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26,100 | 26,101 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 8 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 10 | Sri Lanka | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery;Next.js | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Next.js | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Next.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;YouTrack | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code | Deployment and monitoring | Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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.;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 | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | software design | null | 8 |
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NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 4 | Israel | ILS Israeli new shekel | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB | MongoDB | MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Pip;Poetry | null | null | uv
uv | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm | NA
NA | Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Neutral | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | Other (write in): | a little bit | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | All of them. AI provides shortcuts, not replacement of proficiency | null | 10 |
26,102 | 26,103 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 4 | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 6 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 900,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;Java;Kotlin;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | H2;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | H2;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Pip;Terraform | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Spring Boot | Angular;Django;Flask;jQuery;React;Spring Boot | Flask;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;Debian | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Debian;iPadOS;Red Hat | GitHub;Google Colab;Jira | GitHub;Google Colab;Jira | GitHub;Google Colab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose 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 | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
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NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
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NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Chocolatey;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Terraform;Webpack | APT;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Podman;Vite | APT;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | winget
winget | Yes | ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js;React;Svelte | ASP.NET Core;jQuery | ASP.NET Core;jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Stack Overflow for Teams | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | Mastodon
Mastodon | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Undoing the mess that AI tools helped create. | 209,658 | 7 |
26,104 | 26,105 | 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 | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | 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);Blogs or podcasts;St... | 16 | Other (please specify): | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 30,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | Rust;Mojo | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Firebase;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;Phoenix | Angular | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Lore
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Pop!_OS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace | null | null | NA
NA | YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in): | Never. I have and will always deny your PR if there are ai comments in it. I will and will always force good code practice and OOP design. Vibe coding is a plague on SWE, the AI tools that are being released are misused to generate quick code and not proper code. I know for a fact that the number of runtime error b... | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation;Other specific task (write in): | 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 | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | Redis;Neo4j;Qdrant;ChromaDB;Weaviate;Pinecone | null | Vertex AI;Amazon Bedrock Agents | Lore | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;AgentGPT;Auto-GPT | 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 quick help troubleshooting | Every single skill will remain for humans... The number of those that will be required will be significantly lower. I don't believe that all code will ever be written by AI and more importantly, I believe that most people will never have the technical background required to enable an AI-generated app greater than a si... | 30,000 | 0 |
26,105 | 26,106 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 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) | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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26,106 | 26,107 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | null | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | 70,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;Python;SQL | Java;Python;Rust;SQL | Java;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform | Ansible;Docker;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Node.js;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | 81,210 | 6 |
26,107 | 26,108 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 9 | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 27 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | Less than 20 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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26,108 | 26,109 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 9 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 8 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 500,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Julia, DAX, Power FX
Julia, DAX | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;SQLite | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Chocolatey;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Yarn | APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Google Cloud;npm;NuGet;Yarn | APT;Chocolatey;Google Cloud;npm;NuGet;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;Django;Node.js;Svelte | AngularJS;ASP.NET;Django;Node.js;Svelte | AngularJS;ASP.NET;Django;Node.js;Svelte | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Microsoft Fabric | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Substack | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | 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 | No, and I don't plan to | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 26,320 | 9 |
26,109 | 26,110 | 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 | 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);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 | Colleague or on-the-job training | 10 | Developer, front-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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 | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | Other (write in): | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 160,000 | 10 |
26,110 | 26,111 | 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) | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 4 | Developer, front-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 56,000 | Yes | JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | Rust | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Slack (public channels, not work) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per month or weekly | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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 don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Architecture, meetings | 64,968 | 7 |
26,111 | 26,112 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 21 | 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) | 30 | Other (please specify): | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | In-person | No | Work | Costs are manageable
offline | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 15 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | C#;C++;Dart;Python | Assembly;C#;C++;Dart;Python;Rust | C#;C++;Dart;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;MSBuild;NuGet;Pip | APT;Docker;MSBuild;NuGet;Pip | APT;Docker;MSBuild;NuGet;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Android Studio;Claude Code;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Android Studio;Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Android;Debian | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase | 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, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | 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 | Problem decomposition, review for completeness, spotting edge cases, domain specifics | 116,015 | null |
26,112 | 26,113 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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) | 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) | 15 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Manufacturing | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 140,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React;Spring Boot | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React;Spring Boot | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Asana;Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Monday.com;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | 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 | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | 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;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, what the hell? | 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. | 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 | 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... | Literally all of them | 140,000 | 10 |
26,113 | 26,114 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 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);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 | 8 | Developer, back-end | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | 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
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
26,114 | 26,115 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Coding Bootcamp | 15 | Support engineer or analyst | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 260,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | DuckDB;Firebase Realtime Database;Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Railway | null | null | pulumi
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Aider;Lovable.dev | null | NA
NA | Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;LangGraph | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Monday.com | Airtable;Notion | null | NA
NA | Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Bluesky | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Business process automation;Decision intelligence;Marketing | MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis;pgvector;Weaviate;Pinecone | null | Vertex AI;AutoGen (Microsoft);CrewAI;Llama Index;Ollama;LangChain;Zapier;Amazon Bedrock Agents;LangGraph;Smolagents | null | Galileo;Snyk;Adversarial Robustness Toolbox (ART);Wiz | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;AgentGPT;Replit;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | null | 260,000 | null |
26,115 | 26,116 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | null | null | null | null | null | null | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | null | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Government | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | null | Yes | Ruby | Ruby | Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Yandex Cloud | Yandex Cloud | Yandex Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | 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 | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Coding challenges | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Writing code | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Redis | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | null | null | null | 7 |
26,116 | 26,117 | 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.) | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 30 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 17 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 180,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | Java;Python;Rust;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | Java;Python;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
Infinispan, Yugabyte | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Prometheus | Tofu
Tofu | Yes | Angular;Flask;Spring Boot | Angular;Flask;Spring Boot | Angular;Flask;Spring Boot | Quarkus, Jakarta EE
Quarkus, Jakarta EE | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | DataGrip
DataGrip | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | 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 | 180,000 | 8 |
26,117 | 26,118 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 1 | Academic researcher | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | Colombia | COP Colombian peso | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Ubuntu | GitHub;Google Colab | GitLab;Google Workspace | null | NA
NA | Discord;YouTube | Reddit;LinkedIn | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes, because in my career it is used constantly | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics;Marketing;Robotics;Cybersecurity | Language processing | 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.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not liste... | null | 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 | Neo4j;GitHub MCP Server | null | AutoGen (Microsoft) | null | Protect AI | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;AgentGPT;Blackbox AI | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Abstract the problems and generate the solution, since the code that solves the problems can then be easily generated with AI. | null | null |
26,118 | 26,119 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No, "vibe coding" is an internet meme and no serious programmer should use that term | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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 InfoS... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Domain knowledge of a system/project/etc and knowing how to spot AI hallucinations in code | null | 8 |
26,119 | 26,120 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 4 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | null | School | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Romania | RON Romanian leu | null | Yes | C;C#;C++;Dart;Delphi;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;SQLite;Supabase | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;jQuery;Laravel;WordPress | jQuery;Laravel;WordPress | jQuery;Laravel;WordPress | CodeIgniter
CodeIgniter | null | Android Studio;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | PhpStorm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | PhpStorm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | PhpStorm
PhpStorm | .NET 8 or higher;hostinger | .NET 8 or higher;hostinger | .NET 8 or higher;hostinger | null | null | Windows;iOS;Debian | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning | 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 | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla... | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 8 |
26,120 | 26,121 | 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.) | 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) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 4 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Manufacturing | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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 weekly | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 160,000 | null |
26,121 | 26,122 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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) | 11 | Data scientist | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | Costs are manageable
NA | null | Other: | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 94,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Snowflake | null | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;NestJS;Node.js | null | null | Plotly Dash
NA | Yes | Cursor;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | RAG | Polars | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Hell yeah we vibin'. Just need to review and modify because sometimes it produces some sus code. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Personalized agent creation;Other specific task (write in): | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis;ChromaDB;pgvector | Mastra | null | Mastra | null | null | null | null | When I have ethical or security concerns about code;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Learning to create AI tools and agents -- e.g., MCP, RAG, agent tools, etc. | 94,000 | 8 |
26,122 | 26,123 | 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.) | 2 | 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 | 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 6 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 5 | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Java;Kotlin;Python;Rust | Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;Flask;Node.js;React | Django;Flask;Spring Boot | Django;Flask | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm | PyCharm | NA
NA | Odoo | Pydantic;Ollama | null | null | null | Ubuntu | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | NO | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Ability to dig deeper into problems and code bases, understanding the whole context of business use cases and solving unseen challenges. | null | 7 |
26,123 | 26,124 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 5 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 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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26,124 | 26,125 | 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 | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Other (please specify):
Actual developer documentation, not just salespitches cosplaying documentation | Ethical concerns
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26,125 | 26,126 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 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;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Games or coding challenges;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 1 | 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 | School | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 6 | 6 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 1,500 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Arch | Windows;Android;Arch | null | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Ask a question
NA | Not sure | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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 | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 273 | null |
26,126 | 26,127 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);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) | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 10 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 68,600 | Yes | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;SQL | C#;Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;SQL;Gleam | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Cockroachdb | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;MSBuild;NuGet;Terraform | Ansible;Docker;NuGet;Terraform | Ansible;Docker;NuGet;Terraform | OpenTofu
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery | ASP.NET Core;Phoenix | ASP.NET Core | Htmx
Htmx | Yes | Neovim;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | NixOS | Windows | Confluence;Jira;Markdown File | Markdown File | Markdown File | NA
NA | YouTube | YouTube | YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions | analytical thinking, experience, for-sight, people skills | 79,586 | 9 |
26,127 | 26,128 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 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 | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly 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 | null | 6 |
26,128 | 26,129 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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);Blogs or podcasts;St... | 7 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | null | null | null | null | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C;C++;Java;MATLAB;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Ninja;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask | Django;Express;FastAPI;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Committing and reviewing code | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No it is not | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | 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. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Foundational skills in Software Engineering, scaling systems, managing and leading complex projects. | null | 5 |
26,129 | 26,130 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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26,130 | 26,131 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 10 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 12 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very 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 | 160,000 | null |
26,131 | 26,132 | 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 | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 17 | Academic researcher | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 8 | 5 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 365,400 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);MATLAB;Python | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;MATLAB;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);MATLAB;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Splunk | Splunk | Splunk | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Vim | Sublime Text;Vim | Sublime Text;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub | GitHub;Wikis | GitHub | 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 | Yes | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Mistral AI models | Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, seems like a waste of time | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | Data and analytics | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | All existing skills, because the lower programming level one understands, the better they can understand how hardware works | 38,302 | null |
26,132 | 26,133 | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 7 | Data engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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26,133 | 26,134 | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
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26,134 | 26,135 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 31 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 35 | System administrator | 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 | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Lua;Perl;PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells) | Bash/Shell (all shells) | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;MariaDB;Snowflake | InfluxDB | InfluxDB | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim;Windsurf | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | Ollama | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Wikis | Markdown File;Wikis | Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | nope. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;IT operations | 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 the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Understanding end to end concepts. Longer term operational support and impact of the code being produced. | null | null |
26,135 | 26,136 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 23 | Academic researcher | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Other (please specify):
They just reject all which cost money | Higher Education | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 15 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 8,600 | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;TypeScript;VBA | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;TypeScript;VBA | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;TypeScript;VBA | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB | MariaDB | MariaDB | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;jQuery | Angular;AngularJS;jQuery | Angular;AngularJS;jQuery | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | null | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;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 improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code | Creativity, critical thinking | 206 | null |
26,136 | 26,137 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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 | null | 28 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 0 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 155,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | Angular;ASP.NET Core | Angular;ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Microsoft Fabric | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Substack;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | yes | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | 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 | 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 | Gathering requirements | 155,000 | 4 |
26,137 | 26,138 | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-... | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | 384,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Python;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Redis | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Odoo | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | A few times per month or weekly | Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Documenting code | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | It's totally useless. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | 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 collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;v0.dev | null | When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Code security, codebase maintenance, code complexity and quality and code reliability. | 4,464 | 7 |
26,138 | 26,139 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 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);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);... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
26,139 | 26,140 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 12 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Python Anywhere
Python Anywhere | Yes | Django | Django;Flask;Node.js | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Debian | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per month or weekly | Message Boards;Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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 | ChatGPT;Google Gemini | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Critical thinking and being creative | null | null |
26,140 | 26,141 | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Neovim;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Neutral | More than half 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;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Testing code | Project planning;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes. I prefer AI Augmented development, which is less blindly letting AI iterating until it gets to the minimal working solution, but having it write the code while I make judgement decisions and propose changes. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Roo code (Roo-Cline);Amazon Codewhisperer | 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 | Making critical judgement decisions. Relating business needs to technical solutions. Deep technical knowledge - the AI output will never be perfect and will contain issues like the human's data that they were trained on. Continuing to have a deep technical knowledge on systems and problems will be vital as more knowled... | null | 5 |
26,141 | 26,142 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Salesforce
NA | Yes | Docker;Heroku;npm | Docker;Heroku | Docker;Heroku | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | LWC
LWC | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS | GitHub;Monday.com | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating 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 | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Other (write in): | 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 weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Only for initial prototyping | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | Open AI API | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Big picture systems planning, project planning, security features | 100,000 | 8 |
26,142 | 26,143 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 21 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Other: | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 9 | 5 | Brazil | USD United States dollar | 102 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | MicroPython;Python;Rust | Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse | Cassandra;DuckDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Ninja;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Splunk;Supabase;Vercel | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Make;New Relic;Pip;Podman;Supabase | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Make;Pip;Podman;Supabase | uv
uv, wasmcloud | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | Django;FastAPI | Django;FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;VSCodium | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;VSCodium | NA
NA | Pydantic;uv | Ollama;uv | uv | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu;Android | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Architectural, Engineering, Debugging, Talking to Humans. | 102 | 5 |
26,143 | 26,144 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books... | 6 | Data engineer | 500 to 999 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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26,144 | 26,145 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | null | null | null | 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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26,145 | 26,146 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 12 | 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 | 16 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | null | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 340,000 | Yes | Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL | Kotlin | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Maven (build tool);npm;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Vim | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | null | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | 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 | Chat (people);Videos;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | I don't vibe code, I think it might be dengerous in critical software | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Language processing | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | solving complex problems and high level understanding of the project and the domain | 92,786 | 8 |
26,146 | 26,147 | 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;Engaged in paid work (less than 10 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 10 | Other (please specify): | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | null | null | Other: | null | No | null | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | null | null | Go;Rust | C;C++;Fortran;Go;Rust;Zig | Go;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
FerretDB | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;jQuery | null | null | SolidJs
SolidJs | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | null | null | null | Neutral | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 |
26,147 | 26,148 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
Reputation for safety | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 30 | 20 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 185,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Vite | APT;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Vite | APT;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Vite | Helm
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Next.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Astro | ASP.NET Core;Astro | Jekyll
NA | Yes | Nano;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Coding challenges | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | 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. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Architecture | 185,000 | null |
26,148 | 26,149 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;OCaml;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++ | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio Code | Zed | null | NA
Emacs | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 1 and 3 years | 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 really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Writing code;Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | 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 | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | null |
26,149 | 26,150 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 19 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 8 | DevOps engineer or professional | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 42,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Lua;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language)
HCL | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Visual Studio Code;Zed | Visual Studio Code;Zed | Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Miro;Redmine;YouTrack | GitHub;GitLab;Redmine;YouTrack | GitHub;GitLab;Redmine;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | null | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | 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 daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Project planning;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | Critical Thinking | 30,643 | 7 |
26,150 | 26,151 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 8 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 3,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Clickhouse | Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | PostgreSQL;Clickhouse | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph;uv | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Son... | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Deployment and monitoring | Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Don't believe in "vibe coding" as a part of problem solving process. In depth knowledge of the codebase and tools and technologies you use is necessary. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence | MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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. | null | null | null | LangGraph | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Problem solving and experience | 34,872 | 7 |
26,151 | 26,152 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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-... | 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 | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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 | Slovakia | EUR European Euro | 24,000 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | pgvector | null | null | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 27,844 | 5 |
26,152 | 26,153 | 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 | 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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 35 | Engineering manager | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 25 | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | 195,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Poetry;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Vite | uv
uv | Yes | Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Cursor;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | 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 | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Predictive analytics | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | sometimes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | 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 | 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 | Redis;Qdrant;pgvector | LangGraph | Ollama;LangChain;LangGraph | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | understanding business problems | 115,648 | 10 |
26,153 | 26,154 | 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) | 16 | 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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26,154 | 26,155 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 16 | Developer, mobile | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Iran, Islamic Republic of... | IRR Iranian rial | null | Yes | Kotlin | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | Kotlin | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | 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 | 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 | null | null | null |
26,155 | 26,156 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 15 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 15 | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | 12,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | BigQuery;Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Pacman;pnpm;Poetry;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet;Pacman;pnpm;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Pacman;pnpm;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js | Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js | Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini;uv | .NET 8 or higher;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | .NET 8 or higher;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini;uv | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Arch | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Trello | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | null | Redis | null | Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | Sentry;Snyk;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Perplexity;Amazon Codewhisperer | 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 | Creative and problem-solving skills will always be in demand. I don't believe AI will be able to effectively manage large legacy codebases, given its current limitations in understanding complex contexts. Additionally, I don't think we will achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI) or superintelligence within the n... | 42,140 | 6 |
26,156 | 26,157 | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
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 | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);Netlify;npm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | NestJS;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Trello | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | null | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Glean (Enterprise Agents) | 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 | Business and product decisions based on data AI doesn’t have access to, being a more product-focused engineer, high level problem solving across teams, communication, creative problem solving, niche topics AI isn’t privy to | null | 9 |
26,157 | 26,158 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time);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) | 13 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Other (please specify):
Cheap | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Fintech | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 471,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Elixir;Go;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore | BigQuery;PostgreSQL | BigQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Datadog;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Terraform | Datadog;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;NestJS;Node.js;Phoenix;React | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | NA
NA | Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube | Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning 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 | Message Boards;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Nope | 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. | 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 | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 85,739 | 6 |
26,158 | 26,159 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, 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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26,159 | 26,160 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Attending school (part-time) | 6 | 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;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 | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Fintech | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 170,000 | Yes | C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | Dart;Elixir;Go;Zig | Dart | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | MongoDB | MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;NuGet | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Vue.js | Svelte | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Neovim;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Sublime Text;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 | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Discord;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;X;YouTube | Discord;X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Infrequently, less than once per year | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Definitely not. It would be a disaster for maintainability. Vibe coding is only food for one off scripts and test. But not good for production level code.
And I have vibe coded an entire working app earlier this year. It is a disaster to update or change anything and I really dont understand the code because It was f... | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | Literally all coding skills because AI is unlikely to get much better and it really isnt that good right now unless it is in isolation with lots of examples of the thing it is trying to do.
It doesnt follow code level patterns and architecture and spits out a lot of garbage code | 170,000 | 7 |
26,160 | 26,161 | 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) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | Robust and complete API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 63,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Podman | Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows;Debian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, AI tools makes me more productive (more lines per hour) but almost all generated code needs some work | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Debugging.
Knowing what a customer needs. Not what the customer says it needs. Most users cannot realy write down what they need.
| 73,089 | 8 |
26,161 | 26,162 | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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26,162 | 26,163 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Other (please specify): | I don’t know | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
Libre (free) software - which matters to me far more than "open source" | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Manufacturing | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite;Valkey | MariaDB;PostgreSQL | MariaDB | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;Podman | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Pacman;Pip;Podman | Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pacman;Pip;Podman | DNF
DNF | Yes | Flask;Node.js | Django;FastAPI;Flask | Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Neovim;Vim;VSCodium;Xcode | Android Studio;Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Fedora;NixOS | Windows;MacOS;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitLab;Markdown File | GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | X;YouTube;Substack | X;YouTube | GitLab
GitLab | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Highly trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Testing code | Generating content or synthetic data | 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 | Hell no. If you want to have fun, whatever, but what a terrible idea for actual professional work. | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 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;Other (please specify): | AI can never "learn" or become "smart", and thus it is not answering questions "rightly" or "wrongly". It's simply a bunch of math being done on a complex dataset, which can produce sometimes novel, often useful, and often quirky, results.
"AGI" is a myth and a foolish idea where men think they can take the place of G... | 60,000 | null |
26,163 | 26,164 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 22 | Developer, game or graphics | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | Assembly;C;C++ | Assembly;C | Assembly;C | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | Google Docs
Google Docs | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | 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 really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No. | No, 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or Info... | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | All of them. | null | 10 |
26,164 | 26,165 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 15 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
Clear ROI and business value | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 10 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 150,000 | Yes | Elixir;JavaScript | Dart;Elixir;Go;Python;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | Elixir | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;Amazon Redshift | PostgreSQL;Redis;Amazon Redshift | PostgreSQL;Redis;Amazon Redshift | Postgresql
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Heroku;New Relic;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Heroku;New Relic;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Heroku;New Relic;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Phoenix;Vue.js | Phoenix;Vue.js | Phoenix;Vue.js | LiveView
LiveView | Yes | Cursor | Cursor | Cursor | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Miro;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace;Miro;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace;Miro;Trello | NA
NA | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. It's useful for quick and dirty prototypes. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | 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. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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 | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | supabase | null | Zapier | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Devin AI;Bolt.new;Lovable.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Software architecture and soft skills. Product engineering, maybe. | 27,306 | null |
26,165 | 26,166 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 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);Games or coding challenges;Books / Physical media | 18 | AI/ML engineer | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
If not open source and free, clear cost for service and no need to waist my time with another faceless drone (their **** sell people) who generally know nothing about the product and want to spend one hour trying to figure out what the maximum price they can ask for without answering any questio... | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Fintech | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 1,158,000 | Yes | Go;JavaScript;Python | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;DuckDB;Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Amazon Redshift | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip | Cargo | Cargo | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Zed | null | null | NA
NA | Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;LangGraph | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Pop!_OS | null | GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Nope, stop vibing, unless you go to Vegas and you have a lot of money to burn. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | pgvector;Milvus;Pinecone | null | CrewAI;LangChain;Amazon Bedrock Agents;LangGraph | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Devin AI;Tabnine;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Developing new concepts, new methods for implementing solutions, new things in general. AI models is still very bounded to the written human experience it have been trained on. | 121,383 | 8 |
26,166 | 26,167 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training;Coding Bootcamp;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, ... | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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26,167 | 26,168 | 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 | 24 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 35 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 3 | Hungary | HUF Hungarian forint | 33,500,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;Clickhouse | DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb | DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;Clickhouse | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;jQuery;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | FastAPI;jQuery;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | FastAPI;jQuery;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA;Windsurf | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | MacOS | Coda;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Coda;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Coda;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | 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 | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring | null | Generating content or synthetic data | I haven’t encountered any problems | Not really, I generate code like vibe coding, but I'm manually checking and refactoring it. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | 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 compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Understanding the business needs, the solution, the customers and able to learn new things. | 96,870 | 8 |
26,168 | 26,169 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 11 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 158,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;Python | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Ember,MUI
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | Bitbucket
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code | null | Testing code | 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 | 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. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | null | 158,000 | 9 |
26,169 | 26,170 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 podc... | 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) | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 0 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 140,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Ruby | C;Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;Rust | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Homebrew;npm;Terraform;Yarn | Homebrew;npm | Homebrew;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails | Django;Flask;Ruby on Rails;Svelte;Vue.js | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | Rubymine
Rubymine | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS | GitHub;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Miro;Notion | GitHub;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Miro;Notion;Trello | GitHub;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | I will use it sometimes for simple tasks or to get an idea of how it might approach something, but this is not something I do often and not something I find gets me to the end goal much faster than if I just did it myself after I've prompted out all the issues with the codes first few passes. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation | 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 | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Critical thinking, Architecture, ability to write maintainable code, knowledge of best practises, ability to keep the projects holistic context in mind | 102,142 | 7 |
26,170 | 26,171 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-time) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 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 | Retired | 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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26,171 | 26,172 | 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.) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Healthcare | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 6 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 85,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | H2;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;H2;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | H2;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Webpack | Ansible;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Docker;npm;Pip;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;Next.js;Node.js;Spring Boot | Angular;Django;Node.js;Spring Boot | Angular;Node.js;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama;LangGraph | Large Language Model;RAG | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Miro;Obsidian | Confluence;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI);Other (write in): | 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 | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | I've tried it for personal projects, but without success. It works for some tasks, but is currently very time consuming in long term. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have impr... | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;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.;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Learn fast, coming up with business ideas, designing and implementing systems and complex software solutions | 98,612 | 6 |
26,172 | 26,173 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 15 | Academic researcher | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 6 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;OCaml;Prolog;Python;Rust;TypeScript | C;C++;F#;Lisp;OCaml;Rust | C;C++;OCaml;Rust | Haskell, Rocq, BQN, Idris, Agda, Clojure, Scheme
Haskell, Rocq, Idris, Agda, Clojure, Scheme | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Ninja;npm;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Yarn | Cargo;Ninja | Cargo;Ninja | Nix
Nix | Yes | Flask;React | null | null | Hugo
NA | Yes | Nano;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Emacs
Emacs | c++23;Pydantic | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | Org, Roam
Org, Roam | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | 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;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | 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. | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | null |
26,173 | 26,174 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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 learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 30 | Developer, game or graphics | 20 to 99 employees | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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26,174 | 26,175 | 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) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | Colleague or on-the-job training;Other (please specify): | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 235,150 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Snowflake;Supabase | PostgreSQL;Snowflake;Supabase | PostgreSQL;Snowflake;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pip;Poetry;Supabase;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Supabase;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Supabase;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Django;Express;FastAPI;Node.js;React | Deno;Django;FastAPI;React | Deno;Django;FastAPI;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Lovable.dev;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Cursor;Vim | Cursor;Vim | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;uv | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Asana;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | Asana;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | Asana;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes but mostly as a recipient of the changes that LLMs make: I've made a couple features "vibe coding" but generally I'm reading over, adjusting, tweaking or rewriting entirely the work produced by LLMs. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing;MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more 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.;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 | supabase | Cursor, lovable | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Lovable.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;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... | System design, understanding code, understanding tracebacks, benchmarking, profiling, debugging | 235,150 | 9 |
26,175 | 26,176 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Colleague or on-the-job training;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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 43 | Data engineer | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Healthcare | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 250,000 | Yes | C++;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C++;Delphi;Erlang;SQL;TypeScript | C++;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | Large Language Model | c++23;Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Business process automation;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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 | 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 | 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 | Figuring out the right problem to solve. | 250,000 | 10 |
26,176 | 26,177 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 6 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 15 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 70,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | 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 | 51,071 | 9 |
26,177 | 26,178 | 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.) | 40 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 45 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 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 | Connected to an open-source project
AI integration is a negative | Availability of better alternatives
Lack of AI integration is a positive factor | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Fortran;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;SQL | C;C++;Fortran;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;Rust | C;C++;Fortran;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Composer;Docker;Gradle;Make;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;Podman | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Composer;Docker;Make;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;Podman | Ansible;APT;Composer;Docker;Make;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Node.js | Express;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Express;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | uv | uv | uv | null | null | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Doxygen;GitHub;Google Workspace;Obsidian;Wikis | Doxygen;GitHub;Google Workspace;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | Doxygen;GitHub;Google Workspace;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Substack;Medium | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Medium | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;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;Other (write in): | Project planning | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Absolutely the fuck not. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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... | I do not believe the prevalence of AI tools will make any developer skills obsolete or less important. | null | 7 |
26,178 | 26,179 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 15 | AI/ML engineer | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 235,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;DuckDB;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Poetry | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Svelte | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Zed | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | Vertex AI;LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | originality and empathy | 152,772 | 7 |
26,179 | 26,180 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 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 | 14 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 100 | 50 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 90,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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 | 104,413 | 7 |
26,180 | 26,181 | 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 | 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 | 11 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
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 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 200,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | MongoDB;Redis | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | Express;NestJS;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | null | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | 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 at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Highly trust | Neither good or 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;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase | Search for answers | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | The capacity to understand the problem and tailor made a solution | 10,528 | 6 |
26,181 | 26,182 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all ... | null | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | null | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Bangladesh | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;R;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Deno;Flask;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Deno;Flask;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Deno;Flask;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Aider;Android Studio;Bolt;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | NA
NA | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Large Language Model;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Ollama | c++23;Large Language Model;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;visionOS | c++23;Large Language Model;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Airtable;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Obsidian;Redmine;Trello | Airtable;Azure Devops;Coda;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;YouTrack | Airtable;Azure Devops;Coda;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Obsidian;Redmine;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
26,182 | 26,183 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (full-time);Attending school (part-time) | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 7 | Academic researcher | Less than 20 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | null | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | null | Romania | EUR European Euro | 5 | Yes | Ada;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java | Assembly;C++;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;Microsoft Fabric;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;uv;visionOS | .NET 8 or higher;Polars;Odoo;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph | Polars | 1 | 2 | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Job board | null | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | null |
26,183 | 26,184 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 9 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | null | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Austria | EUR European Euro | 57,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;Scala;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm | Composer;Docker;npm;Railway | Composer;Docker;npm | Forge
NA | Yes | Laravel;React;WordPress | Laravel;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony | Laravel | NA
NA | null | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Notepad++;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4;Odoo;Large Language Model;RAG;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu;Android | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models | Mistral AI models | Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | 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 | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Marketing | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration withi... | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Communication, collaboration | 66,128 | 5 |
26,184 | 26,185 | 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 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | null | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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26,185 | 26,186 | 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 | 12 | 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 | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
Literally anything other than AI | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Higher Education | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 100 | 100 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 92,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MySQL;Redis | MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | WordPress | WordPress | WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Vim | Notepad++;PhpStorm;Vim | Notepad++;PhpStorm;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu;iOS | YouTrack | null | null | MantisBT, Review Board
MantisBT, Review Board | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Gross. | 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 | 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 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... | You'll still have to learn all the same things as today; we can't leave AI to do anything by itself. | 92,000 | 6 |
26,186 | 26,187 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 11 | AI/ML engineer | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 210,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery | Neo4J | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | APT;Docker;Google Cloud | APT;Docker;Google Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI | null | null | D3.js
D3.js | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim | NA
NA | Pydantic;uv | Polars;Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;Coda;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Job board | 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 | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 210,000 | null |
26,187 | 26,188 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 3 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Coding Bootcamp | 10 | Data or business analyst | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | null | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | null | null | Energy | null | Yes | null | 5 | 10 | India | USD United States dollar | 0 | Yes | Assembly;Dart;Delphi;F#;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Lua;MATLAB;OCaml;Perl;PHP;Prolog;R;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Gleam | Ada;C;C#;C++;COBOL;Elixir;Erlang;Fortran;Groovy;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;MicroPython;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;Scala;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig;Mojo | null | 10
10 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | Delphi 12+ Athens | null | null | null | Windows | null | Airtable | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | null | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Documenting code | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Committing and reviewing code;Other (write in): | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | 1 | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | Marketing | null | Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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. | 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. | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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. | 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 | Letta | null | LangChain | null | Langfuse | null | AgentGPT | null | When I need quick help troubleshooting | 6 | null | 10 |
26,188 | 26,189 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 12 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 5 | Chile | CLP Chilean peso | 3,000,000 | Yes | Dart;Elixir;Go;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Python;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;npm;Pip;Poetry;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;npm;Pip;Poetry;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | FastAPI | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic;LangGraph | Pydantic;LangGraph | Pydantic;LangGraph | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Deployment and monitoring | Debugging or fixing code | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | 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 collaboration within my team. | 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.;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 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 | null | 3,181 | 8 |
26,189 | 26,190 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 14 | 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;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 4 | DevOps engineer or professional | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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26,190 | 26,191 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 1 | Latvia | EUR European Euro | 1,500 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | Go;TypeScript | TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | Blazor;Express;Fastify;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Express;Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;React | Magento, Adobe Commerce, Shopify
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Ubuntu | Coda;GitHub;Jira | Coda;GitHub;Jira | Coda;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | mostly | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | backend | 1,740 | 9 |
26,191 | 26,192 | 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.) | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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
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
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
26,192 | 26,193 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 50 | 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) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 30 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
need | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 0 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Firebird
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | pas2js
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | 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 | "vibw coding" is ridiculous and unprofessional. Any manager allowing it should be sacked. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | programming and thinking | null | null |
26,193 | 26,194 | 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.) | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 21 | Developer, mobile | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | You like your manager
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 130,000 | Yes | Java;Kotlin | Kotlin | Kotlin | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;Firebase Realtime Database;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Gradle;Homebrew | Gradle;Homebrew;Splunk | Gradle;Homebrew | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;Vim;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | MacOS;Android | Confluence;Jira;Wikis | Confluence;Jira;Trello;Wikis | Confluence;Jira;Wikis | BitBucket
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | null | 130,000 | 2 |
26,194 | 26,195 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 12 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 1 | Student | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 5 | United Arab Emirates | AED United Arab Emirates dirham | null | Yes | Java | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig;Mojo;Gleam | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Google Cloud;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Railway;Splunk;Supabase... | Bun;Google Cloud;Webpack | NA
NA | null | FastAPI | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno;Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress;Axum | FastAPI | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Red Hat;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS;NixOS | Microsoft Planner | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | Microsoft Planner | NA
NA | YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Titan models;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);op... | Amazon Titan models;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | No | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Direct messaging of users | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Other (write in): | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Not yet | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;MCP servers;Personalized agent creation | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | فرعال | null | null |
26,195 | 26,196 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 6 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 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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26,196 | 26,197 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (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 | 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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26,197 | 26,198 | 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 | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 23 | Data scientist | 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 tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
Open source & low lock-in | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 3 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 145,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python | null | null | NA
Some sort of high level AI system definition language that does not exist yet | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | null | null | Uv, conda
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | c++23;Polars;LangGraph | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Obsidian | null | null | SharePoint, slack, openai platform, jupyter book
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | Small specialized LLM hosted on Huggingface
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | Yes, for prototyping, brainstorming. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Language processing | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen... | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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;Other (please specify): | '- creativity, creative problem solving
- designing and operating complex system architecture (dynamic, self-modifying system , system of systems)
- communication, resilience, professional autonomy
- (niche) low level dev and optimization of AI Algorithms and Hpc system
- information management system design and operat... | 105,790 | null |
26,198 | 26,199 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 7 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 5 | India | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;Swift | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | null | null | Bun
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Reddit;YouTube | Reddit | Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Yes a Lil bit | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Nah not sure would not comment | null | null |
26,199 | 26,200 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 4 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 13 | Student | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
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