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25,500 | 25,501 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);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);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | 80,000 | Yes | Python;Ruby | Python | Python | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL | BigQuery | null | NA
NA | Yes | Kubernetes | Kubernetes | Kubernetes | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Ruby on Rails | FastAPI | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic;LangGraph;uv | Pydantic;LangGraph;uv | Pydantic;LangGraph;uv | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Linear | GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Linear | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | null | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Ask a question
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25,501 | 25,502 | 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 | 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;Games or coding challenges | 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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25,502 | 25,503 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | None of the above;Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | 1 | Academic researcher | 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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25,503 | 25,504 | 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) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Other (please specify):
Documentation | Other (please specify):
Bad/No Docs | Healthcare | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | null | Yes | Assembly;C;C++;Java | Assembly;C;C++;Java | Assembly;C;C++;Java | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Prometheus | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Prometheus | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Prometheus | cmake
cmake | Yes | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | CLion
CLion | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | 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 | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;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. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 5 |
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NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 100,000 | Yes | Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lisp;TypeScript | null | null | clojure
clojure | Yes | Datomic;MongoDB | Datomic;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Datomic | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | Docker;Kubernetes | Docker;Kubernetes | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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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 | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
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NA | Security or privacy concerns
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25,506 | 25,507 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | 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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25,507 | 25,508 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 18 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
DDD oriented | Ethical concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | France | EUR European Euro | 58,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Webpack;Yarn | Ansible;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Yarn | Composer;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;React;Symfony | jQuery;Symfony | jQuery;Symfony | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm;Vim | PhpStorm;Vim | PhpStorm;Vim | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | Windows;Debian | MacOS | GitLab;Redmine;Trello | GitLab;Redmine;Trello | GitLab;Redmine;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | Somewhat 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;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 | it is not | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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 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 help troubleshooting | null | 67,289 | 8 |
25,508 | 25,509 | 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 | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,509 | 25,510 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (part-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 4 | AI/ML engineer | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;JavaScript;MicroPython;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Netlify;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Netlify;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;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;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
25,510 | 25,511 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 25 | DevOps engineer or professional | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 10 | Serbia | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | Rust;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Clickhouse | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;jQuery | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | null | null | NA
NA | Ollama | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat trust | 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;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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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... | domain knowledge | 69,609 | null |
25,511 | 25,512 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 12 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
25,512 | 25,513 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 40 | 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);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 | 40 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 96,000 | Yes | COBOL;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;PHP | COBOL;Fortran;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl | COBOL;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl | NA
Raku | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Vue.js;WordPress | jQuery | jQuery | Dancer2
Dancer2 | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | BPS RequestTracker
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Answer a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | Empathy will continue to grow as a valuable skill for developers, particularly with the growth of AI, as AI systems cannot learn that. | 96,000 | 7 |
25,513 | 25,514 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 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 | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
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25,514 | 25,515 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 16 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 |
25,515 | 25,516 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 13 | Data engineer | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | 50,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis;Snowflake | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat 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;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Software architecture | 58,007 | 10 |
25,516 | 25,517 | I code primarily as a hobby | Prefer not to say | null | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | null | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,517 | 25,518 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., 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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 27 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 4 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 39,000 | Yes | Java;Python;SQL | Java;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Java;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB | MongoDB;Neo4J | MongoDB | NA
Couchbase | Yes | Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Vite | Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | FastAPI;Spring Boot;Svelte | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Cline and/or Roo;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Cline and/or Roo;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Cline and/or Roo;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Notion;Redmine | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Notion;Redmine | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Notion;Redmine | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose 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 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes, but just 50% of it | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;Cody | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | The same skills as today will remain valuable, but some tasks won’t need to be done manually — developers will just need to supervise them. | 45,246 | 8 |
25,518 | 25,519 | 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 (less than 10 hours per week) | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 30 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,519 | 25,520 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 3 | Data engineer | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | Hungary | HUF Hungarian forint | 2,200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Elixir;Erlang;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Neo4J;PostgreSQL | Databricks SQL;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Pip | Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;PyCharm | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;PyCharm | Nano;PyCharm | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Polars;uv | null | null | null | iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;YouTrack | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Managing business requirements and managing people. They dont know what they want… | 6,362 | null |
25,520 | 25,521 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 25 | 30 | India | INR Indian rupee | 1,860,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | InfluxDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;pnpm;Yarn | Cloudflare | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | Deno;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Debian | Debian;Arch | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users;Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing;MCP servers | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | Ollama;LangChain | null | Grafana + Prometheus;Langfuse | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;v0.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Common sense and logic application | 21,621 | null |
25,521 | 25,522 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | 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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 18 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Fintech | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 8 | 5 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Go;JavaScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Go;JavaScript;Python;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Go;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Databricks SQL;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase;Pocketbase | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Supabase;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Make;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Make;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Neovim;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS | Airtable;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | null |
25,522 | 25,523 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 43 | 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) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 45 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | 990,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | CLion
CLion | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | Bitbucket
Bitbucket | Stack Overflow;Medium | Stack Overflow;Medium | Stack Overflow;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Other (write in):
Finding an answer to a problem I have | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | 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;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | We dont use AI tools at all. | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platfor... | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | In-depth domain knowledge. | 97,839 | 9 |
25,523 | 25,524 | 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 | 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 | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | 2,500,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitLab | Azure Devops;GitLab | Azure Devops;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | 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 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | 29,060 | 8 |
25,524 | 25,525 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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;Games or coding challenge... | 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 | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 6 | 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 56,840 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;DuckDB;Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Amazon Redshift | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;pnpm;Poetry;Splunk;Terraform;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;FastAPI;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | null | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Kind of. I'm not going in and building something from scratch via AI though, I'm using AI to augment existing code, or do to dull stuff like write tests/data generators | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Critical thinking! | 77,383 | 6 |
25,525 | 25,526 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 27 | Architect, software or solutions | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | Spain | EUR European Euro | 30,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus | null | null | OpenStack
NA | Yes | Drupal;jQuery | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed ab... | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Complex problems will be resolved by humans, not IA, even in 10 years of AI development. | 34,804 | 2 |
25,526 | 25,527 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,527 | 25,528 | 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) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 9 | Developer, back-end | null | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | null | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C;Python;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | null | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | null | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 |
25,528 | 25,529 | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 8 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 22,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cassandra;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Databricks SQL;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Poetry | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Poetry | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Poetry | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;React;WordPress | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;jQuery;React | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;jQuery;React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 6,004 | 8 |
25,529 | 25,530 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | 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 | 9 | Developer, back-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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25,530 | 25,531 | 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) | 2 | 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);Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
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25,531 | 25,532 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | null | null | 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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25,532 | 25,533 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 1 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 5 | Data engineer | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,533 | 25,534 | 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) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 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) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,534 | 25,535 | 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 | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 11 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | null | null | null | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Energy | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 2 | Viet Nam | VND Vietnamese dong | 1,484,000,000 | Yes | C;C++;Lua;Python | C;C++;Python | C;C++;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | QtCreator
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Jira;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams | Jira;Stack Overflow for Teams | Jira;Stack Overflow for Teams | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Cybersecurity | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | 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;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 56,706 | 10 |
25,535 | 25,536 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 12 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | Singapore | SGD Singapore dollar | 102,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;Java;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Ruby | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;PHP;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;PHP;PowerShell;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | Ansible;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Terraform | Ansible;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning | Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 weekly | Not at all or minimally | Cybersecurity | Language processing | 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 | 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.;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. | null | Redis | lm-studios | Ollama;LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something | null | 79,674 | null |
25,536 | 25,537 | 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) | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Bl... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 8 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,537 | 25,538 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled ap... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | 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 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 215,000 | Yes | Python;TypeScript | Elixir | null | Clojure
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | H2
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 215,000 | 7 |
25,538 | 25,539 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 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 | 15 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 620,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Make;Pip | Docker;Make | Docker;Make | Yocto,
Yocto, Mender | Yes | jQuery | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Doxygen;GitLab | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | 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;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write ... | Testing code | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | It's not professional | 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 | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Systemization. Understanding user experience. Proper testing. Innovation | 64,989 | 8 |
25,539 | 25,540 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 17 | Engineering manager | 10,000 or more 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 154,000 | Yes | Assembly;C;HTML/CSS;Python | HTML/CSS;MicroPython;Python;Rust | HTML/CSS;Python | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask | Flask | Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | uv | uv | uv | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File | Markdown File | Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;LinkedIn | 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;Videos | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoS... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 154,000 | null |
25,540 | 25,541 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 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);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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 17 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,541 | 25,542 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 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 | 15 | Data engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Healthcare | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 10 | Chile | CLP Chilean peso | 53,732,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Ruby;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;DuckDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Databricks SQL;DuckDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Databricks SQL;DuckDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pip | Uv
Uv | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Polars;Large Language Model;Ollama;uv | Polars;Large Language Model;Ollama;uv | Polars;Large Language Model;Ollama;uv | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | No, but I plan to soon | Very favorable | Highly distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platfor... | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I have ethical or security concerns about code;Other (please specify): | Critical thinking, database management and usage, data ingestion and transformation, programming in general. | 56,972 | 3 |
25,542 | 25,543 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Coding Bootcamp | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data | Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | 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 | i think vibe coding can be good for creating a prototypr or expeimenting but when we developing actual software then it will never be the right approach | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
25,543 | 25,544 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 12 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 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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25,544 | 25,545 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 3 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Lisp;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Lisp | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Firebase;Gradle;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite | Make;Pip;pnpm;Vite | Make;Pip;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Vue.js;WordPress | Express | Express | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Ubuntu | Asana;Doxygen;GitHub;Notion;Trello;Wikis | Doxygen;GitHub;Notion;Wikis | Doxygen;GitHub;Notion;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Big picture problem solving and understanding users. | null | 2 |
25,545 | 25,546 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 1 | Morocco | MAD Moroccan dirham | null | Yes | Dart;HTML/CSS;PowerShell | Kotlin | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database | Cloud Firestore | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Xcode | Android Studio;Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit | Reddit | Reddit | NA
NA | null | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code | Testing code | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Decision intelligence;Other Industry purpose (write in): | null | null | 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 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 | 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 | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | null |
25,546 | 25,547 | 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 | 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) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 7 | Developer, back-end | I don’t know | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | 745,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | Rust;Zig | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Valkey | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | Goland
NA | Pydantic | null | null | null | null | Debian;Arch | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Mistral AI models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Debugging, Documentation, Testing, and devops | 73,626 | 7 |
25,547 | 25,548 | I code primarily as a hobby | Prefer not to say | Other (please specify): | Not employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 0 | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,548 | 25,549 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training | 28 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Healthcare | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 180,000 | Yes | JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Terraform;Vercel | APT;Datadog;Docker;Pip;Terraform | APT;Datadog;Docker;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Drupal;FastAPI;NestJS;React | FastAPI;Flask;React | FastAPI;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;PyCharm | PyCharm | PyCharm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS;Debian | Clickup;GitHub;Notion;Trello | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Medium | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Job board | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in): | Yes, but I have to keep telling AI to correct. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | 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 | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | Can't predict, sorry. | 180,000 | 7 |
25,549 | 25,550 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other (please specify): | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 2 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,550 | 25,551 | 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 | null | 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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25,551 | 25,552 | 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 | 9 | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 15 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | null | Croatia | EUR European Euro | 35,000 | Yes | C#;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | Azure Devops;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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. | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 40,605 | 8 |
25,552 | 25,553 | 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 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 5 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | 2 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C++;HTML/CSS;Java;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;npm;Vite;Webpack | Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;npm;Vite | Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Node.js;React | Astro;Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Astro;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);ChromeOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | 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 | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
25,553 | 25,554 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 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 | 7 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 120,000 | Yes | C++ | C++ | C++ | 2
2 | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 87,550 | null |
25,554 | 25,555 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 12 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 10,000 or more 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
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
25,555 | 25,556 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 32 | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 41 | Engineering manager | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 1 | 1 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 104,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python | Rust;Zig | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio;VSCodium | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Fedora | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Doxygen;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | Not at all - my experiences result from supervising a master's thesis whose author relied heavily on vibe coding to create his simulation tools. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | '- General Literacy - if only to write or edit documentation that is actually helpful
- Intellectual discipline - a prerequisite for 'problem solving skills'
- An uncompromising attention to detail - necessary to move past the boilerplate
- A formal education in a scientific field in which theoretical models and mathem... | 120,655 | null |
25,556 | 25,557 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 3 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 180,000 | Yes | C;JavaScript;Python;R;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;R;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;R;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB | MariaDB | MariaDB | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | GitLab;YouTrack | GitLab;YouTrack | GitLab;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot 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 | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8,425 | 7 |
25,557 | 25,558 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 15 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | null | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | Israel | ILS Israeli new shekel | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;Ruby | C;C++;Lua;Python;Ruby;Rust | Python;Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | VSCodium | VSCodium | VSCodium | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | null | null | Forgejo, Codeberg
Forgejo, Codeberg | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | All of them, if they're good. | null | 5 |
25,558 | 25,559 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 30 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 30 | 30 | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | 6,500,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Express;jQuery;Node.js | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Express;Node.js | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Express;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 44,907 | 7 |
25,559 | 25,560 | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
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 | null | null | Uruguay | USD United States dollar | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Kotlin;OCaml;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);PHP;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;Laravel;NestJS;Node.js;React | Deno;Express;FastAPI;Laravel;NestJS;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;Laravel;NestJS;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Nano;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 100,000 | 9 |
25,560 | 25,561 | I code primarily as a hobby | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | 15 | Engineering manager | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Manufacturing | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 11 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C#;SQL | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | InfluxDB | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | null | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics | Deployment and monitoring | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | LangChain | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Microsoft Copilot;Perplexity | null | When I want to learn best practices | null | null | null |
25,561 | 25,562 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 6 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Manufacturing | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Madagascar | MGA Malagasy ariary | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
25,562 | 25,563 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,563 | 25,564 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 11 | 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 | 11 | Engineering manager | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 110,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Rust;TypeScript;Zig;Mojo;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | NA
Vector Databases for Embeddings | Yes | Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Terraform | Cargo;Datadog;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Podman;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;FastAPI;NestJS;Node.js | Node.js;Spring Boot | Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Neovim;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Neovim;Zed | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | null | null | MacOS | MacOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian;Stack Overflow for Teams | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian;Stack Overflow for Teams | Confluence;GitHub;Obsidian;Stack Overflow for Teams | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI Image generating models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Fuck no, vibe coding is pushed by people who never had to deliver stuff in a production grade environment and have no clue what it means if you just push some AI hallucinations to your customers | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Other Industry purpose (write in): | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | 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 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 | pgvector | null | Ollama;LangChain | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Critical thinking, reasonsing because AI can't, people skills | 127,616 | 4 |
25,564 | 25,565 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 11 | 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 | 5 | System administrator | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 4 | 3 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 56,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Prometheus | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Debian | null | Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | 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;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Absolutely not. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Common sense. Critical thinking. | 5,870 | null |
25,565 | 25,566 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | null | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,566 | 25,567 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 12 | Argentina | USD United States dollar | 33,800 | Yes | HTML/CSS;TypeScript | Go;Python;TypeScript | TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Dynamodb;Supabase | Dynamodb;Redis | Dynamodb | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;pnpm;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | Yes | React | NestJS;React | React | Hono
Hono | Yes | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Windows;MacOS | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira;Notion | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning | Deployment and monitoring | 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 | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes it is, In most cases you are a reviewer of the LLM's code. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;v0.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | understanding the problem, making decisions, teamwork
| 33,800 | 8 |
25,567 | 25,568 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 27 | 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 | 37 | Founder, technology or otherwise | Less than 20 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,568 | 25,569 | 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) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,569 | 25,570 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | 5 | Student | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,570 | 25,571 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | 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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25,571 | 25,572 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,572 | 25,573 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 2 | France | EUR European Euro | 65,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Netlify;New Relic;pnpm | null | null | kamal
NA | Yes | React;Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Hotwire
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor | Cursor | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | 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 | 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 | 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;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Only partially but it requires a serious review of the code generated. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Customer service support;Marketing | 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 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Critical thinking, product thinking, Design & architecture, communication. | 75,410 | 7 |
25,573 | 25,574 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 19 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | null | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | 10,570 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby | Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;OCaml;Python;Ruby;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Homebrew;npm;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Vite | Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Zed | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Jira;Miro | GitHub;Miro;Trello | GitHub;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;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 | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. I have tried it but wasn't happy with the result. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | Language processing;MCP servers;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | To quickly understand complex problems,
to be able to communicate clearly - both with humans and with AI systems,
to be able to be creative, think outside the box,
to be able to be persistent and systematic.
to be emphatic to other people. | 6,269 | 8 |
25,574 | 25,575 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Blogs or podcasts | 14 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 3 | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | 0 | Yes | C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;MATLAB;Perl;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Make;Ninja;npm;Pip;Podman | Kubernetes | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask;Next.js;React | Astro;Spring Boot;Svelte | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | Amazon Bedrock;LangGraph | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | 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;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | 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 | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis | Dify | Ollama | Dify | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | I think the communication skill would be more and more valuable because you can get a variety of solutions such as fast algorithms and optimal frameworks by using AIs and the Internet these days if only you could tell what you want very clearly. | null | null |
25,575 | 25,576 | I code primarily as a hobby | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 58 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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.;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 | null | null | null |
25,576 | 25,577 | 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) | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 4 | Student | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 5 | Kenya | KES Kenyan shilling | 30,000 | Yes | C++;JavaScript;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Heroku;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;Vercel | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Drupal;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | null | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Meta Llama (all models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | null | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | I believe vibe coding is really growing but you also can't be a vibe coder if you don't understand what the AI is doing so it's not really much a part of my development work. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Customer service support;Marketing | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | Milvus;LangMem | null | AutoGen (Microsoft) | null | Vectra AI | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Testing and managing systems, data pipelines and security will still remain valuable for developers even with AI growing. | 232 | 8 |
25,577 | 25,578 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 42 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 44 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 10 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | Dart;Java;SQL | Dart;Java;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;SQLite | MariaDB;SQLite | MariaDB;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | I treat it like a junior - give it tasks but don't trust the results. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | All the current ones | 97,514 | 7 |
25,578 | 25,579 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 35 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | I don’t know | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Government | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | HTML/CSS;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Multiple times per day | Message Boards | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | null |
25,579 | 25,580 | 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 | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 11 | null | France | EUR European Euro | 41,400 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;npm;Pip;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;jQuery;React;Spring Boot | Angular;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | Angular;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;iPadOS | Windows | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or Info... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Debugging | 48,030 | 7 |
25,580 | 25,581 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 40 | 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 | 48 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 15 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 240,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Gradle | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Gradle | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Gradle | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery | null | null | Bootstrap
Bootstrap | Yes | Android Studio | Android Studio | Android Studio | NetBeans
NetBeans | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Ubuntu | YouTrack | YouTrack | YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Exchange | Stack Exchange | Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Coding challenges | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Keeping the big picture, AI can't do that. | 278,435 | 9 |
25,581 | 25,582 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 16 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 25 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | Government | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
25,582 | 25,583 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,583 | 25,584 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 11 | 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 | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,584 | 25,585 | I code primarily as a hobby | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 33 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 12 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 3 | 5 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 450,000 | Yes | Swift | Python;Swift | Swift | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Kubernetes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Kubernetes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Kubernetes | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model;SwiftData | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes and it is very helpful to get the first setup. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I 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 don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | Designing and defining the problem and problem resolution. | 522,066 | null |
25,585 | 25,586 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 13 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | HKD Hong Kong dollar | 533,000 | Yes | Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Node.js | Angular;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Angular;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, no way. | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 67,898 | 3 |
25,586 | 25,587 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Other (please specify): | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Other (please specify):;Coding Bootcamp | 1 | Database administrator or engineer | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 6 | Nigeria | NGN Nigerian naira | 4,200,000 | Yes | Python;SQL | SQL | SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | 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 | Google Colab;Google Workspace | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes, vibe coding is part of my professional development work. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Decision intelligence;Data and analytics;Customer service support | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | problem solving and critical thinking
security and privacy awareness | 2,712 | null |
25,587 | 25,588 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 38 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 42 | Architect, software or solutions | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Manufacturing | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | C#;F#;SQL | TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Documenting code;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Robotics | MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or Info... | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I want to learn best practices | Thinking | 69,609 | 9 |
25,588 | 25,589 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 6 | 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;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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 12 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,589 | 25,590 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 19 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Georgia | USD United States dollar | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | null | null | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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 | 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 | Junie | Other (please specify): | null | 60,000 | 7 |
25,590 | 25,591 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | null | null | null | Developer, mobile | null | null | null | null | Work | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Portugal | BRL Brazilian real | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,591 | 25,592 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 28 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 39 | AI/ML engineer | 500 to 999 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 110,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;Python;R;Rust | Python;Rust | Python;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Homebrew;Pip;Podman | Docker;Homebrew | Docker;Homebrew | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm | PyCharm | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Polars;Large Language Model;uv | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS | MacOS;Debian | GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Other (write in):
Search for existing content to answer my question | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | Occasionally with caution | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | null | Language processing | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI ... | null | null | in house agent | null | null | null | in house | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Review and debugging skills, high level design | 149,756 | null |
25,592 | 25,593 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 10 | Project manager | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Healthcare | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,593 | 25,594 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | null | null | null | 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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25,594 | 25,595 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 24 | Developer, mobile | 1,000 to 4,999 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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25,595 | 25,596 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Coding Bootcamp | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | Developer, mobile | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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25,596 | 25,597 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 20 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Greece | EUR European Euro | 63,000 | Yes | Groovy;Java;Python;SQL | Go;Groovy;Java;Kotlin;Python;Rust | Groovy;Java;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Oracle | Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;New Relic;Podman;Terraform | Docker;Kubernetes | Docker;Kubernetes | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Trello | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;X;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;X;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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. | 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 want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Same as today with additional AI tooling expertise, prompt engineering and the ability to verify and apply AI output to working software. | 73,089 | 8 |
25,597 | 25,598 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 8 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 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 | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 130,000 | Yes | Ruby | Ruby | Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud | Cloudflare;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud | Cloudflare;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Zed | Zed | Zed | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | Polars;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Clickup;GitHub;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | GitHub;Miro | NA
NA | Dev.to;X;YouTube;Medium | Dev.to;X;YouTube;Medium | Dev.to;X;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging or fixing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | Agno;Ollama;Smolagents | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Devin AI | Mistral | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 94,846 | 8 |
25,598 | 25,599 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 12 | Data engineer | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
25,599 | 25,600 | 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 | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 11 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 5 | 3 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 816,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Redis | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Vite;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;NestJS;Node.js;React;Symfony;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | No. I use AI only to increase my efficiency | 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 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | Junie | 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 | Being Empathie | 85,534 | 6 |
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