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33,100 | 33,101 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Primary/elementary school | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 2 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Books / Physical media | 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 | 5 | Academic researcher | Less than 20 employees | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Fintech | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 2 | Indonesia | IDR Indonesian rupiah | 25 | Yes | Ada | null | null | NA
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NA | null | Bun | Cloudflare | null | coding
coding | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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33,101 | 33,102 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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 | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Good brand and public image
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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33,102 | 33,103 | 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) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 8 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | 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 | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 120,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Java;Ruby;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;Redis | Elasticsearch | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Splunk;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Cargo;Cloudflare;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Splunk | Kubernetes;Splunk | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code | null | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | null | null | 120,000 | 7 |
33,103 | 33,104 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 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);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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 4 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 17 | 10 | Latvia | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Svelte, JSON, YAML
Svelte, JSON, YAML | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite;Yarn | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;Svelte;Vue.js | Express;Node.js;Svelte | Express;Node.js;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Neovim;Vim;Zed | Neovim;Vim;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;ChromeOS | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello;Wikis | Markdown File | Markdown File | Gitea, NextCloud
Gitea, NextCloud | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models) | Meta Llama (all models) | Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
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NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 25,267 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Generating content or synthetic data | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No - I prefer to give the problem a go and patch any problems along the way with Google and a GPT-based LLM. | 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 | 34,399 | null |
33,105 | 33,106 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (part-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 4 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;PowerShell;Python | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python | HTML/CSS;Java;PowerShell;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | React | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Nano;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;X;YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Direct messaging of users | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
33,106 | 33,107 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | I prefer not to say | null | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | Student | null | null | null | null | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | null | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | 4 | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | 100,000 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | null | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase | Writing code;Search for answers | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Data and analytics | Personalized agent creation | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | LanceDB | null | phidata | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | Bolt.new | null | When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 5,638 | null |
33,107 | 33,108 | 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 | 4 | 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) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 8 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 4 | 2 | Malta | EUR European Euro | 40,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;SQL | C#;SQL | C#;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Splunk;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | GitHub;Miro | GitHub;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something | Problemsolving | 46,406 | 7 |
33,108 | 33,109 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 40 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | 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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33,109 | 33,110 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | I prefer not to say | null | null | 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 | 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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33,110 | 33,111 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 12 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Supabase | PostgreSQL;Supabase | PostgreSQL;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Railway;Supabase;Webpack | Railway;Supabase;Webpack | Railway;Supabase;Webpack | pnpm
pnpm | Yes | Deno;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Deno;Next.js;Node.js;React | Deno;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 3 | Tailwind CSS 3 | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | How to think | null | 10 |
33,111 | 33,112 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 17 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | null | Healthcare | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 3 | Honduras | HNL Honduran lempira | 28,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Writing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1,073 | 5 |
33,112 | 33,113 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 4 | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | 1,500,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite;Supabase | MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Ansible;Bun;Firebase;npm;pnpm;Supabase;Terraform | Bun;npm;pnpm | NA
SWC | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Laravel;Node.js;React | Deno;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React | Laravel;Node.js;React | NA
React Native | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Amazon Bedrock;Google Gemini;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;Arch | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Somewhat, depends on the complexity of the issue I'm trying to solve. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 84,568 | 7 |
33,113 | 33,114 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 12 | Developer, game or graphics | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 6 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 0 | Yes | Assembly;C++;Delphi;PHP;Python;SQL | Assembly;C++;Delphi;PHP | Assembly;C++;Delphi;PHP | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MSBuild | MSBuild | MSBuild | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | 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 | critical thinking, non-trivial and non-naive implementations, complex and big scale planning | null | 0 |
33,114 | 33,115 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Student | Attending school (part-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, e... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 6 | Student | 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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33,115 | 33,116 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 8 | Developer, QA or test | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 2 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 159,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Python;Scala | Java;TypeScript | Java | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool) | Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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33,116 | 33,117 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 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 | 6 | 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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33,117 | 33,118 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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 | Coding Bootcamp | null | Academic researcher | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | AED United Arab Emirates dirham | null | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | Microsoft Access;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
Yes | Yes | Aider | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | Yes | Windows;NixOS | null | YouTrack | null | null | Yes
YeS | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
33,118 | 33,119 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | 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 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) | 10 | Founder, technology or otherwise | 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 | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 5 | Oman | OMR Omani rial | 150,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MongoDB;Redis | Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Webpack;Yarn | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Webpack;Yarn | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;React;Vue.js;WordPress | FastAPI;Flask;React;Vue.js | FastAPI;Flask;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Google Gemini;uv | Google Gemini;uv | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | GitHub;Google Workspace;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents... | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 390,135 | null |
33,119 | 33,120 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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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33,120 | 33,121 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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 | 12 | Academic researcher | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Higher Education | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 4 | 6 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 52,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;GDScript;Java;Lua;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Lua;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python | LuaJit, Luau
LuaJit, Luau | Yes | null | null | null | Custom
Custom | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23 | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows;ChromeOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | 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 | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | No, I am a researcher. | 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 learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Code Integration and debugging code, AI doesn't seem to be able to think or handle large amounts of input text making it infeasible to accurately work on large codebases, additionally, it is doubtful that the current AI models can "think" meaning that complex tasks that require multiple different integrating systems co... | 37,938 | 7 |
33,121 | 33,122 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 23 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Senegal | XOF West African CFA franc | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Deno;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;Phoenix;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Angular;Deno;Express;Node.js;Phoenix;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Angular;Deno;Express;Node.js;Phoenix;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Spring Tool Suite
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;NixOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Deployment and monitoring | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;I haven’t encountered any problems | great | 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. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or pla... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | ai agent developers | null | 9 |
33,122 | 33,123 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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33,123 | 33,124 | 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 | 28 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Blogs or podcasts | 40 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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33,124 | 33,125 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | 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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33,125 | 33,126 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | 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) | 55 | 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 online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 55 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | null | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET | ASP.NET | ASP.NET | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS;iPadOS | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | NO | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or Info... | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | null | 10 |
33,126 | 33,127 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 19 | 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 | 27 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 1 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 220,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;JavaScript;Perl;PowerShell;Python;VBA | C++;Go;TypeScript | C++;Go | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;SQLite | MongoDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Make;Ninja;npm;Pacman;Pip;Podman | APT;Docker;Firebase;Ninja;npm;Pacman | APT;Docker;Ninja;npm;Pacman | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | CLion
CLion | Large Language Model | c++23;Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model | null | null | Arch | Ubuntu | Confluence;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian;Trello | Confluence;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per week | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;Other (please specify): | Technology decision making, architecture, mentoring. | 160,508 | 6 |
33,127 | 33,128 | 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) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., Univers... | 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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33,128 | 33,129 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 16 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 23 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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33,129 | 33,130 | 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 | Attending school (full-time) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack... | 12 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 32 | 77 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 77,777 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;SQL;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Kotlin;Python;SQL;Swift;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;Kotlin;Python;SQL;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite | Cassandra;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel | Django;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works;I haven’t encountered any problems | yes | 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;Robotics;Cybersecurity | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collabora... | null | null | null | 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 | Redis;pgvector | null | Ollama;LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | refact.ai | 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... | DSA, ALGROTIHMS, DATABASES, SQL, | 90,233 | 10 |
33,130 | 33,131 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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 ... | 15 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 8 | France | EUR European Euro | 49,000 | Yes | Ada;TypeScript | Ada;TypeScript | Ada;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Neo4J | Neo4J;Supabase | Neo4J | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;pnpm;Vite | APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;pnpm;Supabase;Vite | Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;pnpm;Vite | Deno
NA | Yes | Nuxt.js;Vue.js | Nuxt.js;Vue.js | Nuxt.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;Cursor;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Windsurf;Zed | Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Windsurf;Zed | Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Windsurf;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama;LangGraph | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;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 | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Deployment and monitoring | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes, but mainly on web dev, not on embedded software 'cause AI needs to learn more about Ada programming language. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | 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.;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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Neo4j;ChromaDB;supabase;pgvector | null | Ollama;LangChain;LangGraph | null | null | null | v0.dev;Perplexity;Bolt.new | 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;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Good knowledge of algorithmic, and code complexity. | 56,847 | 7 |
33,131 | 33,132 | 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 | 22 | 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);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 24 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Government | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 1 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 156 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Python | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js | Django;FastAPI;Axum | null | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Cline and/or Roo;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph | Shadcn/ui;LangGraph | LangGraph | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Documenting code | null | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;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, somewhat | Software engineering | Vector databases for AI applications | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Soft skills, people management, dealing with product owners, create backlogs, manage business rules and processes. | 28 | 8 |
33,132 | 33,133 | 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 not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 7 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 10 | Colombia | COP Colombian peso | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;SQLite | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift | MariaDB | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Make;Ninja;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Yarn | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Kubernetes;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Yarn | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Pacman;Pip;Yarn | NA
salt, chef | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;RustRover;VSCodium | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Red Hat;Fedora | MacOS;Red Hat;Fedora | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Project planning;Writing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | Predictive analytics | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No, I only use AI to code occasionally and most of the time I end up rewriting it anyways to improve readibility/keep the code base uniform | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Debugging since most of the time AI code is faulty when handling complex scenarios and will need to be fixed.
Testing, since I believe AI won't evolve enough to make testing totally autonomous.
Planning, this one is a maybe since you could technically do planning fully with AI, but I believe there will need to be a h... | null | null |
33,133 | 33,134 | 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.) | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other (please specify): | 21 | Engineering manager | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 3 | Guatemala | GTQ Guatemalan quetzal | 350,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | Windows | null | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File | Stack Overflow for Teams | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Videos;Job board | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes it has slowly become part of our new reality, I have learn to provide better prompts to the AI models and at the begging it was difficult to know which model to use, but now I have learned to make them collaborate instead of picking just one. | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | learning how to do fine tuning to the models, for example how to feed the models with company coding and security standards, developing large language models and machine learning for tasks that must be done on premise due to contractual requirements. | 45,543 | 10 |
33,134 | 33,135 | 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 | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | null | Academic researcher | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 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 | Yes, I use AI tools daily | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
33,135 | 33,136 | 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.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 13 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 30 | 50 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 20,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | C++;Go;JavaScript;Lisp;Lua;Python;Rust | C++;JavaScript;Python;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip | Make | Make | truenas, platformio
NA | Yes | Node.js;WordPress | Node.js | Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian;Arch;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Clickup;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Absolutely not | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Troubleshooting, verification / validation, problem-solving | 14,592 | null |
33,136 | 33,137 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 21 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Other (please specify):
Use of generative AI or AI agents | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 5 | Ireland | EUR European Euro | 210,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | PHP;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | PHP;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;MariaDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | BigQuery;MariaDB;MySQL;Valkey | BigQuery;MariaDB;MySQL;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cargo;Composer;Docker;npm;Podman;Yarn | Ansible;Cargo;Composer | Ansible;Cargo;Composer | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm;RustRover;Vim | PhpStorm;RustRover;Vim | PhpStorm;RustRover;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Wikis | GitLab;Wikis | GitLab;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | 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 | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, 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 | 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 | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | An ability to programme and, probably sadly, to debug shitty AI code. | 243,631 | 5 |
33,137 | 33,138 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Other (please specify): | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time);Attending school (part-time) | 4 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 2 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Nigeria | NGN Nigerian naira | 1 | null | null | null | null | NA
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33,138 | 33,139 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 21 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | 7 | Croatia | EUR European Euro | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 |
33,139 | 33,140 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 24 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 20 | Other (please specify): | Less than 20 employees | People manager | In-person | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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33,140 | 33,141 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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33,141 | 33,142 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 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, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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33,142 | 33,143 | 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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33,143 | 33,144 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other (please specify): | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 25 | System administrator | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | 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
Provability, Correctness | Poor usability
Hype-train | Software Development | Other (please specify):
Problem Solving | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Ada;C;C++;SQL | Ada;Lisp;OCaml;SQL | Ada;SQL | MUMPS
VHDL | Yes | null | null | null | Paradox, Proprietary
InterBase, FireBird, Proprietary | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Red Hat | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Job board | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed ab... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | I don't believe that AI will become "more capable" in the sense that is being hyped: the probabilistic nature of the models are unsuited to the production of code, which is provable and "deterministic". Reliance on such tools will likely dull the ability to troubleshoot & debug, in the individual; in the organization, ... | null | 6 |
33,144 | 33,145 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 16 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 510,000 | Yes | Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | Elixir;SQL | Elixir;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Heroku;npm | Docker | Docker | NA
NA | Yes | Phoenix | Phoenix | Phoenix | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor | Cursor | Cursor | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Linear;Notion | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | 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 | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Devin AI | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Reviweing code
Guiding AI throught complex problems
Troubleshooting complex bugs | 92,839 | 10 |
33,145 | 33,146 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 39 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 46 | Developer, back-end | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 10 | 15 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 220,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | Dataweave
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cosmos DB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cosmos DB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Maven (build tool) | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Maven (build tool) | Anypoint Platform, Cloudhub
Anypoint Platform, Cloudhub | Yes | ASP.NET;jQuery | AngularJS;Blazor;Laravel;React | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Anypoint Studio
Anypoint Studio | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Microsoft Planner | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Bluesky | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes, I utilize "vibe coding". It can provide a good foundation, but it rarely gets to the finish line without multiple rounds of tweaking. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | Vision will remain valuable - the ability to see the big picture and to break down tasks. | 220,000 | 8 |
33,146 | 33,147 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 32 | 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;Blogs or podcasts | 34 | Developer, mobile | null | null | null | 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 somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 8 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 140,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite;Supabase | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Chocolatey;Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Pip;Supabase;Terraform | Chocolatey;Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Blazor | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Trello | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | 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 | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | I use vibe coding with Visual Studio 2022, with two to three sentence prompts and will often have to iterate and reverse some of the outcomes. It is effective with some shepherding. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | The developers that remain will need to have a good understanding in application architecture and best practices. This will help them create effective prompts and verify solutions. | 140,000 | 9 |
33,147 | 33,148 | 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 | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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33,148 | 33,149 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e.,... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 8 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | Chile | CLP Chilean peso | 12,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | Java;SQL | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Laravel;React | Angular;Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Neovim;Vim | Cursor | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Ollama;LangGraph | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Clickup;GitHub;Google Colab;Trello | GitHub;Google Colab;Trello | GitHub;Google Colab;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 12,724 | 8 |
33,149 | 33,150 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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33,150 | 33,151 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 30 | DevOps engineer or professional | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL;TypeScript | Kotlin;TypeScript | TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MySQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Microsoft Azure;npm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js | null | null | Grails
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitLab;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | "Vibe coding" is well described by the following joke: "Claude 4 just refactored my entire codebase in one call! 25 tool invocations! 3,000+ new lines! 12 brand new files! It modularized everything! Broke up monoliths! Cleaned up spaghetti! None of it worked. But boy was it beautiful." | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;Other (please specify): | creativity, formal logic, understanding CS fundfamentals, desigion making | null | 9 |
33,151 | 33,152 | 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 | 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
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33,152 | 33,153 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 5 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 5 | Malaysia | MYR Malaysian ringgit | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 9 |
33,153 | 33,154 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 3 | Student | 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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33,154 | 33,155 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 27 | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Government | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | Argentina | USD United States dollar | 40,000 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | etcd
NA | Yes | APT;Bun;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Railway;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | APT;Bun;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite | APT;Bun;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Fastify;Laravel;Node.js;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | Deno;FastAPI;Fastify;Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress | Fastify;Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Ollama | Ollama | Ollama | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | GitLab;Google Colab | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code | Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | IT operations | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoS... | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | pgvector | null | Llama Index;Ollama;LangChain;LangGraph;phidata | null | Sentry;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | null | 40,000 | 9 |
33,155 | 33,156 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | null | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time);Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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33,156 | 33,157 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | 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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33,157 | 33,158 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 27 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 115,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;Zig | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;GDScript;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip | Cargo;Docker;Make | Cargo;Docker;Make | portage
portage | Yes | jQuery;Svelte | jQuery;Svelte | jQuery;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim;VSCodium | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim;VSCodium;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim;VSCodium | NA
NA | c++23;Ollama | c++23;Ollama | c++23;Ollama | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | GitHub | moodle
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Codeium
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Somewhat 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 | 142,592 | 8 |
33,158 | 33,159 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-... | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 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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33,159 | 33,160 | 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 | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 35 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 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 | 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 | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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33,160 | 33,161 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 6 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more 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 | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2 |
33,161 | 33,162 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 5 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Government | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 2 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 67,200 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | null | null | 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;Long-form articles;Videos;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 12,233 | 10 |
33,162 | 33,163 | 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 | None of the above | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 35 | Academic researcher | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Other (please specify):
enables critical research | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 0 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Lisp;PowerShell;Python | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Make;Pacman;Pip | null | null | pkg, kpsewhich
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | Bitbucket
Bitbucket | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | 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 | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Business process automation | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | ChatGPT, Gemini | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Creating brand new code to solve brand new challenges, scientific computing, computational method development. | 160,000 | null |
33,163 | 33,164 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 16 | Academic researcher | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Poor usability
NA | Other: | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 300 | 300 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust | Yuescript, Typescript
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Cloudflare;Make;npm;Pip;Poetry;Vite | Cargo;Cloudflare | Cargo;Cloudflare | uv, nix
uv, nix | Yes | Astro;Deno;FastAPI;Flask;React;Axum | FastAPI;Axum | FastAPI;Axum | My own
My own | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;uv | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X | NA
Personal blog | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers;Other (write in): | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | Absolutely not | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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. | 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;Other (please specify): | Planning, decision-making and open-ended problems. | null | null |
33,164 | 33,165 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 19 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 7 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 0 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging or fixing code | Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
33,165 | 33,166 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 12 | Academic researcher | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Higher Education | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 7 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;R | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;R | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;R | julia lang
Julia lang | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;Svelte | Deno;Express;Flask;Node.js;Svelte | Express;Node.js;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;RAG | null | null | Ubuntu;Debian | Ubuntu;Debian | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | 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.;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 ... | 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. | null | Milvus | null | Ollama;LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT | 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 | making decision | null | null |
33,166 | 33,167 | 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 | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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) | 33 | DevOps engineer or professional | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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33,167 | 33,168 | 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 | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 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) | 16 | Engineering manager | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | School | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 1,200,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than 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 | 63,167 | 7 |
33,168 | 33,169 | 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.) | Employed | None of the above;Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 4 | Other (please specify): | 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | null | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 400,000 | Yes | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;iOS;ChromeOS | Windows;Android | GitHub;Google Workspace;Notion;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Notion;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;Google Workspace;Notion;Stack Overflow for Teams | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Generating content or synthetic data | null | Documenting code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Business process automation;Marketing | Personalized agent creation | 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. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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. | 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 | null | Zapier | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | null | 9,586 | null |
33,169 | 33,170 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 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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33,170 | 33,171 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 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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33,171 | 33,172 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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);School (i.e., University, College, 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 | NA
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33,172 | 33,173 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 11 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Argentina | ARS Argentine peso | 32,900,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Prolog;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Gleam | Dart;Elixir;Go;Kotlin;Rust;Gleam | Dart;Rust;Gleam | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Pocketbase | PostgreSQL;Pocketbase | PostgreSQL;Pocketbase | AppWrite
SurrealDB | Yes | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Supabase;Vite;Webpack | Ansible;Bun;Cargo;pnpm;Podman;Vite | Cargo;pnpm;Vite | uv
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;FastAPI;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Deno;React;Vue.js;Axum | Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;VSCodium;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;VSCodium;Zed | Helix
Helix | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Ollama;uv | RAG | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | null | GitHub;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | I do vibe coding when having to write quick automation scripts or small tasks that require little programming. Also to get an initial idea started. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation;Decision intelligence;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. | null | 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. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 28,066 | 8 |
33,173 | 33,174 | 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) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Coding Bootcamp | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 1 | Developer, mobile | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 1 | Taiwan | TWD New Taiwan dollar | 800,000 | Yes | Swift | Swift | Swift | 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 | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | null | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 27,109 | 8 |
33,174 | 33,175 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
33,175 | 33,176 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Books / Physical media | 5 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 5 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 30,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | C#;Rust;Swift | C# | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Laravel | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Zed | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Rider;RustRover | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Rider | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;SwiftData;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | Markdown File | Markdown File | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Search for answers | null | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 5,461 | 5 |
33,176 | 33,177 | I am learning to code | Prefer not to say | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (part-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Colleague or on-the-job training | null | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | C;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | Node.js | Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | 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 | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Not at all. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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 compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | null |
33,177 | 33,178 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week);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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Student | I don’t know | Individual contributor | In-person | No | School | Connected to an open-source project
Proper and complete documentation | Other (please specify):
AI or AI agents | Other: | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Prolog;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust | GLSL, Scratch
GLSL, Scratch, Goboscript | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Node.js | Node.js | Node.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23 | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | c++23 | null | null | iOS;Debian | null | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File | NA
rustdoc | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
Add further information or alternative answers to questions | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;... | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Absolutely not!! I don't use neural networks for programming at all, unless I'm programming my own neural networks to do silly things in interesting but low quality ways. | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to 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... | Being able to write extendable, complex, future-proof codebases without technical debt, along with fixing existing errors and not causing bloat in the code, size, nor execution. | null | null |
33,178 | 33,179 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Volunteering (regularly) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;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 | 10 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Java;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);F#;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Make;Maven (build tool);Pacman;Pip | Cargo;Docker;Pacman;Pip | Cargo;Docker;Pacman;Pip | NA
scons | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;RustRover | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;RustRover | NA
NA | Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Coda;GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | 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;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No, it isn't | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Being able to break down large projects/problems into smaller ones, and being able to clearly articulate that breakdown. | null | null |
33,179 | 33,180 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 40 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
33,180 | 33,181 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Other (please specify): | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;MicroPython;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;MicroPython;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | NA
NA | null | Ansible;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask | Django;Flask | Django;Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | kate
kate | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Fedora | null | null | null | null | codeberg, forgejo
codeberg, forgejo | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Other (write in): | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoS... | null | 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 | Coming up with ideas, finding novel solutions, discovering different ways of doing somethings, writing really small and simple scripts, maintaining code. | null | null |
33,181 | 33,182 | 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);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 | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 8 | 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
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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33,182 | 33,183 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 50 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 54 | 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 | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | null | null | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 |
33,183 | 33,184 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, Co... | 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 | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 8 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Zig;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go | NA
NA | null | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Make;Pacman;Poetry | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;Pacman;Poetry | Cloudflare;Docker;Make;Pacman;Poetry | Nix
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Svelte | Astro;FastAPI;Svelte | FastAPI;Svelte | htmx, go standard http router
htmx, ktor, echo | Yes | Android Studio;Neovim;Vim;Zed | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Ubuntu;Arch | GitHub;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Obsidian;Wikis | Codeberg
Codeberg | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;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 | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No, vibe coding is insanely ridicolous. For me, AI is another tool, not the ONE tool replacing all the others. I use it when searching for specific information and when planning. | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | The ability to be innovative and come up with new approaches to software development. | null | null |
33,184 | 33,185 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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 | Student | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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33,185 | 33,186 | 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.) | Student | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 2 | Database administrator or engineer | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 22 | Nigeria | NGN Nigerian naira | null | Yes | null | null | null | NA
Shell,javascript,swift | Yes | null | null | null | NA
Cloud firestorm, Microsoft access, Amazon Redshift | null | null | null | null | NA
Cloudflare | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NET 8 or higher | Android | Android | GitHub | null | null | GitHub
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
GitHub | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | I don't use Stack Overflow | Multiple times per day | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
33,186 | 33,187 | 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 | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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 | 28 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | No | null | null | null | Other: | Other (please specify):
barely have to do any work | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 1 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 130,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | 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;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 130,000 | 9 |
33,187 | 33,188 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | null | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 9 | 6 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 78,400 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Bun;Datadog;Docker;Make;npm;Pip;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Datadog;Docker;Make;npm;Pip;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Datadog;Docker;Make;npm;Pip;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django;Express;Flask;jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js | Django;Express;Flask;Vue.js | Django;Express;Flask;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic;Ultralytics | Pydantic | Pydantic | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Clickup;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | Clickup;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | Clickup;Markdown File;Obsidian;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Thank God no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick h... | Domain logic | 14,272 | 10 |
33,188 | 33,189 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Attending school (part-time) | 2 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Games or coding challenges | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 1 | 3 | Indonesia | IDR Indonesian rupiah | 3,500,000,000 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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33,189 | 33,190 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 12 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
inovador, novedoso | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 30 | Mexico | MXN Mexican peso | 120,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | 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 | 6,317 | 10 |
33,190 | 33,191 | 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) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job... | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, ... | 10 | Developer, mobile | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 3 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 60,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | C;C++;Kotlin;Swift | Kotlin | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | NA
NA | null | Docker;Gradle;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Terraform;Webpack | Docker;Gradle;MSBuild;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Express;jQuery;Node.js | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows | Windows;Android | Azure Devops;Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Notion;Trello | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | Not sure | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | 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. | 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. | 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 | 10,922 | 10 |
33,191 | 33,192 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 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);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., 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 11 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 70,000 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Redis | MySQL;Redis | MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Vercel;Webpack | APT;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Vercel;Webpack | APT;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Vercel;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS;Pop!_OS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 45,507 | 6 |
33,192 | 33,193 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Coding Bootcamp | 20 | Developer, back-end | 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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33,193 | 33,194 | 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.) | 8 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media | 9 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 58,000 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Erlang | null | NA
NA | null | BigQuery;Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Splunk;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Monday.com;Notion;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Committing and reviewing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;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 | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration withi... | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | Redis;Neo4j | null | Ollama;LangChain | null | New Relic;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Roo code (Roo-Cline);Cody | 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;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 78,962 | 5 |
33,194 | 33,195 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 12 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 110,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;SQL | Elixir;Erlang;Go;Lisp;Lua;SQL;Zig;Gleam | Go;Lua;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes | Docker;Kubernetes | Docker;Kubernetes | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | VSCodium | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | 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 | 71,510 | 7 |
33,195 | 33,196 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 5 | Chile | CLP Chilean peso | 19,200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Rust;Mojo;Gleam | null | NA
Haskell | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Terraform | Cargo;Terraform | Terraform | NA
Nix | Yes | Django;jQuery;React | FastAPI;Axum | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Zed | Zed | Zed | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Polars;Pydantic;Ollama;uv | Ollama;uv | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | MacOS | GitHub;Jira;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Answer a question
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code | Testing code | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Language processing;MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Management | 20,358 | 8 |
33,196 | 33,197 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Other (please specify): | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 100 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | Academic researcher | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | null | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1,000 | 1,000 | France | USD United States dollar | 1,000 | Yes | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | 10000
10000 | Yes | Android Studio | Android Studio | Android Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | 2 | 2 | NixOS | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | 03069838249
03069838249 | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | null | Other (write in): | null | null | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unsure | null | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Testing code | Other (write in): | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1,000 | null |
33,197 | 33,198 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Colombia | COP Colombian peso | 30,000 | Yes | JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Go;Python | null | javascroipt, typescript. sql
C3, Go, Python | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Dynamodb;Redis;Supabase;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift | null | mysql, postgres, mongo, access
dynamo, redis | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Railway;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Firebase;Google Cloud | Digital Ocean | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express | Deno;Django | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Zed | PyCharm;Visual Studio | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Airtable;GitHub;Jira;Notion | Asana;Azure Devops;Stack Overflow for Teams | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Slack (public channels, not work);X;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Videos;Logic games/puzzles | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the se... | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | ML | 7 | 8 |
33,198 | 33,199 | 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) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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 | 4 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 2 | Nicaragua | USD United States dollar | 9,600 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, it is not | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 9,600 | 7 |
33,199 | 33,200 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
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