | 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 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... | Understanding the wider context of the solutions being implemented | null | 8 |
23,164 | 23,165 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 32 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | 39 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Healthcare | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 6 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 70,000 | Yes | C#;Delphi;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;VBA | C#;Delphi;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | C#;Delphi;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Visual FoxPro
Visual FoxPro | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Rider;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Rider;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Rider;Visual Studio Code | Visual FoxPro, Delphi
Visual FoxPro, Delphi | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis;YouTrack | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | 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.;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... | analytical skills in both problem and solution domains, mastery of tools (e.g. languages, libraries, IDEs ...) | 81,210 | 8 |
23,165 | 23,166 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 20 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 10 | France | EUR European Euro | 102,000 | Yes | C++;Python | null | null | Julia
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Google Spanner
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Proprietary
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Wikis | null | null | Proprietary
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Proprietary
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code | null | Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No: very specific prompts already yield very unreliable answers; giving more control to LLMs only gets worse results (nice demo to show to your customers, useless code in practice). | 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.;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 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 | Every skill. AI won't revolutionise our job. | 118,335 | 2 |
23,166 | 23,167 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 11 | Academic researcher | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,167 | 23,168 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 1 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C;Dart;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python | Dart;Java;Python | Dart;Java;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL | Cloud Firestore | NA
NA | null | Firebase;Gradle;Maven (build tool);Netlify;npm;Pip;Vite | Firebase;Gradle;Maven (build tool);Pip | Firebase;Gradle;Maven (build tool);Pip | NA
NA | Yes | React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS;Android | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | null |
23,168 | 23,169 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 37 | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 44 | Academic researcher | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 52,000 | Yes | C++;Fortran;HTML/CSS;Python | C++;Fortran;HTML/CSS;Python | C++;Fortran;HTML/CSS;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 1 and 3 years | A few times per week | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 70,794 | null |
23,169 | 23,170 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 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;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 14 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,170 | 23,171 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 9 | System administrator | 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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23,171 | 23,172 | 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 | 8 | 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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Books / Physical media | 8 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 300,000 | Yes | JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Rust;SQL;Zig | SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Poetry;Terraform;Vercel;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Terraform;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Terraform;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Next.js;React | Phoenix | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;uv | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini;LangGraph;uv | Google Gemini;uv | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | More than half 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;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes but that is not the original definition of vibe coding. I thoroughly check the output. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Replit;v0.dev | 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 | Software architecture | 300,000 | null |
23,172 | 23,173 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 6 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Healthcare | Competitive pay and benefits
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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23,173 | 23,174 | 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) | 45 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 50 | 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 | 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 | 10 | 10 | France | EUR European Euro | 200,000 | Yes | C;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | C;JavaScript | C;JavaScript | C2
C2 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | qemacs
qemacs | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Daily or almost daily | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | not yet | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Decision intelligence;Marketing | Language processing | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Honesty, Intelligence, Hard working, Humility, Benevolence, Compassion, Friendliness
| 232,029 | 10 |
23,174 | 23,175 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 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);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 1 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,175 | 23,176 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, 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);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 | 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) | 3 | Academic researcher | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
NA | Healthcare | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 10 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 50,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python;R | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | Databricks SQL;DuckDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Snowflake | MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Pip;Poetry | Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Poetry | Pip;Poetry | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG | Large Language Model;RAG | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Testing code;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Decision intelligence;Data and analytics;Customer service support | Vector databases for AI applications | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have 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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Perplexity | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Software and database architecture, cybersecurity | 58,007 | null |
23,176 | 23,177 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,177 | 23,178 | 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 | 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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 9 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 7 | Italy | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;Python | Lua | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Zed | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | null | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | null | null | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Predictive analytics | Generating content or synthetic data | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | 7 |
23,178 | 23,179 | 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.) | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 14 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | null | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,179 | 23,180 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Energy | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | 3 | France | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Laravel;NestJS;Node.js;React;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | I haven’t encountered any problems | No, I use only chat Ai do help me in easy or some meduim algorithm stuff that i don't want to work on | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | null | 9 |
23,180 | 23,181 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | null | Architect, software or solutions | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | Software Development | null | No | null | null | null | Israel | USD United States dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
23,181 | 23,182 | 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.) | Employed | None of the above | 35 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 30 | Product manager | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
Available support | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 15 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | 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 | null | null |
23,182 | 23,183 | I am a developer by profession | Prefer not to say | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 3 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,183 | 23,184 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (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);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 | 17 | Developer, mobile | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 1,945,000 | null | Java;Kotlin | Kotlin | Kotlin | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Debian | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Other (write in):
None | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | 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;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | null | 46,614 | 7 |
23,184 | 23,185 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 1 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 4 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | School | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,185 | 23,186 | 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) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-... | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 7 | DevOps engineer or professional | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics | null | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | 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 |
23,186 | 23,187 | 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) | 17 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 22 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 4 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 948,000 | Yes | C#;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;Prometheus | Chocolatey;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;Prometheus | Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Trello | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Trello | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Trello | NA
NA | Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;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 Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | NO | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing;Cybersecurity | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Personalized agent creation | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis;GitHub MCP Server | null | Semantic Kernel | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I 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 | Knowledge of the code base, code in general, architecture, hands on experience(This will be hard to come by) but we need to know how things work and what works in real life hands on... | 99,371 | 8 |
23,187 | 23,188 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 4 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 4 | Developer, mobile | 20 to 99 employees | null | In-person | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
money | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 2 | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | 1,560,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;iOS | MacOS;Android;iOS | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Business process automation;IT operations | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | cursor, loveable | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;AgentGPT;Auto-GPT;Lovable.dev | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | manager | 5,478 | 5 |
23,188 | 23,189 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,189 | 23,190 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 20 | Other (please specify): | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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23,190 | 23,191 | 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.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 11 | 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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23,191 | 23,192 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Assembly;C;C#;C++;Elixir;F#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Python;Ruby;Rust;Scala;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Assembly;C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | null | MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase;Pocketbase | MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | null | Bun;Cargo;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Vite | Bun;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Vite | Bun;Cargo;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Svelte;Vue.js | Angular;FastAPI;jQuery;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js | jQuery;Nuxt.js;Svelte;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Nano;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Android;Arch;Pop!_OS | Pop!_OS | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Coding challenges;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 monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents... | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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 | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
23,192 | 23,193 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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) | 10 | 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 | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | Zambia | ZMW Zambian kwacha | 20,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people) | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Networking and hardware related jobs | 855 | 7 |
23,193 | 23,194 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time) | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 13 | Engineering manager | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 11 | null | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 80,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | Cloud Firestore;Databricks SQL;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ultralytics | Large Language Model;Ultralytics | Large Language Model;Ultralytics | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS;Arch | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, I can vibe code POC or template, but then improve it manually | 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 improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Tabnine;Perplexity | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Soft skills, prompt engineering, critical thinking | 80,000 | 8 |
23,194 | 23,195 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 35 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | null | null | null | 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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23,195 | 23,196 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 4 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people) | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
23,196 | 23,197 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-... | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 29 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,197 | 23,198 | 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) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 14 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 2 | Turkey | TRY Turkish lira | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;npm;pnpm;Webpack;Yarn | APT;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;npm;pnpm;Webpack;Yarn | APT;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;npm;pnpm;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;Node.js;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | Angular;Express;Node.js;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | Angular;Express;Node.js;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Notion;Trello | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Notion;Trello | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Notion;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | null | Project planning | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Not too much, I am putting myself in charge of coding processes, but getting help or speeding up the development via LLM prompts. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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 | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;Bolt.new | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 3,787 | 8 |
23,198 | 23,199 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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23,199 | 23,200 | 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) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 6 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | Less than 20 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
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