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NA | Yes | Android Studio | Android Studio | Android Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | A few times per month or weekly | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
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30,702 | 30,703 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);Books / Physical media;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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 29 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
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NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;jQuery;Vue.js | null | null | Ewf
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | Linear | null | NA
NA | Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
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NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
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NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Homebrew | Homebrew | Homebrew | NA
NA | Yes | Astro | Astro;Svelte | Astro | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;RustRover | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | MacOS | Confluence | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Phi-4 models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | 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
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NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Manufacturing | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 6 | 3 | South Korea | KRW South Korean won | 32,000,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,706 | 30,707 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 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) | 40 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 46 | Architect, software or solutions | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 25 | 25 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Symfony | Symfony | Symfony | Joomla
Joomla | Yes | PhpStorm | PhpStorm | PhpStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Clickup | Clickup | Clickup | NA
NA | Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Exchange;Discord | Stack Exchange;Discord | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | null | null | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | null | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Thinking and problem solving | null | null |
30,707 | 30,708 | 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) | 28 | 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 | 31 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
literally anything other than AI | Security or privacy concerns
AI "features" I can't disable | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 300,000 | Yes | C#;C++;Go;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Go;JavaScript;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | C#;Go;JavaScript;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
scylladb | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | opentofu
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Express;jQuery;NestJS;Node.js;React | NestJS;React | NestJS;React | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23 | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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, and it never will be. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | The same skills they have now: to synthesize the data from around them to provide outcomes, not outputs. AI only knows how to (poorly) answer the question it THINKS you asked, whereas humans can deduce the question meant to ask. | 300,000 | 7 |
30,708 | 30,709 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Primary/elementary school | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 4 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,709 | 30,710 | 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.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,710 | 30,711 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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);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;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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 18 | Academic researcher | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | 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
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30,711 | 30,712 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 6 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | School | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Banking/Financial Services | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 23 | 20 | Viet Nam | VND Vietnamese dong | 15,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Redis | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Next.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | GitHub;GitLab;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models) | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 573 | 5 |
30,712 | 30,713 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 3 | Data scientist | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | 900,000 | Yes | Go;Python;Rust | Go;Python;Rust | Go;Python;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Next.js;React | FastAPI;Next.js | FastAPI;Next.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | RAG;Google Gemini;LangGraph;uv | RAG;Google Gemini;LangGraph;uv | RAG;Google Gemini;LangGraph;uv | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | YouTube;LinkedIn | YouTube;LinkedIn | YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no, AI complicates a very simple task | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | null | Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Personalized agent creation | 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 improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | 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 | Qdrant | null | LangGraph | null | Langfuse | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | problem solving, keeping things simple, understanding the core issues and solutions and how to navigate and align the AI tool itself. | 10,462 | 8 |
30,713 | 30,714 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | null | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 20 | Data scientist | 10,000 or more 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 | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 6 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 260,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Python | Python | GAMS
GAMS | Yes | Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pip | Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Poetry | Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Dash,FICO Insight,C3.ai
Dash, FICO Insight | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Stack Overflow for Teams | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Twitch | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Data and analytics | 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 improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Translating real-world problems into a mathematical and/or data model that can then be turned into code | 260,000 | 6 |
30,714 | 30,715 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);None of the above;Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Attending school (full-time);Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (l... | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | 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 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | 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 | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United Arab Emirates | AED United Arab Emirates dirham | null | null | Ada | Ada | Ada | NA
NA | null | BigQuery | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | 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) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
30,715 | 30,716 | 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) | 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 | 10 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,716 | 30,717 | 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 | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 12 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,717 | 30,718 | 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 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 0 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Fortran;HTML/CSS;Perl;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python;Rust;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus | Ansible;Cloudflare;Make;Pacman;Prometheus | Ansible;Cloudflare;Make;Pacman;Prometheus | dnf
opentofu, dnf | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Neovim | Neovim | qt creator
NA | null | null | null | null | c23 | Fedora;NixOS | Ubuntu;Red Hat | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | 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 improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | reading code. debugging. requirement gathering. | 72,958 | 7 |
30,718 | 30,719 | 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 | 27 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Books / Physical media | 30 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 40 | 20 | Thailand | THB Thai baht | 1,800,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Elixir;Python;SQL;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Make;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Make;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Make;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;React | ASP.NET Core;React | ASP.NET Core;React | 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;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | Google Workspace;YouTrack | Google Workspace;YouTrack | Google Workspace;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | null | 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) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
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 | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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 | Problem solving
Analytical and investigation problems
Critical thinking | 55,069 | 10 |
30,719 | 30,720 | 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 (10-19 hours per week) | 12 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | DevOps engineer or professional | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Sri Lanka | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C;C#;C++;JavaScript;PHP | Python;R;Ruby | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;DuckDB;Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL | Supabase;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 |
30,720 | 30,721 | 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 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 20 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | 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 | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 4 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Python;R;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Python;SQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim | Android Studio;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim | Android Studio;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Fedora | Windows;Android;Debian;Fedora | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Coding challenges | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Data and analytics | Agent/multi-agent orchestration | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration withi... | null | 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 | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT;Auto-GPT;Blackbox AI | null | When I want to compare different solutions | null | 65,009 | 10 |
30,721 | 30,722 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 10 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Other (please specify):
NOT OPEN SOURCE | null | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;Lua;PHP;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;WordPress | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Android;Debian | Debian | GitHub | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;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) | Linux Forum, Open Software Foundation
Linux Forum, Open Software Foundation | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per week | Chat (people);Coding challenges | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code | Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | I see people using AI to generate software source codes, and ending up seeing people better than me in coding even though I coded for more than 7 years. I am very sad about this because the joy of coding is debugging it and creating it. Since people now use AI to generate the complete code, they could not enjoy the cod... | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;IT operations;Cybersecurity | Language processing;MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | I think the most valuable skill is developing security tools. Since AI gives the most accurate answer to a prompt, it also involve security issues in developing secret applications such as secure communication protocols especially while using closed-source AI such as ChatGPT. I personally have experience in AI writing ... | null | 8 |
30,722 | 30,723 | 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 | 25 | 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;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 | 30 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 8 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | JavaScript;Perl;Python;Scala;TypeScript | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;npm;Webpack | Docker;Vite | Docker | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | Cline and/or Roo;Cursor | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG | Ollama | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit;Bluesky;Substack;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code | null | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 |
30,723 | 30,724 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 3 | 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;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,724 | 30,725 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 12 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges | 16 | Data or business analyst | 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 | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 7 | Indonesia | IDR Indonesian rupiah | null | Yes | C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Python;R | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | Windows | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Very favorable | Highly trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Project planning;Writing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code | Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Decision intelligence | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | Solving logic error | null | null |
30,725 | 30,726 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,726 | 30,727 | I code primarily as a hobby | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 17 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | logical thinking | null | null |
30,727 | 30,728 | 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.) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 35 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 7 | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Kotlin;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Dynamodb;MySQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | Dynamodb;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;npm;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Gradle;npm;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Gradle;npm;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Angular;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Angular;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;Visual Studio;WebStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;RustRover;WebStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;WebStorm | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian | Ubuntu;Android | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis;YouTrack | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis;YouTrack | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis;YouTrack | Slack
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;IT operations | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have 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 | null | 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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 | Understanding the underlying computer science will always be valuable, no matter the tools available | 60,235 | 8 |
30,728 | 30,729 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 21 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 1 | 1 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 35,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Go;Kotlin;Python | Rust | null | SQL
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;DuckDB;Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | MariaDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | null | null | uv, pyenv
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Phoenix | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Polars;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | null | GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 synthesis, communication, panoramic view of the problem, context understanding, breaking problem into smaller pieces | 6,371,285 | 8 |
30,729 | 30,730 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 12 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 3 | Indonesia | IDR Indonesian rupiah | 50,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;pnpm;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;npm;pnpm;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;npm;pnpm;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | jQuery;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | jQuery;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | Clickup;GitHub;Google Colab;Trello | Clickup;GitHub;Google Colab | Clickup;GitHub;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning 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 | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Sometimes, but I don't prefer coding with AI | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to 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;I don’t think I’ll ... | ALL! | 3,064 | 6 |
30,730 | 30,731 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 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) | 8 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,731 | 30,732 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | Prefer not to say | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,732 | 30,733 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 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 | 15 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Perl;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pip;Terraform;Yarn | APT;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Maven (build tool);Pip;Terraform;Yarn | APT;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pip;Terraform;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to 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 | design, secure coding, architecture, knowledge in older technologies | 160,000 | 7 |
30,733 | 30,734 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Primary/elementary school | Employed | null | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 12 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | C++;Go;Kotlin | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;H2;MySQL;Oracle;Redis | Cassandra;Cosmos DB;InfluxDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pacman;Webpack | Kubernetes;Podman;Prometheus;Vite | Kubernetes | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Windows;Red Hat;Fedora | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
30,734 | 30,735 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 12 | null | null | 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
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,735 | 30,736 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 30 | Support engineer or analyst | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Government | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | null | Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | HKD Hong Kong dollar | null | Yes | JavaScript;PowerShell | JavaScript;PowerShell | JavaScript;PowerShell | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | null | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Grok,Copilot
Grok,Copilot | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
30,736 | 30,737 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | 1,200,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;React | FastAPI;React | FastAPI;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;LangGraph | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;LangGraph;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;LangGraph | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | 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);Chat (bot/AI) | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Documenting code | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, not yet and the disadvantage I see is the inability to participare in development takes the joy out of buildibg software, but if we want quick results it seems inevitable. Ita almost like reducing myself to a support personnel where AI takes role of developer. | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | SQL, ML, Cyber Security, Problem Solving skills, Designing software. | 13,949 | 0 |
30,737 | 30,738 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 18 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | null | Other: | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | 420,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Lisp;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Lisp;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Lisp;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;VSCodium | Neovim;VSCodium | Neovim;VSCodium | emacs
emacs | c++23 | null | null | null | null | Windows;Arch;NixOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Arch | GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics;Marketing | null | 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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers | Programming language Technologies | 58,500 | 7 |
30,738 | 30,739 | 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) | 2 | 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) | 3 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | Indonesia | IDR Indonesian rupiah | 150,000,000 | Yes | Java | Go;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Supabase;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;React;Spring Boot | NestJS | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Lovable.dev;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;Cursor | Cursor | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase | null | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 9,192 | 6 |
30,739 | 30,740 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 3 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 80,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;Go;PowerShell;Rust;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;PowerShell;Swift;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Homebrew;npm;Pacman;pnpm;Vite | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Pacman;pnpm;Vite | Cloudflare;Homebrew;Pacman;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Svelte | ASP.NET Core;Svelte | ASP.NET Core;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Rider;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Visual Studio Code;Zed | Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Odoo;Shadcn/ui | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Red Hat | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Job board | 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 monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | null | 52,007 | 5 |
30,740 | 30,741 | 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 | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 3 | DevOps engineer or professional | 10,000 or more 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 | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 |
30,741 | 30,742 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 40 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 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 | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Manufacturing | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | Philippines | PHP Philippine peso | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Dart;Kotlin;Python | C#;C++;Dart;Kotlin;Python;Rust | C++;Dart;Kotlin;Python | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Bookmark posts to look at later
I just browse for non toxic answers | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | Customer interaction, analysis | null | 6 |
30,742 | 30,743 | 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) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 20 | Developer, game or graphics | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Ada;Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;F#;Go;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;Rust;TypeScript | Ada;Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;Lua;Python | Ada;Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;Lua;Python | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Homebrew;Make;npm;NuGet;Pip;Yarn | APT;Homebrew;Pip | APT;Homebrew;Pip | FASTbuild,cmake
FASTbuild | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Notepad++;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | c++23;Google Gemini;Ollama | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Debian | Windows | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | null | 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 | Message Boards;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | null | null | 7 |
30,743 | 30,744 | I code primarily as a hobby | Prefer not to say | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above;Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 45 | Data or business analyst | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | Python;R;SQL | Python;R;SQL | Python;R;SQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | 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 | null | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null |
30,744 | 30,745 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., Univer... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 2 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Expert mentors
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 300,000 | Yes | JavaScript;Python | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Spring Boot | Angular | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Ubuntu | Azure Devops | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or plat... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 3,487 | 8 |
30,745 | 30,746 | 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);Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 5 | Support engineer or analyst | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 3 | Malaysia | MYR Malaysian ringgit | 24,000 | Yes | C#;Dart;Go;Java;Lua;Python;Rust;Zig | C#;Go;Lua;Python;Rust;Zig | C#;Go;Lua;Python;Rust;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Bun;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | APT;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;Vite;Yarn | APT;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Next.js;Node.js;React;Axum | ASP.NET Core;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js;Axum | ASP.NET Core;Next.js;Node.js;React;Axum | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Rider;Zed | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Arch;Fedora | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platfor... | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to 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 | Problem solving and communication | 5,655 | 8 |
30,746 | 30,747 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | null | Employed | None of the above | 42 | 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 | 42 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 75 | 123 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | 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);Mojo;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | 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 | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Express;Node.js;Vue.js | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno;Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress;Axum | ASP.NET;Express;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Aider;Android Studio;Bolt;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode;Zed | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | GitHub;Markdown File | 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;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | 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;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 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) | 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 | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Vibe coding is a complete and utter wank, which is appropriate since it sounds like programming for a sex toy | 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.;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 | Other (please specify): | AI will never replace developers so this is a complete garbage question | null | null |
30,747 | 30,748 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,748 | 30,749 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | 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);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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 4 | 4 | Spain | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;C;C++;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript | GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Maven (build tool);npm;Pacman;pnpm;Vite | Cargo;Cloudflare;Pacman;pnpm;Vite | Cloudflare;Pacman;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;React | Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Arch | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | 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.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I 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 | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | the ability to actually code | null | null |
30,749 | 30,750 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 5 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | Egypt | EGP Egyptian pound | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio | Vim;Visual Studio | Vim;Visual Studio | CLION, deepseek, deepwiki
CLION, deepseek, deepwiki | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 |
30,750 | 30,751 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 15 | Data scientist | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,751 | 30,752 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,752 | 30,753 | I am learning to code | Prefer not to say | Primary/elementary school | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Developer, game or graphics | null | null | null | null | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 50 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MicroPython;Python | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;IBM Cloud;Microsoft Azure;Ninja;Yandex Cloud | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | Debugging or fixing code | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | it the best vibe it fun | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Robotics | Multi-platform search enablement;MCP servers | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | ChromaDB | null | Vertex AI | null | Wiz | null | Microsoft Copilot;v0.dev | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | very good
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30,753 | 30,754 | 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 | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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 | 23 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Scala;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Dart;Go;Python;Rust;Zig;Mojo | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Dart;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Poetry;Terraform | Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Pip;Poetry;Terraform | Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Pip;Poetry;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Jaspr, Flutter
Jaspr, Flutter | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Notion;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Notion;Wikis | GitHub;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Notion;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Very little, only for specific parts, usually where I'm least familiar with an API or library | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs | 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 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 | 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 | LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Auto-GPT;Tabnine;Perplexity | 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 | System design | null | 9 |
30,754 | 30,755 | 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 | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 16 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | null | Taiwan | TWD New Taiwan dollar | 700,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;PowerShell | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Splunk;Supabase | Cloudflare;Docker | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Vue.js | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Next.js;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Daily or almost daily | 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 | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Ask precise questions | 23,720 | 4 |
30,755 | 30,756 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 1 | Project manager | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Nigeria | NGN Nigerian naira | 10 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | null | null | NO
NO | null | null | null | FIGMA | FIGMA | Windows;ChromeOS | Windows | Asana;Google Workspace;Monday.com;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Direct messaging of users | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | I haven’t encountered any problems | Yes, if "vibe coding" means building digital experiences that resonate emotionally and aesthetically with users, then it’s a valuable and creative part of professional development.
| Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation;Customer service support | Personalized agent creation | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | Fireproof;ChromaDB | null | Zapier | null | Honeycomb | null | ChatGPT | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | 3 | null | null |
30,756 | 30,757 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,757 | 30,758 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 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 | 8 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,758 | 30,759 | I am learning to code | Prefer not to say | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,759 | 30,760 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 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);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);Blogs or podcasts | 2 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Work | Other (please specify):
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Nepal | INR Indian rupee | 12 | Yes | C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase | Cloud Firestore;Supabase | Cloud Firestore;Supabase | NA
NA | null | Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;npm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;npm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;npm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Bolt;Visual Studio Code | Bolt;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS;Android | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Discord;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | I would say yes but I do go Hard code mode when I need to I use AI for better Productivity and Save my time. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations | Multi-platform search enablement;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | 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. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platfor... | null | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | Llama Index;Zapier | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity;Bolt.new | Grok | 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 | Problem Solving and Logic bulding | null | null |
30,760 | 30,761 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | Attending school (part-time) | 7 | 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);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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 4 | Data engineer | null | null | null | null | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 27 | Yes | HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python | C;C#;C++;Python;VBA | Python | SQL
PySpark | Yes | Databricks SQL;MySQL;Redis;Snowflake | BigQuery;Cassandra;Elasticsearch;Amazon Redshift | null | NA
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30,761 | 30,762 | 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.);Attending school (part-time) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 6 | DevOps engineer or professional | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,762 | 30,763 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Retired | Volunteering (regularly) | 45 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 47 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 0 | Yes | C#;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | MICROSOFT EXCEL
MICROSOFT EXCEL | Yes | NuGet | NuGet | NuGet | NA
GITHUB | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Less than one year | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Answer a question
NA | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting 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;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | 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;Data and analytics | Multi-platform search enablement | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 need quick help troubleshooting | BUSINESS ANALYSIS | null | null |
30,763 | 30,764 | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 16 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 10,000 or more 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Other (please specify):
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30,764 | 30,765 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 13 | Engineering manager | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 15 | Costa Rica | USD United States dollar | 15,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 15,000 | 8 |
30,765 | 30,766 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-time) | 3 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 3 | Financial analyst or engineer | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
Selfmade | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 0 | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Zig;Mojo | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Gleam | null | vP26Hl51-NCB51L28-4aw5mk1
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Oracle;Supabase | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | null | NA
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30,766 | 30,767 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,767 | 30,768 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,768 | 30,769 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | Coding Bootcamp | 7 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,769 | 30,770 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 4 | Developer, QA or test | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Viet Nam | VND Vietnamese dong | 200,000,000 | Yes | JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Windsurf | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok 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 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);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 | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code | null | Testing code;Search for answers | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla... | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | no | 7,642 | null |
30,770 | 30,771 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 2 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Coding Bootcamp | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 2 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | null | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | null | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | Ghana | GHS Ghanaian cedi | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,771 | 30,772 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 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) | 23 | AI/ML engineer | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 6 | Taiwan | TWD New Taiwan dollar | 900,000 | Yes | C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust | C++;F#;Go;Python | C++;Go;Python | Haskell
Haskell | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;React | FastAPI | FastAPI | Warp, Jin
Warp, Jin | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | c++23;Large Language Model;SwiftData;RAG;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;Obsidian | Obsidian | Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord | Discord | Discord | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Logic games/puzzles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Testing code | null | Documenting code;Search for answers;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;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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agen... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;Other (please specify): | The ability of debugging and judging the correctness of AI generate code | 30,498 | 3 |
30,772 | 30,773 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,773 | 30,774 | I am learning to code | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 4 | Student | 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 | School | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 2 | 3 | Colombia | COP Colombian peso | 1,600,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,774 | 30,775 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 3 | Developer, front-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 4 | India | INR Indian rupee | 1,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Reddit | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code | null | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;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;Business process automation | 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 | 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 | null | null | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something | Basic reasoning, logic and communication skills | 11,624 | 8 |
30,775 | 30,776 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;Books / Physical media | 22 | Academic researcher | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Higher Education | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | Pakistan | USD United States dollar | 12,000 | Yes | Assembly;C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;MATLAB;Python;Scala;SQL | Assembly;C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;MATLAB;Python;Scala;SQL | Assembly;C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;MATLAB;Python;Scala;SQL | no
no | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | GridDb
GridDb | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Pacman;Pip;Vercel;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Pacman;Pip;Vercel;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Pacman;Pip;Vercel;Yarn | no
no | Yes | Django;Express;Flask;Laravel;Node.js;React;WordPress | Django;Express;Flask;Laravel;React;WordPress | Django;Express;Flask;Laravel;React;WordPress | no
no | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | no
no | hostinger;Google Gemini | hostinger;Google Gemini | hostinger;Google Gemini | GridDb | GridDb | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Trello | no
no | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | no
no | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Less than one year | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No ,vibe coding is not part of my professional development work. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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... | Cyber Security, AI and Data Science | 12,000 | 8 |
30,776 | 30,777 | 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) | 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) | 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) | 7 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,777 | 30,778 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 9 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
Documentation | Other (please specify):
Misleading docs | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 3 | Dominican Republic | DOP Dominican peso | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Lisp;Rust;TypeScript;Zig;Mojo | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Rust;TypeScript | Llamalab Automate, GLSL
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;npm;pnpm;Vite | APT;Cargo;Vite | APT;Cargo;Vite | NA
Nix | Yes | Node.js;React | Deno | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | Helix
Helix | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | 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
Matrix | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No yet. I might consider it. But I've seen some colleagues and OSS contributors doing it | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | If AI becomes AGI, then AGI can totally replace a human brain. If it's not AGI, then, creativity, problem-solving, and rigorous logical verification, would still be valuable skills | null | null |
30,778 | 30,779 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Other (please specify): | Retired | None of the above | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Coding Bootcamp;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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,779 | 30,780 | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | 110,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | Go;Python;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Blazor | Node.js;React | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 66,259 | 8 |
30,780 | 30,781 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 45 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript | Google Apps Script
Google Apps Script | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;npm | Google Cloud;npm | Google Cloud;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | Node.js | Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | imagen,vertex | imagen,vertex | Windows;iPadOS | Windows;iPadOS | null | null | null | 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 | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Coding challenges | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Thinking outside the box. | null | 7 |
30,781 | 30,782 | 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 | 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 | 9 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Fintech | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | 121,000 | Yes | C#;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Digital Ocean;npm;Yarn | null | NA
fly.io | Yes | ASP.NET | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | null | NA
NA | Yes | Rider;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Rider;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Windows;MacOS | Jira;Miro;Notion;Obsidian | Jira;Miro;Obsidian | Jira;Miro;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | null | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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 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 | 72,885 | 4 |
30,782 | 30,783 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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 | 16 | DevOps engineer or professional | 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 62,761 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb | Dynamodb | Dynamodb | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Testing code | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes for brainstorming ideas and avoiding trawling through API documentation etc | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | 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 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 ... | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | The ability to communicate on a human-to-human level with people whose jobs can't be performed by AI | 85,444 | 2 |
30,783 | 30,784 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Other (please specify): | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 17 | 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 | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 12 | Sri Lanka | LKR Sri Lankan rupee | 70,000 | Yes | C;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | Assembly;C#;C++ | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Pacman;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Django;Express;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Fedora;Pop!_OS | Windows;Fedora | Asana;Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Daily or almost daily | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | 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;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Not really. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing | Language processing;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;v0.dev;Cody | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Who develop AIs? and only strong minds will stay as it should be. now a day there are many coders are really not software engineers but call themselves SE because they got a degree. | 233 | 5 |
30,784 | 30,785 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,785 | 30,786 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 25 | 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;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Blogs or podcasts | 35 | Other (please specify): | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 3 | 3 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 30,000 | Yes | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Redis;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Windows;MacOS;Debian | GitHub;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;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 | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Other (write in): | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code | Documenting code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | vibe coding is stupid adn degrades the profession | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | provenance: the ability to identify code that comes from humans as opposed to from ai tools. | 19,503 | null |
30,786 | 30,787 | 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 | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training | 6 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,787 | 30,788 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,788 | 30,789 | 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) | 16 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Other (please specify): | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Energy | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 115,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Splunk | Chocolatey;Docker;Make;NuGet | Chocolatey;Docker;NuGet | Cloud Foundry
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | Angular;ASP.NET Core | Angular;ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;Jira;Markdown File | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | 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;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | All of them. We will still need to be able to understand everything that's happening, even if it's not us doing it. | 74,761 | 5 |
30,789 | 30,790 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 2 | Student | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | No | School | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 0 | 5 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;Swift | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python | React.js
React.js | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | 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 | Coding challenges | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in): | NO! Definetely not lol! | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Full-stack development, most complex coding tasks. | null | null |
30,790 | 30,791 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 27 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all ... | 20 | Engineering manager | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 4,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Kotlin;Lisp;Rust;Zig | Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Kubernetes;pnpm;Yarn | Bun;Cargo | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Express;NestJS;Node.js;Ruby on Rails;Svelte;WordPress | Angular;Deno;Fastify | Angular | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Zed | null | null | NA
NA | Ollama | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Ollama | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS;ChromeOS | Confluence;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | About 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;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning | Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Testing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | "Vibe coding" is partially a part of my development work. I am using it as a exploratory tool and have not yet migrated to using it wholesale. | 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. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Critical analysis of competing solutions, code, solutions to complex and complicated software problems. I think these will still have a human oversight with assistance from AI tools. | 46,496 | 8 |
30,791 | 30,792 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);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 (please specify): | 9 | Data or business analyst | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,792 | 30,793 | I am a developer by profession | Prefer not to say | null | I prefer not to say | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,793 | 30,794 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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30,794 | 30,795 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 16 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | 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 | 22 | Developer, mobile | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Other (please specify):
Work life balance | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 180,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Swift | Swift | Swift | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Datadog;Firebase;Homebrew | Homebrew | Homebrew | CocoaPods
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Claude Code;Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | Figma
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Negotiating with stakeholders. Deciphering requirements from analysts and product owners who don't really know what they want. Fixing obscure bugs in legacy codebases. Fixing issues with the code that AI generates. | 117,017 | 8 |
30,795 | 30,796 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 4 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;GDScript;Go;MATLAB;Python;Ruby;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;GDScript;MATLAB;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;GDScript;MATLAB;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | null | Make | null | null | NA
NA | null | ASP.NET Core;Ruby on Rails | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio | Vim;Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows;Fedora | Windows | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;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 | null | Other (write in):
Read answers to existing questions to solve a problem I've encountered | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;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 | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Absolutely not. I don't think it's an efficient or ethical practice. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant c... | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | Being able to read, understand, and write code. Relying on AI for everything will lead to 'black-box' codebases where the human/s responsible for it don't know what anything does, making maintaining it impossible without just using AI tools. If the AI makes a mistake and cannot fix it, that branch is condemned, and tri... | null | null |
30,796 | 30,797 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
30,797 | 30,798 | 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.) | null | null | null | 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
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
30,798 | 30,799 | 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 | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 13 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 4 | Chile | CLP Chilean peso | 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 | No | Less than once per month or monthly | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 |
30,799 | 30,800 | 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 | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 29 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C | Ada | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS | Windows | Doxygen;GitLab;Jira | Doxygen;GitLab;Jira | Doxygen;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Reddit;Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Reddit;Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Reddit;Hacker News;Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | 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;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code | null | Search for answers | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | High level architecture and understanding customer needs | null | 7 |
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