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25-34 years old
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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);Blogs or podcasts;Games...
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
null
9
Developer, full-stack
500 to 999 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
No
Work
Easy-to-use API NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Fintech
Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems NA
No
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily
null
null
Malaysia
MYR Malaysian ringgit
140,000
Yes
HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript
Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript
HTML/CSS;Java;SQL;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey
PostgreSQL
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;npm
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Vite
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;npm
NA NA
Yes
Angular;AngularJS;jQuery;Spring Boot
Angular;Astro;Deno;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Svelte
Angular;Spring Boot
NA NA
Yes
IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++
IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++
IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++
NA NA
Tailwind CSS 4
Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui
Tailwind CSS 4
null
null
Windows
Windows
GitHub;GitLab;Jira
GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian
GitHub;GitLab
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
Multiple times per day
Between 5 and 10 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
Neutral
Less than half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Somewhat trust
Very poor at handling complex tasks
Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics
Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
null
Other (write in):
No. I do not think "vibe coding" has a place in any type of development, be it personal or professional
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.
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.;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
null
32,988
3
26,601
26,602
I code primarily as a hobby
18-24 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Student
None of the above
null
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
null
5
Student
null
null
null
null
Work
Connected to an open-source project NA
Ethical concerns NA
null
null
Yes
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
5
5
Taiwan
TWD New Taiwan dollar
null
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);C
Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Lisp
Bash/Shell (all shells);C
NA NA
null
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
Fedora
null
Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File
Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File
Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File
Emacs org Emacs org
Discord;Reddit;Hacker News
Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;X
Discord;Reddit;Hacker News
NA NA
No
null
null
null
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
Chat (people);Job board
Bookmark posts to look at later 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
Search for answers
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
null
null
I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in):
No, disagree. I started using Chatgpt since that after three days of OpenAI founded to last year. That really create a thins instead of really learn a thing, and also producing a huge gap that what you really need to learn. When you realize it, those information will crash you, and result to hard to restart at the be...
null
Yes, somewhat
IT operations
null
null
null
null
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen...
null
null
null
null
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
I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore
"Blue" job
null
null
26,602
26,603
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.)
Employed
Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week)
3
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;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);Games or coding challenges
10
Developer, game or graphics
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
Remote
No
Personal Project
Reputation for quality NA
Poor usability NA
Software Development
Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks NA
No
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily
8
5
United States of America
USD United States dollar
65,000
Yes
C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;TypeScript
C#;Go;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig
C#;Lua;Python;TypeScript
GSC GSC
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;npm;NuGet;Pip;Poetry;Vite
Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Vite
Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Vite
uv uv
Yes
Deno;FastAPI;Node.js;Svelte;Vue.js
FastAPI;Svelte;Vue.js
FastAPI;Svelte;Vue.js
NA NA
Yes
Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Cursor;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
.NET 8 or higher;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv
.NET 8 or higher;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv
.NET 8 or higher;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv
null
null
Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian
Windows
Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello
Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File
Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn
Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn
Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn
NA NA
Yes
Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models
Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models
Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models
NA NA
Yes
A few times per month or weekly
Between 5 and 10 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Chat (bot/AI)
Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer NA
No, not at all
More than half the time
Yes, I use AI tools weekly
Favorable
Somewhat trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Learning new concepts or technologies
Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data
Documenting code;Testing 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
No
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering;Decision intelligence
Language processing
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 within my team.
null
AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.
null
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code
null
65,000
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26,603
26,604
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25-34 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
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6
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;St...
6
Developer, full-stack
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack
Personal Project
null
null
Government
Solving real-world problems NA
No
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
null
null
Egypt
USD United States dollar
12,000
Yes
C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript
Java;PHP;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript
PHP;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase
BigQuery;Cosmos DB;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase
Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Railway;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Railway;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Railway;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn
NA NA
Yes
ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js
ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Django;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js
ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js
NA NA
Yes
Bolt;Cursor;Lovable.dev;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Windsurf
Bolt;Claude Code;Cursor;Lovable.dev;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Windsurf
Bolt;Cursor;Lovable.dev;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Windsurf
NA NA
Large Language Model;Google Gemini
Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini
Large Language Model;Google Gemini
null
null
Windows;Ubuntu
Windows;Ubuntu
GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Trello
GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Trello
GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Trello
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
NA NA
Yes
A few times per month or weekly
Between 3 and 5 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
null
null
Yes, definitely
About half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Very well at handling complex tasks
Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
Deployment and monitoring
Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;I haven’t encountered any problems
null
Yes, I use AI agents at work daily
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations
Multi-platform search enablement;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 improved collaboration within my team.
null
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
null
null
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.
null
null
Redis;GitHub MCP Server;supabase
null
null
null
Snyk;Grafana + Prometheus
null
ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;v0.dev;Bolt.new;Lovable.dev
null
When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem
null
12,000
null
26,604
26,605
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
None of the above
15
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
15
Developer, full-stack
null
null
null
No
Work
Connected to an open-source project NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Government
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
150,000
Yes
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase;Valkey
MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey
MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Pip;Poetry;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Poetry;Vite
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Poetry;Vite
NA NA
Yes
Drupal;Next.js;React;Symfony
Astro;Drupal;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Svelte;Symfony
Drupal;Next.js;React;Symfony
NA Preact
Yes
Bolt;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code
Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code
Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph
Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph
Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph
Prisma
Prisma
Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Fedora
Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
GitHub;GitLab;Miro;Notion
GitHub;GitLab;Notion
GitHub;GitLab;Notion
NA NA
Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn
Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn
Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models
NA NA
Yes
Infrequently, less than once per year
Between 10 and 15 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
Videos;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI)
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
No, not really
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Highly trust
Very well at handling complex tasks
Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code
null
null
Project planning;Debugging or fixing code
Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
Yes
Yes, I use AI agents at work daily
Yes, to a great extent
Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations
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
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
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.;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.
Redis;Qdrant;GitHub MCP Server;pgvector;Milvus;Weaviate;Pinecone
null
CrewAI;Ollama;OpenRouter;LangChain;LangGraph
null
Grafana + Prometheus
null
ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Roo code (Roo-Cline)
Cursor
When I want to compare different solutions;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore
Planning, Creativity, Data Management, Leadership, Data Analisis, Design an architectural thinking.
150,000
9
26,605
26,606
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.)
8
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;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
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media
12
Developer, full-stack
1,000 to 4,999 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Good brand and public image NA
Outdated or obsolete technology or features NA
Software Development
Job stability and career growth with a single employer NA
Yes
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
5
5
India
INR Indian rupee
17
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
Cassandra;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis
Cassandra;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis
Cassandra;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Terraform
NA NA
Yes
Angular;Express;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React
Angular;Django;Express;NestJS;Node.js;React
Angular;Express;NestJS;Node.js;React
NA NA
Yes
Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm
Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm
Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm
NA NA
Google Gemini
Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph
Google Gemini
null
null
MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Arch
MacOS;Ubuntu
Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear;Notion;Obsidian
GitHub;GitLab
GitHub;GitLab
NA NA
Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn
GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn
GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models
NA NA
Yes
Less than once every 2 - 3 months
Between 5 and 10 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI)
null
Yes, somewhat
Less than half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Somewhat trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Writing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies
Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data
Documenting code
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works
No
Yes, I use AI agents at work daily
Yes, to a great extent
Software engineering
null
AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.
null
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
null
I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platfor...
null
Redis
null
Ollama
null
New Relic;Grafana + Prometheus
null
ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Amazon Codewhisperer
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem
Ehical thinking
null
6
26,606
26,607
I am a developer by profession
45-54 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly)
27
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job...
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exch...
35
Architect, software or solutions
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
In-person
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Other (please specify): Compatible with regulatory requirements
Security or privacy concerns NA
Healthcare
Solving real-world problems NA
Yes
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
null
null
United States of America
USD United States dollar
150,000
Yes
C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript
C#;C++;Rust;SQL;TypeScript
C#;C++;SQL;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;Snowflake
Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Snowflake
Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;Snowflake
NA NA
Yes
Chocolatey;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet
Datadog;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet
Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet
NA NA
Yes
Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core
Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React
Angular;ASP.NET Core
NA .NET Aspire
Yes
Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Claude Code;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama
.NET 8 or higher;c++23;Large Language Model;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Ollama
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama
null
null
Windows
Windows
Azure Devops;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Miro;Wikis
Azure Devops;GitHub;Wikis
Azure Devops;Wikis
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models
Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models
Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models
Stable Diffusion, Microsoft Phi-3 models, Other HuggingFace models Stable Diffusion, Microsoft Phi-3 models, Other HuggingFace models
Yes
A few times per month or weekly
Between 10 and 15 years
Less than once every 2 - 3 months
Message Boards
Ask a question NA
Neutral
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Somewhat trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
Deployment and monitoring
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics
null
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in):
We are experimenting with it. I see developers use it for: * Learning a new language * Creating one-off tools or command-lines (PowerShell, BASH, SQL) * Analyzing error messages * Generating regular expressions
No, but I 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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
Understanding solution architectures, selecting tools, evaluating solutions, troubleshooting, hardware design, embedded software design, understanding requirements, defining problems an requirements, testing
150,000
8
26,607
26,608
I am learning to code
18-24 years old
Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.)
Student
Attending school (full-time);Attending school (part-time)
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA 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
26,608
26,609
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week)
4
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges
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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange
8
Developer, game or graphics
100 to 499 employees
Individual contributor
In-person
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made
Work
Robust and complete API NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Software Development
Job stability and career growth with a single employer NA
No
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily
2
1
Taiwan
TWD New Taiwan dollar
null
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Java;SQL
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Java;SQL
NA NA
Yes
H2;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite
MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite
MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite
NA NA
null
Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool)
Docker
Docker
NA NA
Yes
jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot
ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React
Node.js
NA NA
null
Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Windows
Windows
GitLab;Notion
GitLab;Notion
GitLab;Notion
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium
Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Not sure/can't remember
A few times per week
Between 3 and 5 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.)
Ask a question NA
No, not really
More than half the time
Yes, I use AI tools weekly
Favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks
Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data
Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics
Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
null
Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly
Not at all or minimally
Software engineering
null
AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.
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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
AutoGen (Microsoft)
null
null
null
ChatGPT;Google Gemini
null
When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting
Requirement analysis
null
7
26,609
26,610
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
None of the above
2
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled ap...
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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)
10
Data engineer
100 to 499 employees
Individual contributor
Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed)
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made
Work
Connected to an open-source project NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Software Development
Competitive pay and benefits NA
No
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
7
3
Philippines
PHP Philippine peso
700,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL
Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL
NA NA
Yes
BigQuery;Databricks SQL;DuckDB;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite
BigQuery;Databricks SQL;DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Clickhouse
BigQuery;Databricks SQL;DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform
Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform
Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform
NA NA
Yes
Django;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js
FastAPI;Svelte;Vue.js
FastAPI
NA NA
Yes
Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code
Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed
Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv
Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv
Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv
null
null
Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian
GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Linear;Markdown File;Obsidian
GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Obsidian
NA NA
Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;LinkedIn
Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;LinkedIn
Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;LinkedIn
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models
NA NA
Yes
A few times per month or weekly
Between 10 and 15 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI)
Ask a question NA
No, not at all
Less than half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
null
null
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
Yes. I vibe code initial prototypes then refine them with my feedback.
Yes, I use AI agents at work daily
Yes, to a great extent
Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics
Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
null
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
null
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.
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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB;pgvector;Weaviate
null
Vertex AI;CrewAI;Llama Index;Ollama;OpenRouter;LangChain;LangGraph;Smolagents
null
Sentry;Snyk;Grafana + Prometheus;Langfuse
null
ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Roo code (Roo-Cline);Perplexity;Cody
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code
Business understanding, team collaboration, technical writing
12,291
8
26,610
26,611
I code primarily as a hobby
18-24 years old
Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.)
Employed
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
Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts
4
Student
I don’t know
Individual contributor
In-person
No
Personal Project
Reputation for quality NA
Other (please specify): Presence of AI
Transportation, or Supply Chain
null
No
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
0
4
United States of America
USD United States dollar
null
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python
Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS
NA NA
Yes
null
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
null
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL)
null
GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis
GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis
GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube
Stack Overflow;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube
Stack Overflow;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Daily or almost daily
Between 1 and 3 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
Neutral
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. I do not consider "vibe coding" to be a legitimate form of development, and I find the term offensive.
No, and I don't plan to
Not at all or minimally
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I 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 believe high-level design, problem solving, and research will remain a largely human domain.
null
null
26,611
26,612
I am a developer by profession
45-54 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week)
25
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts
30
Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.)
100 to 499 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Easy-to-use API NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Software Development
Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks NA
No
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily
5
3
United Arab Emirates
USD United States dollar
300,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript
C
null
NA NA
Yes
Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;pnpm;Podman;Terraform;Vercel;Webpack;Yarn
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Bolt;Claude Code;Cursor;Lovable.dev
null
null
NA NA
Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv
null
null
null
null
MacOS;iOS
Ubuntu
GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace
null
null
NA NA
Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models)
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Infrequently, less than once per year
More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Chat (people);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI)
Use discussion or chat feature NA
Not sure
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Somewhat trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers
null
null
Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies
Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
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;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics
Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.
null
null
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.
null
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
null
Redis;Qdrant;GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB;supabase;pgvector;Weaviate
null
Vertex AI
null
arize
null
ChatGPT;Claude Code;Replit;v0.dev;Bolt.new;Lovable.dev
null
When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code
Effective Problem solving
300,000
null
26,612
26,613
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);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
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community)
10
Developer, full-stack
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
No
null
null
null
Software Development
Working with new technologies and tools NA
Yes
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
null
null
India
INR Indian rupee
null
Yes
JavaScript
Go;JavaScript;PHP
JavaScript
NA NA
Yes
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Docker;npm;pnpm;Vite;Webpack
Bun;Composer;Docker;pnpm;Vite
Docker;pnpm;Vite
NA NA
Yes
Next.js;React
Deno;Laravel;Next.js;Phoenix;React;Svelte
Next.js;React
NA NA
Yes
Visual Studio Code
Android Studio;Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
NA NA
Tailwind CSS 4
Tailwind CSS 4
Tailwind CSS 4
null
null
Ubuntu;iOS
Windows
GitHub
GitHub
GitHub
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Not sure/can't remember
Less than once every 2 - 3 months
Between 5 and 10 years
Less than once per month or monthly
Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board
null
Neutral
About half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools weekly
Unsure
Neither trust nor distrust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
Predictive analytics
Documenting code
Project planning
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving
No
Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen...
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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
ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;v0.dev
null
When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices
null
null
7
26,613
26,614
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
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;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding c...
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
7
Developer, front-end
null
null
null
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Costs are manageable NA
null
Software Development
Job stability and career growth with a single employer NA
I'm not sure
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
3
4
United States of America
USD United States dollar
null
Yes
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell
Python;TypeScript
null
NA NA
Yes
MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite
PostgreSQL;Supabase
null
NA NA
Yes
Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Netlify;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Vercel;Webpack
Composer;Supabase
null
NA NA
Yes
Express;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress
Astro;FastAPI;Flask;Svelte
null
NA NA
Yes
Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf
Xcode
null
NA NA
Google Gemini;Ollama
null
null
null
null
Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
null
GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Reasoning models
null
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 5 and 10 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
Chat (people);Message Boards;Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts
null
No, not really
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools weekly
Favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks
Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
Predictive analytics
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation
Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data
Debugging or fixing code
Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving
No, but it's part of my hobby time!
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering
null
AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above.
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.
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.;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.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting
Creativity
null
1
26,614
26,615
I am a developer by profession
45-54 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
None of the above
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);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
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts
30
Developer, back-end
500 to 999 employees
People manager
Remote
No
Work
Robust and complete API NA
Availability of better alternatives NA
Media & Advertising Services
Job stability and career growth with a single employer NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
7
null
Canada
CAD Canadian dollar
130,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;PowerShell;Python;SQL
null
null
NA NA
Yes
BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Chocolatey;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Pip;Prometheus
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Spring Boot
null
null
Micronaut NA
Yes
IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code
null
null
NA NA
Google Gemini
Large Language Model
null
null
null
Windows;Android
MacOS
Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models)
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
Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI)
Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer NA
Neutral
Less than half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools weekly
Favorable
Somewhat trust
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
Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data
Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
Somewhat
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
null
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting
Creativity
94,846
7
26,615
26,616
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.)
7
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts
8
Architect, software or solutions
Less than 20 employees
People manager
Remote
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA 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
26,616
26,617
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)
6
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts
10
Architect, software or solutions
100 to 499 employees
Individual contributor
In-person
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made
Personal Project
AI integration or AI Agent capabilities NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Computer Systems Design and Services
Developing specialized expertise NA
No
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
5
5
China
CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi
null
Yes
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 trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring
null
null
null
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming
Information assistant and good labor
Yes, I use AI agents at work daily
Yes, to a great extent
Software engineering;Decision intelligence;IT operations
Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
null
null
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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
Vertex AI;Ollama;OpenRouter
null
null
null
ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;OpenHands (formerly OpenDevin)
null
When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code
Project developement
null
6
26,617
26,618
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
4
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification)
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)
5
Developer, full-stack
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
Robust and complete API NA
Outdated or obsolete technology or features NA
Software Development
Recognition from leadership for your work NA
I'm not sure
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
3
2
Israel
ILS Israeli new shekel
325,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript
Dart;Elixir;Go;JavaScript;TypeScript;Zig;Gleam
Go;JavaScript;TypeScript
NA Nim
Yes
Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis
Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;Pocketbase
Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Terraform;Vercel;Vite
Bun;Chocolatey;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;New Relic;Vercel
Docker;Homebrew;Vercel
NA NA
Yes
FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React
Astro;Deno;FastAPI;Svelte
FastAPI
NA Htmx
Yes
Cursor;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code
Cursor;Visual Studio Code
Cursor;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph
Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph
Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph
null
null
Windows
MacOS
GitHub;GitLab;Jira
GitHub
GitHub
NA NA
Reddit;YouTube
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models)
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models)
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models)
NA NA
Not sure/can't remember
Less than once every 2 - 3 months
Between 3 and 5 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Message Boards;Long-form articles;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts
null
No, not really
About half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Somewhat trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics
null
null
Project planning
Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving
Kinda, on some tickets a prompt can solve the issue in a few minutes
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering
null
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.
AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
null
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 security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem
Out of the box thinking and creative problem solving
95,596
9
26,618
26,619
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week)
null
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 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
26,619
26,620
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
None of the above
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);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
17
Developer, full-stack
null
null
null
No
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA 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
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null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
26,620
26,621
I am a developer by profession
55-64 years old
Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.)
Employed
Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week)
31
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;Other (please specify):
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training
38
Developer, desktop or enterprise applications
500 to 999 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
No
Work
Costs are manageable Security
Availability of better alternatives NA
Manufacturing
Solving real-world problems NA
I'm not sure
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
null
null
Australia
AUD Australian dollar
null
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Lua;PowerShell
Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;F#;PowerShell;SQL
Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;PowerShell
NA NA
Yes
MariaDB;SQLite
Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;MySQL;Redis;SQLite
SQLite
NA NA
null
Docker;Google Cloud;MSBuild;NuGet
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet
Google Cloud;MSBuild;NuGet
nuke nuke
null
Blazor
Blazor
Blazor
NA NA
Yes
Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model
null
null
Windows
Windows
GitHub;GitLab;Jira
GitHub;Jira
GitHub;Jira
Confluence Confluence
Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn
Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn
Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models)
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models)
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models)
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 10 and 15 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.)
Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer NA
Neutral
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Somewhat distrust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Writing code;Documenting code
Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies
Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
Testing code
Search for answers
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
null
Yes, I use AI agents at work daily
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering
null
AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
null
AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
6
26,621
26,622
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.)
27
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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
null
27
DevOps engineer or professional
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
Remote
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Costs are manageable lack of AI
Other (please specify): using a lot of AI
Software Development
You like your manager NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
7
3
United States of America
USD United States dollar
null
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;Kotlin;Python;SQL
Go
null
NA NA
Yes
Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Poetry
Kubernetes
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Nano;Neovim;Vim;VSCodium;Zed
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
MacOS
MacOS;Linux (non-WSL)
GitLab
GitLab
GitLab
NA NA
Discord;Bluesky
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
Daily or almost daily
More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008
Infrequently, less than once per year
null
Answer a question 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
Other (write in):
null
I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in):
no, and anyone who does should be fired
No, and I don't plan to
Not at all or minimally
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above:
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
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
Other (please specify):
the ability to not buy into all this AI bullshit
null
6
26,622
26,623
I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am
35-44 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.)
22
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community)
30
Engineering manager
null
null
null
No
Work
Customizable and manageable codebase NA
Poor usability NA
Software Development
null
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
1
0
Czech Republic
CZK Czech koruna
2,500,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;SQL
null
null
NA NA
Yes
MongoDB
Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Neo4J;Redis
null
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Prometheus
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Spring Boot
null
null
NA NA
Yes
IntelliJ IDEA
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Linux (non-WSL);Fedora
null
Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File
null
null
NA NA
LinkedIn
null
null
NA NA
Yes
openAI GPT (chatbot models)
null
null
NA NA
null
Less than once per month or monthly
Between 5 and 10 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI)
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
Yes, somewhat
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
Learning new concepts or technologies
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
Generating content or synthetic data
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
yes, but only for simple tasks
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.;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
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers
cooperate, accountability, analytical thinking, passion, hardworking
117,014
null
26,623
26,624
I am a developer by profession
45-54 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.)
26
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts
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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts
41
Engineering manager
null
null
null
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Easy-to-use API NA
Lack of or sub-par API NA
Fintech
Control over the level of quality in projects NA
Yes
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
4
26,624
26,625
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.)
Employed
Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week)
2
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Coding Bootcamp;Other (please specify):
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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Games or coding challenges;Other (please specify):;Codin...
6
Developer, front-end
Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc.
People manager
In-person
No
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA 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
26,625
26,626
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.)
19
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community)
22
Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.)
20 to 99 employees
People manager
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Reliability and low latency NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Software Development
Collaboration and support from a team NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
10
5
Panama
USD United States dollar
105,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Ruby;SQL;Swift;TypeScript
Go;Rust
null
NA NA
Yes
MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Heroku;npm;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Webpack;Yarn
Terraform;Vite
null
NA NA
Yes
Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;WordPress
Next.js
null
NA NA
Yes
Android Studio;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Xcode
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS
MacOS;Android
GitHub;Notion;Wikis
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models
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
null
Comment on Q&A posts NA
Neutral
Less than half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Somewhat trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
null
Project planning
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in):
Partially. Mostly because I don’t have time to full-time code,I use it to keep up to date and help my team in ad-hoc tasks.
Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering;Decision intelligence;IT operations;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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
null
null
null
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.
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
Sentry
null
ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to 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
Interpersonal skills. Flexibility, knowing multiple technologies and platforms
105,000
9
26,626
26,627
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week)
2
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification)
5
Developer, full-stack
Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc.
Individual contributor
Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed)
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Reliability and low latency NA
Poor usability NA
Software Development
Competitive pay and benefits NA
Yes
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
4
2
Argentina
ARS Argentine peso
6,200,000
Yes
C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript
Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript
Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite
MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis
MongoDB
NA NA
Yes
Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Firebase;Heroku;Netlify;npm;Pip
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Vite
Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Firebase;npm;Pip
NA NA
Yes
Express;Next.js;Node.js;React
Express;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js
Express;Next.js;Node.js;React
NA NA
Yes
Visual Studio Code
Cursor;Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
NA NA
c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Large Language Model
c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model
c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model
null
null
Windows;Ubuntu
Windows
GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Notion;Obsidian
GitHub;Jira;Obsidian
GitHub;Obsidian
NA NA
Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
NA NA
Yes
Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models)
DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models)
openAI GPT (chatbot models)
NA NA
Yes
Less than once every 2 - 3 months
Between 3 and 5 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Chat (bot/AI)
Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer NA
No, not really
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools weekly
Favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
Project planning;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
No, I do the work about thinking and designing the solution, the AI only helps me for research and study of the technologies
No, but I plan to
Yes, to a great extent
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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
design, problem-thinking, creativity, the real understanding of the necessities
5,289
6
26,627
26,628
I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies
55-64 years old
Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.)
Employed
None of the above
37
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
44
Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.)
1,000 to 4,999 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
No
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA 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
26,628
26,629
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Employed
null
3
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
null
10
Developer, desktop or enterprise applications
500 to 999 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
Robust and complete API NA
Availability of better alternatives NA
Software Development
Solving real-world problems NA
I'm not sure
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
5
10
Brazil
BRL Brazilian real
null
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;SQL;TypeScript
C#;C++;Go;Lua;Zig
Go
NA NA
Yes
PostgreSQL;Redis
null
null
NA NA
Yes
APT;Docker;Kubernetes
Docker;Kubernetes;Terraform
Docker;Kubernetes
NA NA
Yes
Angular
null
null
Gin NA
Yes
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
GoLand NA
null
null
null
null
null
Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Azure Devops;Confluence;Jira
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Twitch;LinkedIn
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Twitch
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Twitch
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
NA NA
No
A few times per week
Between 5 and 10 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;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
Neutral
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;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;Creating or maintaining documentation
Learning about a codebase;Testing code;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’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving
No
No, and I don't plan to
Yes, somewhat
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 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
Fundamentals (foundational knowledge of CS and computer systems) Business specifics Soft skills
null
7
26,629
26,630
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 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
26,630
26,631
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week)
3
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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);Blogs or podcasts
3
Developer, front-end
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made
Personal Project
Easy-to-use API NA
Poor usability NA
Software Development
Solving real-world problems NA
Yes
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
null
null
India
INR Indian rupee
880,000
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase
BigQuery;Pocketbase
null
NA NA
Yes
Firebase;Google Cloud;Supabase;Terraform
Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Supabase;Terraform
Google Cloud;Supabase;Terraform
NA NA
Yes
Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js
Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js
Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js
NA NA
Yes
Cursor;Visual Studio Code
Cursor;Visual Studio Code
Cursor;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui
RAG;Google Gemini
RAG;Google Gemini
null
null
MacOS
MacOS
Confluence;Jira;Notion
Confluence;Jira
Confluence;Jira
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
Yes
Gemini (Pro Reasoning models)
Gemini (Pro Reasoning models)
Gemini (Pro Reasoning models)
NA NA
No
A few times per week
Between 3 and 5 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
10,229
6
26,631
26,632
I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession
Prefer not to say
Primary/elementary school
I prefer not to say
null
null
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career
null
null
Support engineer or analyst
null
null
null
null
Work
Customizable and manageable codebase NA
null
null
null
I'm not sure
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
null
null
Indonesia
IDR Indonesian rupiah
null
Yes
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
26,632
26,633
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.)
10
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);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
20
Developer, full-stack
1,000 to 4,999 employees
Individual contributor
In-person
No
Work
Robust and complete API NA
Availability of better alternatives NA
Other:
Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems NA
No
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily
16
5
United States of America
USD United States dollar
110,000
Yes
C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript
C#;C++;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell
C#;C++;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell
ActionScript NA
Yes
Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite
Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite
Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite
NA NA
Yes
Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;npm;NuGet;Splunk;Webpack
Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;NuGet;Splunk;Webpack
Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;NuGet;Splunk;Webpack
NA NA
Yes
ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;Node.js;React
ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;Node.js
ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;Node.js
NA openapi
No
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
luau
Windows;Android
Windows
Confluence;GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Monday.com
GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Monday.com
GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Monday.com
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums
Stack Overflow;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube
Stack Overflow;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube
Tumblr Tumblr
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Multiple times per day
Between 5 and 10 years
Daily or almost daily
Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts
Other (write in): search for answers
Yes, definitely
I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools
No, and I don't plan to
Very unfavorable
Highly distrust
I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;...
null
null
null
I don’t use AI tools regularly
No
No, and I don't plan to
Not at all or minimally
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices
The ability to debate pros and cons of solutions. There are tons of "correct" ways to solve a problem, and you should be able to defend the decisions your code makes.
110,000
9
26,633
26,634
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)
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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
null
6
Developer, QA or test
5,000 to 9,999 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
No
Work
Reliability and low latency NA
Poor usability NA
Software Development
Working with new technologies and tools 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
Assembly;C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript
C;C++;Go;Python
C;C++;Python
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
null
Chocolatey;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Make;npm;Pip
Chocolatey;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Make;npm;Pip
Chocolatey;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Make;npm;Pip
NA NA
Yes
Angular;Express;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Cursor;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm
PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm
PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm
NA NA
Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui
null
null
null
null
Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS
Windows;MacOS
GitHub;Obsidian
Obsidian
Obsidian
NA NA
Stack Overflow
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models)
null
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 3 and 5 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
Chat (bot/AI)
Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer NA
Neutral
Rarely, almost never
No, but I plan to soon
Favorable
Somewhat distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics
null
null
Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming
No, I never use LLMs to generate code. Only ask questions about why something is broken.
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Yes, somewhat
Other Industry purpose (write in):
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.
AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.
AI agents have helped me automate repetitive 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.;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
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code
null
null
6
26,634
26,635
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Employed
None of the above
15
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
20
Developer, desktop or enterprise applications
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
In-person
No
Personal Project
Reputation for quality NA
Poor usability NA
Software Development
Collaboration and support from a team NA
No
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
7
7
Russian Federation
USD United States dollar
15,000
Yes
C;C++
null
null
C, C++ NA
Yes
SQLite
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Claude Code
null
null
Claude Code, GitHub Copilot NA
c++23;Ollama
null
null
null
null
MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian
null
GitHub;Markdown File
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models
Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);X Grok models
Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);X Grok models
NA NA
Yes
A few times per month or weekly
Between 5 and 10 years
Less than once per month or monthly
Chat (people);Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI)
Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer NA
Yes, somewhat
Less than half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Somewhat distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies
Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data
Project planning;Creating or maintaining documentation
Documenting code
Search for answers
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving
no
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering
Language processing
AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.
AI agents have increased my productivity.
null
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.
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
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
metal machining
15,000
6
26,635
26,636
I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies
25-34 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Employed
Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week)
13
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts
17
System administrator
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
No
Work
Reputation for quality NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Internet, Telecomm or Information Services
null
I'm not sure
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
50
50
Czech Republic
CZK Czech koruna
null
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;MicroPython;Python;VBA
Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;MicroPython;Python;Rust;VBA
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;MicroPython;Python;VBA
NA NA
Yes
Databricks SQL;InfluxDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Snowflake
Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis
InfluxDB;MariaDB;MySQL
NA NA
Yes
Ansible;APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Podman;Prometheus
Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Podman;Prometheus
Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Podman;Prometheus
NA NA
null
Flask
FastAPI;Flask
Flask
NA NA
Yes
Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium
Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium
Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium
NA NA
Polars;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama
Polars;Pydantic;Ollama
Polars;Pydantic;Ollama
null
null
Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL)
Windows;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL)
GitHub;Jira
GitHub
GitHub
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models)
null
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 10 and 15 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
null
Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer NA
No, not really
Less than half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Indifferent
Somewhat distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
Writing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data
null
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming
No. Given the poor quality of LLM-managed complex code, vibe coding is not a feasible long-term maintainable solution.
Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering;IT operations
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;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.;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 improved collaboration within my team.
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...
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.
null
GitHub MCP Server
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 learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code
architecture/design, integration, end user communication
null
null
26,636
26,637
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
None of the above
4
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Coding Bootcamp
4
Developer, front-end
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made
Work
Other (please specify): Documentation
Security or privacy concerns NA
Software Development
Recognition from leadership for your work NA
No
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily
0
0
India
INR Indian rupee
550,000
Yes
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net)
Java;Python;SQL
null
NA NA
Yes
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Vite
null
null
NA NA
Yes
React
Blazor;Next.js
null
NA NA
Yes
Claude Code;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
null
null
NA NA
Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini
null
null
null
null
Windows;Android
Windows
Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira;Wikis
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models)
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Less than once every 2 - 3 months
Between 3 and 5 years
A few times per week
Coding challenges;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
Neutral
About half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Unfavorable
Somewhat distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies
Project planning;Predictive analytics
Writing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation
Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring
null
Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works
No not at all
No, but I plan to
Yes, somewhat
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
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.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code
Coding, CSS
6,393
7
26,637
26,638
I am a developer by profession
55-64 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
None of the above
33
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types)
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career
null
17
Developer, back-end
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
No
Work
Reliability and low latency NA
Outdated or obsolete technology or features NA
Software Development
You like your manager NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
null
null
United States of America
USD United States dollar
78,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL
JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL
JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL
NA NA
Yes
MariaDB;Redis
MariaDB
MariaDB
NA NA
Yes
Composer;Docker;Homebrew;New Relic
Docker;Homebrew;New Relic
Docker;Homebrew;New Relic
NA NA
Yes
Drupal;WordPress
Drupal
Drupal
NA NA
Yes
PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio Code
PhpStorm;Vim
PhpStorm;Vim
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
MacOS
MacOS
GitHub;Jira
GitHub
GitHub
NA NA
YouTube;LinkedIn
YouTube
YouTube
NA NA
Yes
null
null
null
NA NA
Not sure/can't remember
Less than once per month or monthly
Between 5 and 10 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
null
Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer NA
No, not at all
null
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Somewhat distrust
I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know
Writing code
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;Other (write in):
null
null
Search for answers
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
null
No, and I don't plan to
Yes, to a great extent
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
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.
null
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
78,000
7
26,638
26,639
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
20
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
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
26,639
26,640
I code primarily as a hobby
Prefer not to say
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Student
Attending school (full-time)
null
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system)
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
null
10
Student
null
null
null
null
Personal Project
Other (please specify): History, Aesthetics
Availability of better alternatives Cheap Hype: AI, Blockchain, Web2.0, 4GL, &c.
null
null
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
null
6
United States of America
USD United States dollar
null
Yes
Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;COBOL;Fortran;Go;HTML/CSS;Python;SQL
null
null
PL/I, JCL, DCL, CL, RPG NA
Yes
IBM DB2
null
null
IMS, IDMS NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
MacOS;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Red Hat
null
GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Substack;Medium
null
null
Lobste.rs, Gopherspace, Gemini NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
A few times per week
I don't use Stack Overflow
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Message Boards;Long-form articles
Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed NA
No, not at all
I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools
No, and I don't plan to
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
Absolutely not.
No, and I don't plan to
Not at all or minimally
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.
null
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers
null
null
null
26,640
26,641
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.)
Employed
null
5
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
8
Developer, mobile
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
No
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA 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
26,641
26,642
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.);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
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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange
7
Developer, full-stack
500 to 999 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
No
School
Reliability and low latency NA
Lack of or sub-par API 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
8
4
Sri Lanka
LKR Sri Lankan rupee
9,000,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript
Ballerina Ballerina
Yes
H2;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite
H2;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite
H2;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Terraform
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet
NA NA
Yes
Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Express;Node.js;React
Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React
Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React
NA NA
Yes
IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model
null
null
Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS
Windows;MacOS
Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Trello
GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello
GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Medium
Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium
Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium
NA NA
Yes
openAI GPT (chatbot models)
null
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 5 and 10 years
A few times per month or weekly
Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts
Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts NA
Yes, somewhat
Less than half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data
Project planning;Committing and reviewing code
Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies
Search for answers
Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation
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
Yes, somewhat
null
null
AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.
AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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
Problem solving
29,975
7
26,642
26,643
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Not employed
null
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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
null
5
Developer, front-end
null
null
null
null
Work
Reputation for quality NA
Inefficient or time-costly NA
null
null
No
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily
null
null
Taiwan
TWD New Taiwan dollar
null
Yes
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;Swift;TypeScript
Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;Swift;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
MySQL
MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite
MySQL
NA NA
Yes
Docker;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Vite
Docker;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite
NA NA
Yes
Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js
Deno;Django;Express;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js
Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js
NA NA
Yes
PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode
Cursor;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode
PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS
MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL)
GitHub;Jira;Notion;Wikis
GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis
GitHub;Jira;Notion;Wikis
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Daily or almost daily
Between 5 and 10 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts
Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed NA
No, not really
null
Yes, I use AI tools weekly
Indifferent
Neither trust nor distrust
Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics
Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
null
Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in):
null
No, and I don't plan to
No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platfor...
null
I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above:
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem
Problem solving, human relationships, empathy, humanity, ethics, emotions
null
6
26,643
26,644
I am a developer by profession
55-64 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
I prefer not to say
null
30
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year
null
40
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 somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
2
2
Germany
EUR European Euro
100,000
Yes
C;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Maven (build tool);Ninja;Pip
null
null
ExoScale NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Eclipse;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Ubuntu
null
GitHub;GitLab;Wikis
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Daily or almost daily
Between 5 and 10 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
null
Comment on Q&A posts NA
Neutral
I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools
No, and I don't plan to
Indifferent
Neither trust nor distrust
I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data
Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
null
I don’t use AI tools regularly
not at all
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.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or plat...
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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code
Testing and debugging
116,015
7
26,644
26,645
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.)
10
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career
null
20
Developer, full-stack
null
null
null
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made
Work
Connected to an open-source project NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Software Development
Competitive pay and benefits NA
No
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
3
3
Italy
EUR European Euro
85,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript
Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;Gleam
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
Oracle
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Ansible;APT;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Vite
Ansible;APT;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite
Ansible;APT;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite
NA NA
Yes
Astro;Deno;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React
Astro;Deno;Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;React
Astro;Deno;Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;React
NA NA
Yes
Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed
Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed
Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS
MacOS;Android;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat
Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Jira
GitHub;GitLab
GitHub;GitLab
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 10 and 15 years
A few times per week
Long-form articles
Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed NA
No, not really
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently
Indifferent
Highly distrust
I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know
Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics
Writing code;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
null
I don’t use AI tools regularly
No.
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Not at all or minimally
Software engineering
null
AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
null
null
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.
I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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
Human relations and high level problem understanding.
98,612
8
26,645
26,646
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.)
Employed
Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time)
1
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system)
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career
null
5
Developer, full-stack
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
In-person
No
Personal Project
Connected to an open-source project NA
Security or privacy concerns Use of AI
Higher Education
Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
5
4
United States of America
USD United States dollar
7,200
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL
null
null
NA NA
Yes
MariaDB;MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
FastAPI;Flask;React;Svelte;Vue.js
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Tailwind CSS 4
null
null
null
null
Arch;NixOS
Arch
GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis
GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis
GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis
NA NA
Discord
Discord
Discord
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
null
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
No, not really
I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools
No, and I don't plan to
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. Vibe "coding" is not coding. Its trying to get a 5 year old to write code that you don't know how it works either.
No, and I don't plan to
Not at all or minimally
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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
Other (please specify):
Strong problem solving skills, as well as good understanding of how to break problems down into smaller tasks.
7,200
6
26,646
26,647
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.)
18
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
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community)
28
Developer, full-stack
1,000 to 4,999 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made
Work
Reputation for quality 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
4
0
United States of America
USD United States dollar
165,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL
Python
Python
NA NA
Yes
Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL
PostgreSQL
null
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Netlify;npm;pnpm;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm
NA NA
Yes
Drupal;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React;Symfony
Angular;AngularJS;Drupal;Next.js;Node.js;React;Symfony
Drupal;Next.js;Node.js;React;Symfony
Gatsby NA
Yes
PhpStorm;Vim;Visual Studio Code
PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code
PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
Large Language Model
Tailwind CSS 4
null
null
null
Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS
Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL)
Azure Devops;Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Monday.com;Obsidian;Wikis
Confluence;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis
Confluence;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium
GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium
GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Daily or almost daily
Between 10 and 15 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Chat (people);Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users
Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed NA
No, not really
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools weekly
Indifferent
Neither trust nor distrust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
null
Project planning;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data
Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring
Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;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;I don’t use AI tools regularly
Hell no
Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly
Not at all or minimally
Software engineering
Multi-platform search enablement
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.
AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.
AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
null
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
ChatGPT;Microsoft Copilot
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting
Problem solving
165,000
null
26,647
26,648
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
None of the above
4
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community)
5
Developer, full-stack
20 to 99 employees
People manager
In-person
No
Work
Costs are manageable NA
Outdated or obsolete technology or features NA
Software Development
Solving real-world problems NA
No
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
5
7
India
INR Indian rupee
null
Yes
C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript
Go;Rust
null
NA NA
Yes
PostgreSQL;SQLite
MongoDB;Redis;Supabase
null
NA NA
Yes
Chocolatey;Docker;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Vite;Webpack;Yarn
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Angular;ASP.NET Core;Django;Express;React
Laravel;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js
null
NA NA
Yes
Claude Code;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Cursor
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
null
Clickup;GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Stack Overflow for Teams
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per month or weekly
Between 3 and 5 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts
Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed NA
Neutral
Less than half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Somewhat trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers
Deployment and monitoring
Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving
null
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering
null
AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have 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.
AI agents have increased my productivity.
null
null
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
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code
null
null
4
26,648
26,649
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
20
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community)
20
Developer, full-stack
null
null
null
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Personal Project
Reliability and low latency NA
Availability of better alternatives NA
Software Development
Control over the level of quality in projects NA
No
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily
3
5
Australia
AUD Australian dollar
447,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Rust;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript
Hack NA
Yes
MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite
MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase
MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite
NA NA
Yes
Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Yarn
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Yarn
Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Yarn
NA NA
Yes
Django;Node.js;React;Axum
Node.js;React;Axum
Node.js;React;Axum
NA NA
Yes
Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed
Neovim
Neovim
NA NA
Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama
Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama
Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama
null
null
MacOS;Ubuntu
MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL)
GitHub
GitHub
GitHub
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News
Threads Threads
Yes
Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI)
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
Yes, somewhat
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Somewhat trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Committing and reviewing code
Project planning;Deployment and monitoring
Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
No
Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly
Yes, to a great extent
Software engineering;Business process automation
Language processing;MCP servers
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.
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.
null
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
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
Ollama
null
null
null
ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini
null
I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore
Domain expertise in specific industries, such as anti-money laundering, financial markets etc.
290,592
10
26,649
26,650
I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession
45-54 years old
Primary/elementary school
I prefer not to say
null
3
Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Other (please specify):
3
Developer, mobile
null
null
null
null
Personal Project
null
null
null
null
I'm not sure
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
null
null
Ethiopia
USD United States dollar
null
null
Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;Swift;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Mojo
Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;PHP;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig;Gleam
Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net)
{az}-{AZ}- {0-9} en-GB
Yes
BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb
BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Databricks SQL;Datomic;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey
BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb
ምንም ሁሉም ተዘርዝሮል ግን ክፍያ የለም
null
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);MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn
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);MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yar...
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);MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yandex Cloud;Yarn
ሁሉም ሁሉም
Yes
AngularJS
AngularJS
AngularJS
NA NA
Yes
Android Studio;Bolt;Claude Code;Cursor;Lovable.dev;Nano;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Android Studio;Bolt;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode;Zed
Android Studio;Bolt;Claude Code;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Microsoft azure Claudo
.NET 8 or higher;c++23;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Pydantic;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS
.NET 8 or higher;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS
.NET 8 or higher;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Pydantic;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS
null
null
Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS;NixOS
null
Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack
Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack
Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums
NA NA
Yes
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);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning ...
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...
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);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning ...
NA NA
No
A few times per week
I don't use Stack Overflow
Infrequently, less than once per year
Long-form articles
Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts Dev tools inspect h1.lg : gap-400p- top
Yes, definitely
I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools
No, but I plan to soon
Favorable
Somewhat trust
Very well at handling complex tasks
null
null
null
Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
Other (write in):
F12 ctrl + shift + l Fn + F12 CMD + Option + l
No, but I plan to
No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors
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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...
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When I want to fully understand something
Hi-@grithik_114
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26,650
26,651
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
null
3
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
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
3
Developer, full-stack
5,000 to 9,999 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
No
null
null
null
Healthcare
null
No
null
null
null
India
INR Indian rupee
null
Yes
Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript
Java;SQL
Java;SQL
NA NA
Yes
MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL
MySQL
MySQL
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Google Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
NA NA
Yes
Spring Boot
Angular;Spring Boot
Spring Boot
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Windows
Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
null
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;YouTube
Stack Overflow;YouTube
Stack Overflow;YouTube
NA NA
Yes
Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models
openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models
openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models
NA NA
Yes
Daily or almost daily
Between 1 and 3 years
Less than once every 2 - 3 months
null
null
Yes, definitely
null
No, and I don't plan to
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null
null
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null
NO
null
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null
null
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null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
Problem Solving, Logical abilities, Analysis skills
null
8
26,651
26,652
I am learning to code
35-44 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week)
1
Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types)
2
Student
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
No
School
null
null
Energy
null
Yes
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily
null
null
Thailand
THB Thai baht
null
Yes
Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Elixir
Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Elixir
Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Elixir
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
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NA NA
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null
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null
NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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26,652
26,653
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week)
2
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
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);School (i.e., University, College, etc)
7
Developer, desktop or enterprise applications
500 to 999 employees
Individual contributor
Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed)
No
School
Costs are manageable NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Retail and Consumer Services
Solving real-world problems NA
Yes
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
5
15
Poland
PLN Polish zloty
68,000
Yes
C++;Delphi;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL
NA NA
Yes
Oracle;PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
NA NA
Yes
Digital Ocean;Docker
Digital Ocean;Docker
Digital Ocean;Docker
NA NA
Yes
Django;React
Django;React;Vue.js
Django;React
NA NA
Yes
Visual Studio Code
Claude Code;Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
NA NA
Large Language Model;Google Gemini
Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama
Large Language Model;Google Gemini
null
null
Windows;iOS
Windows
Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Obsidian;Redmine
GitHub;Google Colab;Obsidian
GitHub;Google Colab;Obsidian
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
Multiple times per day
Between 3 and 5 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
null
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
No, not really
Less than half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
null
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving
Defninitely not. I used vibe coding for some stuff in my personal projects, but only for fun.
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 improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
null
AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.
null
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.;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.
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
18,557
6
26,653
26,654
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.);Volunteering (regularly)
30
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system)
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career
null
25
Developer, full-stack
1,000 to 4,999 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
No
Work
Reputation for quality NA
Availability of better alternatives NA
Internet, Telecomm or Information Services
Competitive pay and benefits NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
100
10
Finland
EUR European Euro
100,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Perl;PowerShell;Python;R;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Splunk
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Angular;jQuery;React;Spring Boot
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
null
Confluence;GitHub;Jira
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Daily or almost daily
More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.)
Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer NA
No, not really
I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools
No, and I don't plan to
Indifferent
Highly distrust
I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
null
I don’t use AI tools regularly
Despise vibe coding
No, and I don't plan to
Not at all or minimally
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
null
null
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore
SQL
116,015
10
26,654
26,655
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
None of the above
1
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);...
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career
null
8
Data or business analyst
1,000 to 4,999 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
No
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
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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
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26,655
26,656
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week)
10
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year
null
10
Developer, back-end
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed)
No
Work
Costs are manageable NA
null
Software Development
null
I'm not sure
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
null
null
India
INR Indian rupee
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
No, but I plan to soon
Unsure
Neither trust nor distrust
I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know
null
Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring
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
9
26,656
26,657
I am learning to code
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
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
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null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
26,657
26,658
I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies
35-44 years old
Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, 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
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training
13
Data scientist
100 to 499 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
No
Work
Customizable and manageable codebase NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Healthcare
null
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
3
1
Spain
EUR European Euro
150,000
Yes
C++;Fortran;R
null
null
NA NA
Yes
null
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Windows
Windows;Linux (non-WSL)
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
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
null
null
Neutral
I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools
No, but I plan to soon
Indifferent
Somewhat trust
Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
Generating content or synthetic data
Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation
Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
no
Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently
No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
ChatGPT
null
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
Sure
174,022
null
26,658
26,659
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.)
Student
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);Books / Physical media;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
7
Academic researcher
null
null
null
null
Work
Connected to an open-source project NA
Availability of better alternatives NA
null
null
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
null
null
Finland
EUR European Euro
null
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python
null
null
Elisp NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
null
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Debian;Fedora
Debian;Fedora
GitHub
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Company-sponsored forums
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
Daily or almost daily
Between 5 and 10 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Long-form articles
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
No, not really
I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools
No, and I don't plan to
Unfavorable
Somewhat distrust
I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;...
null
null
null
I don’t use AI tools regularly
no
No, and I don't plan to
Not at all or minimally
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.
I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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...
Knowing what you're doing.
null
null
26,659
26,660
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.)
Employed
Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time)
1
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc)
5
Developer, full-stack
100 to 499 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization
Work
Reliability and low latency NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Software Development
You like your manager NA
I'm not sure
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
5
5
Latvia
EUR European Euro
19,200
Yes
C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Prolog;Python
Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;TypeScript
Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Vite
Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Vite
Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Vite
NA NA
Yes
Flask;Spring Boot;Vue.js
Flask;Spring Boot;Vue.js
Flask;Spring Boot;Vue.js
NA NA
Yes
Bolt;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
NA NA
Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama
Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama
Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama
null
null
Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS
Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion;Redmine
GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File;Redmine
GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File;Redmine
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium
Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium
Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium
NA NA
Yes
Alibaba Cloud Qwen 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);openAI Image generatin...
Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models
Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models
NA NA
No
A few times per month or weekly
Between 1 and 3 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI)
Answer a question NA
No, not really
More than half the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Somewhat trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
Deployment and monitoring
Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics
Generating content or synthetic data
Debugging or fixing code;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
Not, yet
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Yes, to a great extent
Decision intelligence
Vector databases for AI applications
AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collabora...
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
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem
Critical thinking and ability to understand different technologies
22,275
8
26,660
26,661
I am a developer by profession
65 years or older
Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.)
Employed
None of the above
9
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
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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
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null
null
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null
null
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null
26,661
26,662
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.)
12
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training
12
Developer, full-stack
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
No
Work
null
null
Fintech
Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers NA
I'm not sure
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
10
10
India
INR Indian rupee
1,600,000
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
Yes
Daily or almost daily
Between 10 and 15 years
Less than once per month or monthly
Chat (people);Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI)
null
Yes, definitely
Less than half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Somewhat trust
Very well at handling complex tasks
null
null
null
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
null
Yes, I use AI agents at work daily
Yes, to a great extent
Software engineering
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
18,598
7
26,662
26,663
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.)
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 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
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null
null
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null
null
26,663
26,664
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.)
Employed
None of the above
11
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
null
14
Developer, full-stack
5,000 to 9,999 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
No
null
null
null
Media & Advertising Services
Competitive pay and benefits NA
No
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily
25
null
Sweden
SEK Swedish krona
1,100,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Scala;SQL;TypeScript
null
null
NA NA
Yes
BigQuery;Elasticsearch
null
null
NA NA
Yes
APT;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Next.js;Node.js;React
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode
null
null
NA NA
Google Gemini
null
null
null
null
MacOS;iOS
null
Coda;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Trello
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos)
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Gemini (Pro Reasoning models)
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
null
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
Yes, definitely
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools weekly
Indifferent
Somewhat distrust
Very poor at handling complex tasks
Writing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;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
null
null
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming
null
Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly
Not at all or minimally
Software engineering
Multi-platform search enablement;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs
null
null
null
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen...
null
I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
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
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;When I need quick h...
Software Engineering skills (i.e. architecture, understanding trade-offs, etc.)
115,304
8
26,664
26,665
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
Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time)
1
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training
11
Developer, back-end
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
No
School
Reputation for quality NA
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
null
null
United States of America
USD United States dollar
null
Yes
Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;Kotlin;OCaml;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Python;SQL;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite
MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite
MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Vite
Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Terraform;Vercel;Vite
Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Vite
NA NA
Yes
Express;Flask;React
Express;FastAPI;Flask;React
Express;Flask;React
NA NA
Yes
Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Windsurf
Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Windsurf
Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Windsurf
NA NA
c++23;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;Google Gemini
c++23;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;Google Gemini
c++23;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;Google Gemini
null
null
Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL)
MacOS
GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Linear
GitHub;Google Colab
GitHub;Google Colab
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn
Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
Yes, I use AI tools weekly
Favorable
Somewhat distrust
I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
26,665
26,666
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
Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange
8
Project manager
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed)
No
Personal Project
Reputation for quality NA
null
Software Development
null
Yes
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
null
null
India
INR Indian rupee
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Node.js
Laravel;React
null
NA NA
Yes
Visual Studio Code
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
MacOS;Android;iOS
null
GitHub;GitLab
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Discord
null
null
NA NA
Yes
DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models)
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Multiple times per day
Between 3 and 5 years
Multiple times per day
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
Very favorable
Highly trust
Very well at handling complex tasks
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;...
null
null
null
I haven’t encountered any problems
null
Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly
Yes, somewhat
null
null
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spen...
null
null
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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
null
null
null
10
26,666
26,667
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week)
7
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types)
7
AI/ML engineer
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed)
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Reputation for quality NA
Poor usability NA
Manufacturing
Recognition from leadership for your work NA
I'm not sure
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
3
null
Finland
EUR European Euro
60,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;PostgreSQL
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip
null
null
UV NA
Yes
FastAPI;React
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Visual Studio Code
null
null
NA NA
Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;uv
null
null
null
null
MacOS;Linux (non-WSL)
null
Jira
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;Medium
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
null
null
NA NA
Not sure/can't remember
Less than once per month or monthly
Between 5 and 10 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
null
Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed NA
No, not really
Less than half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Indifferent
Somewhat trust
Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data
Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works
null
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering;Data and analytics
Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.
AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
null
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
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
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
null
69,609
8
26,667
26,668
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA 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
26,668
26,669
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
15
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system)
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career
null
5
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
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
26,669
26,670
I am a developer by profession
45-54 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
null
28
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts
33
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
Work
Reputation for quality NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Software Development
Control over the level of quality in projects NA
No
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
20
6
Ireland
USD United States dollar
216,000
Yes
C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript
C#;TypeScript
C#;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Clickhouse
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Terraform;Webpack
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Heroku;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Heroku;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet
NA NA
Yes
Fastify;NestJS;Node.js;React;WordPress
Deno;Fastify;NestJS;Node.js
Fastify;NestJS;Node.js
NA NA
Yes
Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model
.NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model
null
null
MacOS
Windows;MacOS
Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Obsidian
Confluence;GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Obsidian
Confluence;GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Obsidian
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models
NA NA
Yes
Daily or almost daily
Between 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
Neutral
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Highly distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics
null
null
Writing code;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
No
Yes, I use AI agents at work daily
Yes, to a great extent
Software engineering
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 improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
null
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.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.
null
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Replit
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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem
General problem solving. The ability to take a stated goal and decompose it into a plan of action. Even if an AI tool can, it still needs checked in most cases. The ability to develop software as a process. AI rarely has a complete picture of a codebase and has no concept of long-term maintainability of a software syst...
216,000
6
26,670
26,671
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
4
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts
No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year
null
9
Developer, full-stack
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed)
No
Work
Costs are manageable NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Software Development
Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks NA
I'm not sure
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
9
4
Finland
EUR European Euro
50,000
Yes
C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript
C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
Microsoft SQL Server
MySQL
null
NA NA
Yes
Chocolatey;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Vite;Webpack
npm
npm
NA NA
Yes
ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React;Vue.js
ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Vue.js
ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Vue.js
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
.NET 8 or higher
null
null
null
null
MacOS;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora
Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Azure Devops;Markdown File
Azure Devops;Markdown File
Azure Devops;Markdown File
NA NA
Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
Multiple times per day
Between 5 and 10 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
null
Ask a question NA
No, not at all
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently
Indifferent
Somewhat distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
null
Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in):
No
No, and I don't plan to
Not at all or minimally
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
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 a...
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 help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting
Clicking around, ensuring code works as it should.
58,007
8
26,671
26,672
I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies
45-54 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week)
31
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange
31
DevOps engineer or professional
Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc.
Individual contributor
Remote
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA 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
26,672
26,673
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.)
Employed
None of the above
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
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system)
5
Developer, full-stack
100 to 499 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
No
Work
Costs are manageable NA
Inefficient or time-costly 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
3
null
Belgium
EUR European Euro
30,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript;Zig
Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;PHP;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PHP;SQL;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
MySQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Pocketbase
MySQL;Redis
MySQL;Redis
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Drupal;Next.js;React;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress
Drupal;React;Symfony
Drupal;React;Symfony
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL)
Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Redmine;Wikis
GitHub;Markdown File;Notion
GitHub;Markdown File;Notion
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X
null
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
A few times per week
Between 1 and 3 years
null
null
Ask a question NA
No, not really
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics
Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies
Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
It’s hard to understand how or why the code works
No
No, and I don't plan to
Yes, somewhat
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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.;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code
null
34,804
8
26,673
26,674
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
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
Books / Physical media
12
Developer, back-end
1,000 to 4,999 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
No
Work
Other (please specify): i dont endorse
Other (please specify): i dont endorse
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
4
4
Japan
JPY Japanese yen
12,000,000
Yes
Go;Rust
Rust
Rust
NA NA
Yes
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
NA NA
Yes
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Windows
Ubuntu
GitHub
GitHub
GitHub
NA NA
Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow
NA NA
Yes
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 10 and 15 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
null
null
No, not really
Rarely, almost never
No, but I plan to soon
Unfavorable
Highly distrust
I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;...
null
null
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in):
no
No, but I plan to
Not at all or minimally
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something
null
82,906
8
26,674
26,675
I am learning to code
18-24 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Student
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA 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
26,675
26,676
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)
19
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
32
Developer, desktop or enterprise applications
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Costs are manageable NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Software Development
Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
7
4
Australia
AUD Australian dollar
120,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;SQL
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;SQL
NA NA
Yes
Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis
Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL
Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
.NET 8 or higher
.NET 8 or higher
.NET 8 or higher
null
null
Windows
Windows
Airtable;Azure Devops;GitHub;Wikis
Azure Devops;GitHub;Wikis
Azure Devops;GitHub;Wikis
NA NA
Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos)
Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos)
Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos)
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 5 and 10 years
Less than once every 2 - 3 months
Videos
Ask a question NA
Yes, somewhat
I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools
No, and I don't plan to
Unfavorable
Highly distrust
I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
null
null
I don’t use AI tools regularly
No. I believe that only humans can develop elegant and optimal solutions to non-trivial problems.
No, and I don't plan to
Not at all or minimally
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h...
Analytical and critical-thinking skills, expertise in specific frameworks and languages, testing, UI/UX design.
78,011
8
26,676
26,677
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
13
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
20
Architect, software or solutions
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
No
Work
Connected to an open-source project NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Software Development
Job stability and career growth with a single employer NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
3
3
Bulgaria
EUR European Euro
null
Yes
Go;Java;Rust;SQL
Go;Java;OCaml;Rust;SQL
Go;Java;Rust;SQL
NA NA
Yes
PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite
PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey
PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Kubernetes;Podman
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Podman
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Podman
NA NA
Yes
Axum
Spring Boot;Axum
Axum
NA NA
Yes
IntelliJ IDEA
IntelliJ IDEA
IntelliJ IDEA
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Debian
MacOS;Debian
GitHub;Jira
GitHub
GitHub
NA NA
Reddit
Reddit
Reddit
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;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts
null
No, not really
Rarely, almost never
No, and I don't plan to
Very unfavorable
Highly distrust
Very poor at handling complex tasks
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in):
Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works
No, vibe coding is a sign of incompetency
No, and I don't plan to
Not at all or minimally
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
null
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting
thinking
null
7
26,677
26,678
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.)
12
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts
12
Engineering manager
1,000 to 4,999 employees
People manager
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Costs are manageable NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Insurance
Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
3
null
Israel
ILS Israeli new shekel
576,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Dynamodb;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;Clickhouse
null
null
NA NA
null
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Pip;Poetry
null
null
Pulumi NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Cursor;PyCharm;Sublime Text
null
null
NA NA
Pydantic;RAG
null
null
null
null
MacOS;iOS
MacOS;iOS
Notion
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models)
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
null
null
Neutral
About half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
null
Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics
null
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data
Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming
Yes
Yes, I use AI agents at work daily
Yes, to a great extent
Software engineering;Data and analytics;Customer service support
MCP servers
null
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above.
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.
null
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
GitHub MCP Server
null
Llama Index
null
Langfuse
null
ChatGPT
Cursor
When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code
Design and architecture
169,426
7
26,678
26,679
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.)
3
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
9
Developer, desktop or enterprise applications
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made
Work
Connected to an open-source project NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Software Development
Collaboration and support from a team NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
2
2
Turkey
EUR European Euro
2,000
Yes
C++;JavaScript;TypeScript
C;C++;JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;SQL;TypeScript
C++;JavaScript;TypeScript
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Make;npm;Pacman
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pacman
Make;npm;Pacman
NA NA
Yes
jQuery;Node.js
Node.js
Node.js
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Arch
Arch
GitHub;GitLab
Coda;GitHub;GitLab
GitHub;GitLab
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 5 and 10 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
Yes, somewhat
I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools
No, but I plan to soon
Favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks
Learning new concepts or technologies
null
Writing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
Search for answers
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works
no
No, but I plan to
Yes, somewhat
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem
experience
2,320
10
26,679
26,680
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
None of the above
5
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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26,680
26,681
I am a developer by profession
45-54 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
None of the above
16
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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange
31
Developer, full-stack
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
No
Work
Connected to an open-source project NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Government
Recognition from leadership for your work NA
Yes
I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily
15
25
Italy
EUR European Euro
50,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite
MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite
MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite
NA NA
Yes
Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Podman;Webpack;Yarn
Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Podman;Webpack;Yarn
Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Podman;Webpack;Yarn
Openshift Openshift
Yes
Angular;jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot;WordPress
Angular;jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot;WordPress
Angular;jQuery;Node.js;Spring Boot;WordPress
Quarkus Quarkus
Yes
Android Studio;Claude Code;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code
Android Studio;Claude Code;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code
Android Studio;Claude Code;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
Google Gemini
Large Language Model;Ollama
null
null
null
Pop!_OS
Windows;Pop!_OS
GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Redmine;Trello;Wikis
GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis
GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Redmine;Trello;Wikis
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Medium
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn
NA NA
Yes
Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models)
Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models
Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models)
NA NA
Yes
Daily or almost daily
Between 10 and 15 years
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null
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null
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null
null
null
null
null
null
58,007
8
26,681
26,682
I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession
45-54 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Employed
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
26,682
26,683
I code primarily as a hobby
Prefer not to say
null
Student
Attending school (full-time)
null
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc)
No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year
null
4
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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null
26,683
26,684
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.)
Employed
Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week)
4
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification)
4
Developer, full-stack
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 NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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26,684
26,685
I am learning to code
45-54 years old
Primary/elementary school
I prefer not to say
null
3
Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;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
Colleague or on-the-job training;Books / Physical media
11
Developer, mobile
null
null
null
null
Personal Project
Easy-to-use API NA
null
null
null
Yes
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
21
7
Ethiopia
USD United States dollar
130,000
Yes
Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;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
Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;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
Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;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
NA NA
Yes
BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey
BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey
BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey
NA NA
Yes
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...
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...
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...
NA NA
Yes
Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno;Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress;Axum
Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno;Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress;Axum
Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno;Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress;Axum
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
.NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS
.NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS
.NET 8 or higher;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
null
null
Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;NixOS
null
GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack
Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack
GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack
NA NA
Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums
Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium;Company-sponsored forums
NA NA
Yes
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...
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...
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...
NA NA
No
A few times per month or weekly
Less than one year
Infrequently, less than once per year
Long-form articles
Comment on Q&A posts NA
Not sure
More than half the time
No, but I plan to soon
Favorable
Highly trust
Very poor at handling complex tasks
null
null
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;...
null
I don’t use AI tools regularly
Hi-@_githik- 114
No, but I plan to
Yes, somewhat
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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
Hi-@_gethik-114
130,000
null
26,685
26,686
I am learning to code
35-44 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Employed
None of the above
2
Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media
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
3
Student
500 to 999 employees
Individual contributor
In-person
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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26,686
26,687
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
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community)
12
Engineering manager
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Robust and complete API NA
Other (please specify): AI
Fintech
Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
20
2
Singapore
SGD Singapore dollar
300,000
Yes
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript
C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
Cloud Firestore;Databricks SQL;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite
MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite
MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite
NA NA
Yes
APT;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack
APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Podman;Terraform;Vite;Webpack
APT;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack
NA NA
Yes
FastAPI;React
FastAPI;React;Svelte
FastAPI;React
NA NA
Yes
Claude Code;Cursor;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Xcode
Nano;Visual Studio Code
Nano;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
MacOS;Android
MacOS;Ubuntu;Arch
Airtable;Asana;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File
Asana;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File
Asana;GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;Medium
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos)
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos)
NA NA
Yes
Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models)
Meta Llama (all models)
Meta Llama (all models)
NA NA
Yes
Multiple times per day
Between 5 and 10 years
Less than once every 2 - 3 months
null
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
Yes, somewhat
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently
Very unfavorable
Highly distrust
Very poor at handling complex tasks
null
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies
Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in):
No, stupid concept, waste of time, never works
No, and I don't plan to
Not at all or minimally
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above:
null
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code
Programming and code review. AI produces absolute garbage every time. Review will become more important due to slop AI PRs.
234,337
7
26,687
26,688
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
None of the above
9
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Colleague or on-the-job training
No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year
null
14
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
Customizable and manageable codebase NA
Outdated or obsolete technology or features NA
Software Development
Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks NA
I'm not sure
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
null
null
Italy
EUR European Euro
43,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript
Rust
null
NA NA
Yes
Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite
Cassandra;Supabase
null
NA NA
Yes
Digital Ocean;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Vite
Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure
NA NA
Yes
ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;React
Astro;Blazor;Deno;NestJS;Svelte
null
NA NA
Yes
Claude Code;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Cursor
null
NA NA
.NET 8 or higher
Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama
null
null
null
Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS
Windows;Android;iOS
Azure Devops;GitHub
Asana;Confluence;Jira
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium
Stack Overflow;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work)
Stack Overflow
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
Infrequently, less than once per year
Videos;Chat (bot/AI)
Use discussion or chat feature NA
Yes, somewhat
Less than half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Somewhat trust
Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks
Writing code;Testing code
null
Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics
Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
null
No, but I plan to
Yes, somewhat
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.
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 InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I want to learn best practices
AI
49,886
6
26,688
26,689
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.)
Employed
null
12
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 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
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null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
26,689
26,690
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.);Volunteering (regularly)
22
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media
30
Developer, desktop or enterprise applications
10,000 or more employees
People manager
Remote
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Connected to an open-source project NA
Poor usability Non rational contributors agreement.
Software Development
Recognition from peers for your work NA
I'm not sure
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
8
3
Australia
AUD Australian dollar
215,000
Yes
Ada;Assembly;C;COBOL;Erlang;Lisp;Lua;SQL;Gleam
Lisp;Gleam
Lisp;Gleam
Clojure NA
Yes
Datomic;PostgreSQL;SQLite
Datomic;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Pocketbase
Datomic;PostgreSQL;SQLite
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Podman
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Podman
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Podman
NA NA
Yes
Phoenix
null
null
htmx htmx
Yes
null
null
null
Emacs, seriously.. seriously isnt in the list ? notepad++ and no emacs.. *shakes head* emacs
null
null
null
null
null
Red Hat
Red Hat
GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Miro;Wikis
GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Miro;Wikis
GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Miro;Wikis
git git
Discord
Discord
Discord
NA NA
Yes
DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models)
Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models)
Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models)
ibm granite ibm granite
Yes
Less than once per month or monthly
Between 5 and 10 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles
Comment on Q&A posts NA
No, not really
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Indifferent
Neither trust nor distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data
Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies
Writing code
Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming
Definitively NO. Vibe coding may be fine for mashing together existing solved problems, but when AI can't do basics like "not use floating point math" and it can't fathom the concept, along with hallucinated functions, classes and objects, its a bit of a joke.
Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently
Not at all or minimally
Cybersecurity
Language processing;MCP servers
AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.
AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.
null
null
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company...
null
null
Neo4j;GitHub MCP Server
null
IBM watsonx.ai
null
null
null
ChatGPT;Claude Code;AgentGPT
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem
Explaining the problem space, knowing and understanding what is written by the project. Knowing how explain a problem, and most of all 'patience'.
139,770
6
26,690
26,691
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Primary/elementary school
Employed
Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week)
19
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
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);Games or coding challenges
34
Engineering manager
5,000 to 9,999 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
Robust and complete API 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
2
2
Denmark
DKK Danish krone
950,000
Yes
Dart;PHP;Python;TypeScript
Dart;PHP;Rust
Dart;PHP
NA NA
Yes
Dynamodb;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey
MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey
MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Pip;Poetry;Terraform
Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Terraform
Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Terraform
NA NA
Yes
Laravel;Vue.js
Laravel;Vue.js
Laravel;Vue.js
NA NA
Yes
Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code
Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm
Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm
NA NA
Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui
Shadcn/ui
Shadcn/ui
null
null
MacOS
MacOS
Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;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);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
A few times per week
Between 10 and 15 years
Less than once every 2 - 3 months
Chat (people);Message Boards;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI)
Answer a question NA
Yes, somewhat
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Somewhat distrust
Bad at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers
Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
Project planning;Testing code
null
Learning new concepts or technologies
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming
Yes, it is.
Yes, I use AI agents at work daily
Yes, somewhat
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 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.
AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.
null
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
GitHub Copilot;Amazon Codewhisperer
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 need quick help troubleshooting
The cognitive decision making; AI will never develop further than being a qualified guess, based on the input.
147,744
8
26,691
26,692
I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies
45-54 years old
Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.)
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-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 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
26,692
26,693
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed
Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week)
16
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc)
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)
25
Developer, full-stack
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Reliability and low latency NA
Security or privacy concerns NA
Software Development
Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems NA
No
I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
3
5
Croatia
EUR European Euro
205,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;SQL;TypeScript
Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;SQL;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Redis;SQLite
Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite
Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite
NA NA
Yes
Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Webpack
Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet
Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet
NA NA
Yes
Angular;ASP.NET Core
Angular;ASP.NET Core
Angular;ASP.NET Core
NA NA
Yes
Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Windows;Linux (non-WSL)
Windows
GitHub;Jira
GitHub
GitHub
NA NA
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet
NA NA
Yes
A few times per month or weekly
Between 10 and 15 years
Less than once every 2 - 3 months
null
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
Yes, somewhat
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Unsure
Somewhat distrust
Very poor at handling complex tasks
Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics
Project planning;Learning new concepts or technologies
Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
Learning about a codebase
null
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming
Tried a few times but results have been mediocre. It generates a lot of output which looks fine but doesn't actually work.
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering;IT operations
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 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
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms
It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
null
The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;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
Seeing the bigger picture,creating coherent software, looking forward in time and predicting issues to come.
237,830
7
26,693
26,694
I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am
35-44 years old
Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, 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
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification)
16
Engineering manager
100 to 499 employees
People manager
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
AI integration or AI Agent capabilities NA
Lack of AI or AI agents NA
Fintech
null
Yes
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
null
null
Denmark
DKK Danish krone
null
Yes
JavaScript;Python;TypeScript
Python;TypeScript
Python;TypeScript
NA NA
Yes
MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase
MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase
MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Netlify;Terraform;Vercel;Vite
Docker
Docker
NA NA
Yes
NestJS;Next.js;React
Astro;Deno;NestJS;Next.js;Svelte
NestJS;Next.js
NA NA
Yes
Claude Code;Cursor
Claude Code;Cursor
Claude Code;Cursor
NA NA
Tailwind CSS 4
Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic
Tailwind CSS 4
null
null
Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
MacOS;Ubuntu
GitHub;Google Workspace;Linear;Miro;Notion
GitHub;Google Workspace;Miro;Notion
GitHub;Google Workspace;Miro;Notion
NA NA
Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube
Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube
Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube
NA NA
Yes
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models
Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;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
Infrequently, less than once per year
Between 5 and 10 years
Infrequently, less than once per year
Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts
null
No, not really
Rarely, almost never
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Favorable
Somewhat trust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
null
null
Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies
Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data
Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving
null
Yes, I use AI agents at work daily
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering;Business process automation;Customer service support
Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
null
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
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
GitHub MCP Server;supabase
null
OpenRouter
null
null
null
ChatGPT;Claude Code
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions
null
null
null
26,694
26,695
I am a developer by profession
25-34 years old
Some college/university study without earning a degree
Employed
None of the above
8
No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages
null
No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
null
10
Developer, back-end
Less than 20 employees
Individual contributor
Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed)
Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack
Work
Robust and complete API NA
Prohibitive pricing NA
Software Development
Recognition from leadership for your work NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
1
2
Norway
NOK Norwegian krone
800,000
Yes
Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Cassandra;Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet
null
null
NA NA
Yes
ASP.NET Core
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Notepad++;Visual Studio
null
null
NA NA
.NET 8 or higher
null
null
null
null
Windows;Linux (non-WSL)
null
GitLab;Markdown File
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Medium
null
null
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
null
Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in NA
No, not really
I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools
No, and I don't plan to
Unfavorable
Highly distrust
Good, but not great at handling complex tasks
Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation
Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in):
null
null
null
I don’t use AI tools regularly
No, and I dislike the concept. Letting AI models write code for professional use will cause more problems down the line when something inevitably breaks or stops working.
Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently
Not at all or minimally
null
null
null
AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.
AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.
null
AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
null
Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.
I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.
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;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot
null
When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code
Debugging and reading code. AI agents can generate a lot, but understanding why it works and to what extent something can break is an important skill.
79,062
10
26,695
26,696
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;Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week)
null
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
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);Blogs or podcasts
null
Developer, full-stack
10,000 or more employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility)
No
Personal Project
Good brand and public image NA
Lack of or sub-par API NA
Software Development
null
I'm not sure
I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in
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India
INR Indian rupee
null
No
null
null
null
NA NA
No
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null
NA NA
Yes
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null
NA NA
Yes
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null
NA NA
Yes
Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Windows
Windows
GitHub;GitLab;Jira
GitHub;GitLab;Jira
GitHub;GitLab;Jira
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work)
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work)
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work)
NA NA
Yes
openAI GPT (chatbot models)
openAI GPT (chatbot models)
openAI GPT (chatbot models)
NA NA
No
Daily or almost daily
Between 5 and 10 years
I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow
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null
Neutral
null
Yes, I use AI tools weekly
Very favorable
Highly trust
Very well at handling complex tasks
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26,696
26,697
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
I prefer not to say
null
13
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts
13
Architect, software or solutions
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null
null
null
Personal Project
AI integration or AI Agent capabilities NA
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null
Working with new technologies and tools NA
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
10
4
India
INR Indian rupee
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null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
NA NA
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null
null
null
NA NA
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null
null
null
NA NA
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null
NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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null
NA NA
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null
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null
null
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Somewhat trust
Very well at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data
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Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring
Project planning;Creating or maintaining documentation
Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies
AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite
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26,697
26,698
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
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
20
Developer, back-end
1,000 to 4,999 employees
Individual contributor
Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person)
No
Personal Project
Connected to an open-source project NA
null
Banking/Financial Services
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null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NA NA
null
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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26,698
26,699
I am a developer by profession
35-44 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly)
23
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system)
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange
26
Applied scientist
100 to 499 employees
Individual contributor
Remote
Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made
Work
Reliability and low latency Anything but AI
Other (please specify): Anything that contains AI in it
Computer Systems Design and Services
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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NA NA
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26,699
26,700
I am a developer by profession
18-24 years old
Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.)
Employed
Attending school (part-time)
2
Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language
Colleague or on-the-job training
Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies
AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps
5
Developer, full-stack
20 to 99 employees
Individual contributor
In-person
No
Work
Reliability and low latency NA
null
Software Development
null
No
I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry
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null
India
INR Indian rupee
null
Yes
HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL
Java
null
NA NA
Yes
MySQL
PostgreSQL
null
NA NA
No
null
null
null
NA NA
Yes
Laravel
Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js
null
NA NA
Yes
Visual Studio Code
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null
NA NA
null
null
null
null
null
Windows
Windows
null
null
null
NA NA
Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange
null
null
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
Chat (bot/AI)
null
Neutral
About half of the time
Yes, I use AI tools daily
Very favorable
Neither trust nor distrust
Very well at handling complex tasks
Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation
Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring
null
null
Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies
It’s hard to understand how or why the code works
null
No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode
Yes, somewhat
Software engineering
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null
AI agents have increased my productivity.
AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.
AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;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.
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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.
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.
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When I have ethical or security concerns about code
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