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35,900 | 35,901 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | 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;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) | 17 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 10 | Moldova | MDL Moldovan leu | null | Yes | C#;F#;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;F#;Go;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript;Zig | C#;F#;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman | Docker;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | Docker;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;jQuery;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;jQuery;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Open AI Whisper
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
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35,901 | 35,902 | 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);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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;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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 3 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | null | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 6 | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 14,400 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Ruby;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Go;Python;TypeScript | Python;TypeScript | objective-c
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Heroku;New Relic;npm;Vercel | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;uv | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android;iOS | null | GitHub;Linear | null | null | NA
NA | Discord | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | shit coding | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | MCP servers | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | critical thinking | 14,400 | 8 |
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NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
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NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;PostgreSQL | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cosmos DB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus;Yarn | Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus;Yarn | Digital Ocean;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React;Svelte | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React;Svelte | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Notion;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Videos;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
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NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
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NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Express;FastAPI;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;WordPress | Express;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | hostinger;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | hostinger;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Testing code | Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No, it's not a part of my work and I'd like to keep it that way. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | security and performance optimization | 2,325 | 6 |
35,904 | 35,905 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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) | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 29 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 10 | Singapore | USD United States dollar | 265,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Solidity
Solidity | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Cosmos DB;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Node.js | Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Node.js | Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cline and/or Roo;Visual Studio Code | Cline and/or Roo;Visual Studio Code | Cline and/or Roo;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;LangGraph;uv | Large Language Model;LangGraph;uv | Large Language Model;LangGraph;uv | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS | Asana;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | monday.com
monday.com | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no. tried it, but not good enough, and am better off writing it myself with occasional AI assistance, rather than full-on vibe coding. | No, but I 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | actually understanding concepts and skills | 265,000 | 10 |
35,905 | 35,906 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Retired | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 10 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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35,906 | 35,907 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 24 | 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;Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 31 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 20 | 20 | Hungary | HUF Hungarian forint | 14,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Lua;Perl;PowerShell;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Assembly;C;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Lua;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Lua;Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;InfluxDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | InfluxDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | Mason (build tool)
Mason (build tool) | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;Vue.js | FastAPI;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | FastAPI;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Vim | Android Studio | null | Emacs
Emacs | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Fedora | Fedora | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Matrix/Element
Matrix/Element | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers | 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 | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No, and with the current state of the available tools it never will be | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Software architecture, ie. Qto to translate business needs to something that is understood by machines | 40,483 | 7 |
35,907 | 35,908 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 8 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 7 | Developer, mobile | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 90,000 | Yes | Swift | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;LinkedIn | 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 | Message Boards;Coding challenges;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | Writing code | null | null | Other (write in): | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;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. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 104,413 | 7 |
35,908 | 35,909 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 5 | 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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35,909 | 35,910 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 35 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Finland | EUR European Euro | 64,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Ollama | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Ollama | null | null | Debian | Debian | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | rally
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Not at all | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 74,249 | 7 |
35,910 | 35,911 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 5 | Developer, QA or test | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Manufacturing | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 3 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 35,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Make;Pip;Poetry | Cargo;Docker;Make;Pip;Poetry | Docker;Make;Pip;Poetry | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Miro | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Microsoft Phi-4 models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Microsoft Phi-4 models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Microsoft Phi-4 models | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | not so much | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 40,605 | null |
35,911 | 35,912 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 65,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | TypeScript | TypeScript | Smalltalk, GQL
Smalltalk, GQL | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;Neo4J;SQLite | Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch | i-views
i-views | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;npm;Pip;Podman;Vite;Webpack | Podman | Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Vue.js | null | null | Ractive
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;VSCodium | Nano;VSCodium | Nano;VSCodium | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Ubuntu;Debian | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab | Confluence;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement;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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 75,410 | 6 |
35,912 | 35,913 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 18 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 28 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 110,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;Clickhouse | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Splunk;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Splunk;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Splunk;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Vue.js | Node.js;Vue.js | Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG | Large Language Model;RAG | Large Language Model;RAG | null | null | MacOS;Fedora | MacOS;Fedora | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | 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 | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | Not a freaking all | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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. | 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 don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;Other (please specify): | Long-time experience, Performance tuning and embedded systems. | 127,616 | 8 |
35,913 | 35,914 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | DevOps engineer or professional | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 5 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | null | null | HCL
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Clickhouse | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | null | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | 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.);Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code | Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 want to compare different solutions | null | null | null |
35,914 | 35,915 | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | null | Student | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 60,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 697 | null |
35,915 | 35,916 | 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 | 25 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 30 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Higher Education | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 54,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Digital Ocean;Docker;Pip;Podman | Digital Ocean;Docker;Pip;Podman | Digital Ocean;Docker;Pip;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask | FastAPI;Flask | Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Wikis | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | 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 | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Good god, no. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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 | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Domain knowledge. Communication skills. Problem solving. | 73,516 | 6 |
35,916 | 35,917 | 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 | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media | 7 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Energy | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Namibia | NAD Namibian dollar | 60,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | null | null | julia programming
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | Cassandra;Redis | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Vite | Ansible;Firebase;Google Cloud;Terraform;Vercel | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Django;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js;WordPress | Ruby on Rails;Symfony | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Windsurf;Xcode | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;uv | Amazon Bedrock;Ollama;LangGraph | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Windows | Airtable;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Trello | Jira;Obsidian | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Exchange;Slack (public channels, not work) | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Mistral AI models;openAI Reasoning models | Meta Llama (all models);Perplexity Sonar models | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | MCP servers | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | LangGraph | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Tabnine;Amazon Codewhisperer | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Social Skills | 3,387 | 0 |
35,917 | 35,918 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 32 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 35 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Higher Education | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Lisp;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Lisp;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Lisp;Rust;SQL | Clojure, XSLT
Clojure, XSLT | Yes | MariaDB | Datomic;PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;Maven (build tool);Podman;Prometheus | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Make;Podman;Prometheus | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Make;Podman;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | React | null | null | Reagent (Clojurescript)
Reagent (Clojurescript) | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | null | null | Emacs, gptel
Emacs, gptel | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu;Debian | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub | GitHub | org-mode
org-mode, Codeberg | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | irc
irc, Matrix | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | 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;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Project planning | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions | Evaluate a good solution | null | 7 |
35,918 | 35,919 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | null | Student | null | 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
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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35,919 | 35,920 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 2 | Portugal | EUR European Euro | 23,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | null | null | Couch db
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Maven (build tool);Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;jQuery;Next.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unsure | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | null | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 26,683 | 2 |
35,920 | 35,921 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 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) | 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 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) | 10 | Developer, back-end | 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | Slovakia | EUR European Euro | 50,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Webpack | Cloudflare;Composer;npm;Pip | Cloudflare;Composer;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Vue.js | null | null | CakePHP
CakePHP | Yes | PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | PhpStorm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu;Debian | Confluence;Jira;Stack Overflow for Teams | Confluence;Jira;Stack Overflow for Teams | Confluence;Jira;Stack Overflow for Teams | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No, I don't trust AI generated code | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Problem solving, security awarenes | 58,007 | 7 |
35,921 | 35,922 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 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 | 15 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Slovenia | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Go;JavaScript;SQL | C;Elixir;GDScript;Go;Rust;SQL | Go;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;PostgreSQL;Supabase | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Supabase | PostgreSQL;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pacman;Pip;Supabase;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;Supabase | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pacman;Pip;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Next.js;Node.js | Deno;Express;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;Vue.js | Deno;Next.js;Node.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | MacOS | Airtable;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Notion;YouTrack | Airtable;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Notion;YouTrack | Airtable;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Notion;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Nope | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | 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 | High level grasp on the architecture of the entire software system and infrastructure supporting it. | 69,609 | 9 |
35,922 | 35,923 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | null | 27 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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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 |
35,923 | 35,924 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 14 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 18 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 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 ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Other (please specify):
it's not AI related | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Kazakhstan | KZT Kazakhstani tenge | 14,400,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Kotlin;PHP;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Gradle;Make;NuGet;Pacman;Pip | null | null | dnf, zypper
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Vim | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | Clickup | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Direct messaging of users | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | 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;Other (write in): | null | null | null | Other (write in): | No | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something | 1. Basic CS knowledge. The more capable AI, the less capable newbies.
2. Ability to write your thoughts as text without AI.
3. To understand specs and to code solution.
4. Critical thinking | 27,802 | 8 |
35,924 | 35,925 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 8 | Developer, QA or test | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | null | null | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 3 | Moldova | MDL Moldovan leu | 756,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | 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 | 44,343 | 8 |
35,925 | 35,926 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 20 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Serbia | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C# | C# | C# | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows;MacOS | Jira | Jira | Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | null | null | null | Yes, definitely | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | IT operations | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | 10 |
35,926 | 35,927 | 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 | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 7 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Reputation for quality
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 | 4 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MATLAB;PHP;Python;R;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);PHP;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);PHP;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | 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 | partly | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | understanding architecture, security considerations, efficiency, writing code in a extensible way | null | null |
35,927 | 35,928 | I am learning to code | 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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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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35,928 | 35,929 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
35,929 | 35,930 | 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 | 21 | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 5 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 118,000 | Yes | C#;PowerShell | C#;F#;Go;JavaScript;PowerShell;TypeScript | C#;PowerShell | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Prometheus | Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Prometheus | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Miro | Azure Devops;GitHub;Miro | Azure Devops;GitHub;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | MCP servers | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | Qdrant | Semantel Kernel, LangChain | AutoGen (Microsoft);Ollama;Semantic Kernel;LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Reasoning, Ethical decisions, privacy considerations, building maintainable distributed systems | 136,897 | 9 |
35,930 | 35,931 | 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);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 | 5 | Data engineer | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Fintech | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Viet Nam | VND Vietnamese dong | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;SQL | C++;OCaml;Rust;Zig | null | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Clickhouse | Elasticsearch;Redis;Cockroachdb | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;Make;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Poetry | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Heroku;Terraform | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask | Svelte;Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Aider;Cursor | null | NA
NA | Polars;Pydantic;uv | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Ubuntu;Arch;Red Hat | GitLab | GitHub;Obsidian | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | null | null |
35,931 | 35,932 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 6 | Malaysia | MYR Malaysian ringgit | null | Yes | C;C#;C++;Delphi;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Python | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Oracle | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vue.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;iOS | Windows;MacOS;Debian | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;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 | AI was not great in handling large or complex tasks, but it was great in smaller sized tasks. As such, I would say "vibe coding" is part, but is limited to such tasks, and still needed human guidance or intervention | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | 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 | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I 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 | The ability to break down problems effectively.
I still stand that AI is highly dependent on the trained data or fed data, as such, depending on the user, the AI could not determine implicit information or hidden info and still lacks in analyzing skills in similar | null | null |
35,932 | 35,933 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 14 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Manufacturing | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Ninja;Pacman | APT;Cargo;Docker;Ninja;Pacman | APT;Ninja;Pacman | cmake
cmake | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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 | thinking, researching, architecture, planning systems | null | 8 |
35,933 | 35,934 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 9 | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 12 | AI/ML engineer | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | null | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Albania | USD United States dollar | 50,000 | Yes | Go;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;npm;Railway;Supabase;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;npm;Railway;Supabase;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;npm;Railway;Supabase;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js | FastAPI;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js | FastAPI;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;uv | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS | Windows;MacOS | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis;Qdrant;GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB;supabase;pgvector;Weaviate;Pinecone;LangMem | null | Vertex AI;Llama Index;OpenRouter;LangChain;Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | null | null | Claude Code;Microsoft Copilot;Roo code (Roo-Cline);v0.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 50,000 | 5 |
35,934 | 35,935 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 12 | Academic researcher | null | null | null | null | School | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | South Korea | KRW South Korean won | null | Yes | C;C++;Java;JavaScript;Python;R;SQL;Swift;VBA | Python | Python | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Oracle;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | Oracle;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Kubernetes;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;Django;Express;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ultralytics | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ultralytics | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ultralytics | null | null | Windows | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | 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 | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | 7 |
35,935 | 35,936 | 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) | 4 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 7 | System administrator | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 12 | 5 | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | 5,500,000 | Yes | C#;Java;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;Swift;VBA | C#;C++;Dart;Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Perl;Python;Ruby;Scala;SQL;Swift;VBA | C#;Java;JavaScript;Perl;Python;SQL;Swift;VBA | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;npm;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | Docker;Firebase;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Node.js | Django;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Ruby on Rails | Django;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Bolt;Eclipse;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Xcode | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | RAG | RAG | RAG | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);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
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Documenting code;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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.;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 compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | decision using will
| 37,999 | null |
35,936 | 35,937 | 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 | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Italy | EUR European Euro | 110,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Valkey | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm;Podman;Vite;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Arch | Android;Debian;Arch | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Fuck 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 127,616 | 8 |
35,937 | 35,938 | 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 | Volunteering (regularly);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);Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Good brand and public image
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | Romania | RON Romanian leu | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;MATLAB;Python;SQL | C#;Go;Java;JavaScript;PHP | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | hostinger | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Arch;Red Hat | Windows | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | GitLab;Stack Overflow for Teams | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | in the beginning i vibe coded a lot, but now i try to use AI as a personal mentor to teach me how to code. still trying to not depend a lot on AI | 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. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | soft skills and known languages (Japanese, german, dutch etc), business skills. coding, programming skills won't be appreciated | null | null |
35,938 | 35,939 | 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 | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 25 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
non-AI | Other (please specify):
AI | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
salary over perks | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 3 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 54,000 | Yes | Perl;SQL | Perl | Perl | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Mojolicious
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android | Debian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Jira | Jira | Mercurial, BitBucket
Mercurial | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Other (write in):
find previous experiences | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;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 help troubleshooting;Other (please specify): | critical thinking | 62,648 | 8 |
35,939 | 35,940 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 8 | Data engineer | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 90,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | null | null | PySpark
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Poetry;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | null | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Bluesky;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Bigger picture architecture and requirements, looking at solutions that are not obvious | 122,527 | 7 |
35,940 | 35,941 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | 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) | 20 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 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 | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 5 | Uzbekistan | UZS Uzbekistani som | 60,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js | Express;Node.js | Express;Node.js | NA
Bootstrap | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Mistral AI models | Mistral AI models | Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Other (write in):
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;Other (please specify): | experience, trustworthiness, honesty | 4,837 | 8 |
35,941 | 35,942 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 14 | Architect, software or solutions | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 1 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 72,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Lua;PowerShell;Python;SQL | C#;Lua;PowerShell;Python | C#;Lua;PowerShell;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Pip | Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | openAI Reasoning models | openAI Reasoning models | openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Search for answers | null | Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Learning new tools | 83,531 | null |
35,942 | 35,943 | 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 (10-19 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 4 | Developer, mobile | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Kenya | KES Kenyan shilling | 600,000 | Yes | Dart;Python | Dart;Kotlin;Python | Dart;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore | Cloud Firestore;PostgreSQL | Cloud Firestore | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud | Firebase;Google Cloud | Firebase;Google Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ultralytics | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;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 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Videos;Direct messaging of users | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;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 | 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 want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Code debugging | 4,644 | 8 |
35,943 | 35,944 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 45 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 750,000 | Yes | C# | C#;Rust | C# | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild | Cargo;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild | NA
NA | Yes | Blazor | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitLab;Miro;Redmine | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No. In fact, HELL NO | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to 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 help troubleshooting | I do not believe AI will ever be able to replace human developers, especially not LLMs. | 78,616 | 10 |
35,944 | 35,945 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 1 | 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 | 8 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 41,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Search for answers | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have 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. | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;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.;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. | 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 | null | ChatGPT | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Being able to quickly identify when AI generated code will not work for the more complex business requirements | 55,818 | 10 |
35,945 | 35,946 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | Attending school (part-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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;Other (please specify): | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
It's not open-source | null | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Finland | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python | Ada;F#;Go;Lisp;Prolog;SQL | null | elisp, Smalltalk
Smalltalk, elisp | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Ninja;Pacman;Pip;Podman | APT;Cargo;Docker;Make;Ninja;Pacman;Podman;Poetry | APT;Cargo;Docker;Make;Ninja;Pacman;Podman | Portage, pkgsrc
Portage, pkgsrc | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Arch;NixOS | null | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | IRC
IRC | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Gentoo Forums, IRC
Gentoo Forums, IRC | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models) | NA
local LLMs, ollama | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, I think vibe coding is harmful. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Domain-specific knowledge, all current skills since you need to understand code generated with LLM | null | null |
35,946 | 35,947 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 48 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 62,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Never heard of it. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Debugging. Architecture. | 84,408 | 9 |
35,947 | 35,948 | 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) | 8 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 14 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 20 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 43,000 | Yes | C;C#;C++;PowerShell;Python | C#;C++;PowerShell;Python | C#;C++;PowerShell;Python | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | RabbitMQ
RabbitMQ | Yes | Docker;Firebase;MSBuild;NuGet;Pacman;Pip | Docker;Firebase;MSBuild;NuGet;Pacman;Pip | Docker;Firebase;MSBuild;NuGet;Pacman;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Rider | Rider | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | null | null | Windows;Arch | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Markdown File;Miro;YouTrack | Markdown File;YouTrack | Markdown File;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles;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 | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, I don't trust LLMs to generate production code without reviewing it and at that point I mostly write it myself as it is faster than understanding generated code. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;Other (please specify): | yes, wherever you don't have a huge (best would also be non-stolen) dataset to train (and waste a lot of energy) on, experience and knowledge are way more important than some AI coding skills. | 49,886 | 5 |
35,948 | 35,949 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 6 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | Belgium | EUR European Euro | 75,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Java;PHP | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Arch | Windows;Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No. | No, and I don't plan to | 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 | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Creativity | 87,011 | 9 |
35,949 | 35,950 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 12 | Developer, mobile | 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 | Work | Robust and complete API
High Community Support | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 5 | Indonesia | IDR Indonesian rupiah | 80,000,000 | Yes | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;Swift | Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;Swift | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Vercel | Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | Express;Laravel;Node.js;Spring Boot | Express;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Github Copilot
Github Copilot | Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;SwiftData;Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub;Trello | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub | Microsoft Teams
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Robotics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Learning fast | 4,903 | 9 |
35,950 | 35,951 | 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 | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 1 | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 60,000 | null | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;Java;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | Deployment and monitoring | Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | New Relic | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Management of AI | 60,000 | 5 |
35,951 | 35,952 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Colleague or on-the-job training | 25 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Fintech | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 103,000 | Yes | Python;Scala;TypeScript | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;InfluxDB | PostgreSQL;Redis | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | React | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Architecture, design, code quality, maintanability | 140,226 | 7 |
35,952 | 35,953 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 14 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 80,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | null | understanding complex systems and their implications and impact on the real world | 92,812 | 8 |
35,953 | 35,954 | I am learning to code | 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 | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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 |
35,954 | 35,955 | 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 | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 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) | 13 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 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 | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | Spain | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure | Docker;Microsoft Azure | Docker;Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Svelte | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | null | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 |
35,955 | 35,956 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 22 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Other: | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 3 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Microsoft Fabric | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart) | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;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 | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Predictive analytics | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 help troubleshooting | Everything, we cannot trust AI. | null | 10 |
35,956 | 35,957 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
Freemium | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | 80,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Vite | uv
uv | Yes | FastAPI;Svelte;Symfony | FastAPI;Svelte;Symfony | FastAPI;Svelte;Symfony | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic;Shadcn/ui;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv | Pydantic;Shadcn/ui;uv | null | null | iOS;Arch | MacOS;Arch | GitLab;Linear;Obsidian | Linear;Obsidian | Linear;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code | null | null | Project planning;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations;Customer service support;Cybersecurity | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 92,812 | 6 |
35,957 | 35,958 | 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 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 23 | Academic researcher | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | School | Costs are manageable
EU privacy laws | null | Higher Education | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 14 | 4 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;React;Svelte | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | null | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | 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. | GitHub MCP Server;supabase | null | phidata | null | Metero | null | GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Everything | null | null |
35,958 | 35,959 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 12 | Developer, mobile | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 68,000 | Yes | Dart;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Node.js;React;Vue.js | Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Xcode | Android Studio;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Xcode | Android Studio;Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;Android;iOS | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Committing and reviewing code | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes it is | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time 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. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Prompt writing, problem solving, thinking outside of the box | 92,576 | 6 |
35,959 | 35,960 | 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 | 14 | 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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 9 | 5 | France | EUR European Euro | 48,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | MariaDB;MySQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Composer;npm | APT;Composer;npm | APT;Composer;npm | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Laravel;Node.js | jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | jQuery;Laravel;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm | PhpStorm | PhpStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitLab;Markdown File | GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Laracast
Laracast | 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 | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Nope, not even a little. That’s one use of AI I dislike most. AI is a tool, it shouldn’t do the work for you. Imagine using something that was made by AI for someone who doesn’t understand how it works and won’t even bother to try. Urgh. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Innovation is something AI will never be able to do, or at least, not AI as I understand it right now. Ethics also isn’t something it can compute. | 55,687 | 7 |
35,960 | 35,961 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 18 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 18 | Project manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Healthcare | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 12 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 45,936 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;MicroPython;Python;Ruby;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);MicroPython;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);MicroPython;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker | Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | Composer;Docker | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Odoo | Odoo;Large Language Model | Odoo | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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 | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Talking with stakeholders about requirements and needs. Because many of them can't really explain, what they need. Only what they want. You still need much context of the real world to understand that. | 53,292 | 2 |
35,961 | 35,962 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);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) | 4 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Fintech | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 10 | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | null | Yes | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Ruby;Rust;TypeScript | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Homebrew;npm;NuGet;Vite | Docker;Homebrew;npm;Vite | Docker;Homebrew;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Django;FastAPI;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js | FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Lovable.dev;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Lovable.dev;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | CLion
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;Google Gemini | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | Azure Devops;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Notion | Clickup;Confluence;GitLab;Google Workspace;Miro;Notion | Clickup;Confluence;GitLab;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Dev.to;LinkedIn | Dev.to;LinkedIn | Dev.to;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 | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Predictive analytics | Testing code | Documenting code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Not really. I love when it generates boilderplate and docs and some basic components but other than that it makes it harder for me than easier. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;Lovable.dev | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Deep knowledge of the tech stack, great collaboration | null | 4 |
35,962 | 35,963 | 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 | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 25 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Vite | APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Vite | grunt, snap
NA | Yes | Node.js;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js | Node.js;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js | Node.js;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js | riot.js
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code | kate
NA | Large Language Model | c++23;Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu;Android | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;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 | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Not at all. I use AI mostly for generating boilerplate code - somewhere where "creative" thinking is not required at all. AI generated complex solutions never worked out of the box. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;AgentGPT | 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 quick help troubleshooting | creativity, code quality | null | 10 |
35,963 | 35,964 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 25 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
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35,964 | 35,965 | 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 | 14 | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 20 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Other (please specify):
Strong focus on AI | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 4 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 1,480,000 | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Swift | Swift | Swift | Objective-C
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | 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 | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 | Thinking for themselves.
Knowing how to profile their code and understand how to iterate on that data.
Deeply understanding their own projects.
| 155,136 | 6 |
35,965 | 35,966 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 32 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 50,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;SQL;VBA | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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. | 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 have ethical or security concerns about code | problem solving, lateral thinking, understanding how humans behave | 68,071 | 8 |
35,966 | 35,967 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 16 | Academic researcher | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 9 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 40,200 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;R;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
The full version of zig | Yes | null | null | null | NA
Spacetime DB | Yes | Docker;Pip | Docker;Firebase;Make;npm | Docker | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
Github Copilot | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows | GitHub;Google Colab;Wikis | GitHub;Google Colab;Wikis | GitHub;Google Colab;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Exchange;Discord;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | I always use my own code when producing professional code, but I might use vibe coding in drafting temporary code or writing scripts for quick tasks. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Data and analytics | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;Other (please specify): | AI Development, prompting, system integration, product understanding of the tech stack | 40,200 | null |
35,967 | 35,968 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 30 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 20 | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Firebase;Google Cloud;New Relic;npm;pnpm;Prometheus;Splunk;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;pnpm;Prometheus;Splunk | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;pnpm;Prometheus;Splunk | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js | Express;Node.js;Vue.js | Express;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation;Data and analytics;Customer service support | Vector databases for AI applications | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;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 | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | Ollama;Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | New Relic;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;v0.dev | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | null |
35,968 | 35,969 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 10 | Student | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 10 | France | EUR European Euro | 39,000 | Yes | C;C++;Dart;Go;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig;Gleam | C;Dart;Go;Python;Rust;SQL;Zig;Gleam | C;Dart;Go;Python;Rust;SQL;Zig;Gleam | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | BigQuery;DuckDB;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | MariaDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;pnpm;Poetry;Prometheus | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus | Cargo;Docker;Make;pnpm;Poetry;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Express;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Spring Boot;Svelte;Vue.js | Deno;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Svelte;Vue.js | Node.js;Nuxt.js;Svelte;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Neovim;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Neovim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Jira;Markdown File | Markdown File | Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Direct messaging of users | 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 monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Not at all | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | mistral.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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Mostly conceptual skills | 45,246 | null |
35,969 | 35,970 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 6 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Spain | EUR European Euro | 27,500 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;R;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Node.js;React | FastAPI;Next.js;Vue.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Miro;Notion;YouTrack | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | Ollama | null | null | null | GitHub 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 | Problem solving, debugging, clean code writing, good practices
| 31,904 | 7 |
35,970 | 35,971 | 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.) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | In-person | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Bangladesh | BDT Bangladeshi taka | null | Yes | C#;C++;Java | C#;C++ | C#;C++ | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | null | null | Windows | Windows;Android | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | null | null | null | Yes, definitely | null | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | not at all | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | 7 |
35,971 | 35,972 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | 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);Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | null | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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35,972 | 35,973 | 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 | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 16 | Applied scientist | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Manufacturing | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | C;C#;C++;PowerShell;Python | C;C#;C++;PowerShell;Python;R | C;C#;C++;PowerShell;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Docker;NuGet | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Spyder
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;Doxygen;GitLab;Jira;Microsoft Planner;Wikis | Azure Devops;Confluence;Doxygen;GitLab;Jira;Microsoft Planner;Wikis | Azure Devops;Confluence;Doxygen;GitLab;Jira;Microsoft Planner;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | somewhat | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | (proper) requirements engineering | 116,015 | null |
35,973 | 35,974 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 4 | India | INR Indian rupee | 1,400,000 | Yes | C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MATLAB;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Cassandra;Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;Redis;Snowflake | null | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js | React;Spring Boot;WordPress | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Microsoft Fabric | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | null | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Stack Overflow for Teams | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Project planning | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | 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, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | problem solving | 16,274 | 9 |
35,974 | 35,975 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 25 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 6 | Czech Republic | USD United States dollar | 85,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MySQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Digital Ocean;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Digital Ocean;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;NestJS;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js;WordPress | Laravel;NestJS;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js;WordPress | Laravel;NestJS;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing 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 | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Tabnine | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices | analytical skills | 85,000 | 8 |
35,975 | 35,976 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 21 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
LACK of cloud/AI integration | Ethical concerns
forced AI/cloud integration | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 30,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Rider | Rider | Rider | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | YouTrack | YouTrack | YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Other (write in): | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Not sure | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Other (write in): | "vibe coding" is nothing but the current buzzword to make managers happy. nobody sane would ever use it. | 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.;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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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 want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | all of them. AI is just a tool with a limited amount of uses, that just happens to be hyped right now. | 34,804 | 7 |
35,976 | 35,977 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Games or coding challenges | 5 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 5 | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 1,400 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Java;Python;SQL | Java;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;H2;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | H2;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Heroku;Kubernetes;Make;npm;pnpm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make | Kubernetes;Make | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Vue.js | Node.js;React;Vue.js | Node.js;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | NA
NA | LangGraph | RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph | LangGraph | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub;Jira;Notion | GitHub;Jira;Notion | GitHub;Jira;Notion | NA
NA | Reddit;LinkedIn;Medium | Reddit;LinkedIn;Medium | Reddit;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Business process automation;Data and analytics;Marketing | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Redis;GitHub MCP Server;pgvector | null | Ollama;OpenRouter;LangChain;LangGraph | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Perplexity | 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 | null | 1,400 | 6 |
35,977 | 35,978 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 29 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 43 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 710,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | Ada;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;PowerShell;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | Chocolatey;Docker;Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Node.js | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | GitLab;Jira | 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 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Predictive analytics | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No, I think I do too many checks and controls on the LLM output for it to be just vibe coding. | 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 | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Deeper knowledge about code and algorithms. Also long time experience.
I do prefer to work with developers with long and serious CS education that understand what is behind various choices and decisions. | 74,423 | 5 |
35,978 | 35,979 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | 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 or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 16 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
Age (older is better) | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 600,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;F#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;SQLite;Cockroachdb | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Terraform | Chocolatey;Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Terraform | Chocolatey;Docker;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Node.js | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor | Angular;ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops | GitHub | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges | 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 | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | Other (write in): | Very no. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | All of them. I am in camp "AI is just another tool". There is a lot of hype around making AI do simple tasks and I don't feel the current implementations would make it possible to replace a competent developer.
Time will tell the state of vibe coded applications long term. | 62,893 | 6 |
35,979 | 35,980 | 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 | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media | 7 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 1 | Peru | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;C;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Go;Lua;MicroPython;Prolog;Rust;Scala;Zig;Mojo | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | BigQuery;IBM DB2;Oracle;Redis;Amazon Redshift | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Make;Maven (build tool);Netlify;npm;NuGet;Supabase;Vercel | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Digital Ocean;Google Cloud;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Terraform;Vite | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Android Studio;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Aider;Android Studio;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio;Windsurf | Aider;Android Studio;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio;Windsurf | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;Odoo;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Polars;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Polars;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Airtable;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Notion;Trello;Wikis | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;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);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;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, it doesn't. Vibe coding doesn't work on a large scale; it only gives a false sense of accomplishment, but building software in a real environment using this methodology is still far from ideal or complete. Because even LLMs struggle to provide even remotely viable solutions to complex problems in a real environment. Vibe coding is simply a false concept that something is being done at the expense of the performance and security of the developed product. For trivial or common projects, it can work by creating a codebase that may work but won't be scalable or maintainable over time. Maintenance will be hell due to poor coding practices and the lack of a well-defined architecture. Vibe coding only produces empty, poorly developed applications, and it's only a matter of time before something breaks, and if there isn't a good, properly trained IT department, that will collapse. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Business process automation;IT operations;Customer service support | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Problem-solving skills, critical thinking, requirements analysis, software architecture, IT risk analysis and prevention, code reviewer | null | 7 |
35,980 | 35,981 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 14 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 5 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 199,983 | Yes | GDScript;Go;Java;Python;SQL | GDScript;Go;Rust;Zig | GDScript;Go | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;New Relic;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Splunk;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Pacman;Podman | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Pacman;Podman | just
mask | Yes | Spring Boot | Axum | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;RustRover | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;RustRover | Goland
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | By that definition, then yes. But I don't copy/paste code into my work projects. I get it to generate some generic solutions to a generic problem, which I then learn from and implement myself. More of a peer to get ideas and feedback from than a tool to write the code for me. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Reading & debugging code. Security mindsets.
But really, I think the core developer skillset is going to be valuable as many peoples skills will atrophy due to reliance on AI. | 130,008 | 9 |
35,981 | 35,982 | 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 (10-19 hours per week) | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 12 | Engineering manager | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
Poor documentation | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 55,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Neo4J;PostgreSQL | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;pnpm;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;NestJS;Node.js;React;Svelte | Deno;Express;FastAPI;NestJS;Node.js;Svelte | Express;NestJS;Node.js;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace | Plane
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes. To me it doesn't seem that different from taking a StackOverflow suggestion and just pasting that into my code | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence | Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Neo4j;Qdrant;GitHub MCP Server;ChromaDB;pgvector;Pinecone | null | Ollama;LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;v0.dev;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Complex problem-solving at an abstract level | 63,808 | 9 |
35,982 | 35,983 | 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 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | HTML/CSS;Python | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Prolog;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig;Mojo;Gleam | null | NA
NA | null | Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
35,983 | 35,984 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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) | 13 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
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 | 6 | 4 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 250,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Kubernetes;npm;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Kubernetes;npm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Next.js;Node.js;React;Symfony | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;iPadOS | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Miro;Obsidian | Clickup;GitHub;Miro | Clickup;GitHub;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | null | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | 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 weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers | 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 | null | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 68,225 | 9 |
35,984 | 35,985 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | 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) | 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) | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;Supabase | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | Cloud Firestore;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;npm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite | Firebase;npm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Search for answers | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | null |
35,985 | 35,986 | 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 | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 25 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 3,600,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MySQL;Redis;Snowflake | Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;npm;Pip;Poetry | Docker;Firebase;npm;Pip;Poetry | Docker;npm;Pip;Poetry | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot;WordPress | Spring Boot;WordPress | Spring Boot;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | Ubuntu;Android | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Notion | GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Notion | NA
NA | Reddit;Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube | Reddit;Bluesky;X;Kaggle;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’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 weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | MCP servers | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | 41,846 | 0 |
35,986 | 35,987 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 41 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 50 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 1,000,000 | Yes | C | C;C#;C++ | C | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Eclipse;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Jira | Jira | Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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 increased my productivity. | 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.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Problem analysis | 155,521 | 8 |
35,987 | 35,988 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
Heavy AI Integration | Retail and Consumer Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Lua;Prolog;Python;Rust;TypeScript | GDScript;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Lua;Python;Rust | GDScript;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Lua;Python;Rust | Haskell
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Gradle;npm;Pacman;Pip;Yarn | Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Pacman;Yarn | Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Pacman;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;React | Astro;React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;VSCodium | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;VSCodium | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Arch | Arch | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub | GitHub | Forgejo
Forgejo | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing 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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, I avoid using AI for problem solving until I am out of other options, at which point it may help, but usually doesn't. It's most useful when learning the total basics of something new, after which it gets phased out again. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Problem solving | null | 5 |
35,988 | 35,989 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Retired | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 20 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 10 | France | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;JavaScript;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch | null | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Webpack;Yarn | Ansible;Kubernetes;Terraform | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Express;FastAPI;Flask;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;c++23 | Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | GitHub;GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 want to fully understand something | null | null | null |
35,989 | 35,990 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 6 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 1 | Kenya | KES Kenyan shilling | 7,200,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;R;SQL | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;R;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;R;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm | Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Supabase | Digital Ocean;Docker;npm | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery | jQuery | jQuery | ambiorix, shiny
ambiorix, shiny | Yes | Claude Code;Neovim | Claude Code;Neovim | Claude Code;Neovim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Substack | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Substack | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 3 and 5 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | supabase | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | iteration speed | 55,727 | 10 |
35,990 | 35,991 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 12 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | null | null | Other: | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 10 | France | EUR European Euro | 50,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Composer;Docker;Make;npm;Pip;Podman;Vite;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Drupal;Flask;Symfony;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Odoo;uv | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 58,007 | null |
35,991 | 35,992 | 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 | 16 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
35,992 | 35,993 | I am learning to code | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 23 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 32 | Database administrator or engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 5 | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 38,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;Python;R;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | terraform
NA | Yes | Oracle | Cassandra;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse;Amazon Redshift | Oracle | SAP IQ
SAP IQ | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Prometheus;Terraform | Oracle OCI
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim | Cursor;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Asana;Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | IT operations | 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 improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Redis | null | null | no | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;AgentGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | thinking | 38,000 | null |
35,993 | 35,994 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 15 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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 | 5 | 5 | Greece | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular | Angular;React;Spring Boot | Angular | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Vim;WebStorm | Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;WebStorm | Notepad++;Vim;WebStorm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Arch | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | Testing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | no | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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 fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | 6 |
35,994 | 35,995 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 6 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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 |
35,995 | 35,996 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 47 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 60 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | null | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Make | null | null | KVM
NA | null | Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;RustRover;Vim | RustRover;Vim | RustRover;Vim | netbeans
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | null | null | null | NA
NA | YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 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 | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No it is not | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;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.;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;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Experience leads to wisdom. Common sense | null | null |
35,996 | 35,997 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 9 | 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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 9 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 5 | 3 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 950,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | PHP;SQL | PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes | Docker | Docker | NA
NA | Yes | React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PhpStorm | PhpStorm | PhpStorm | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No, it's not true | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Robotics | Language processing | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or 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 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 | Soft skills, analytical skills | 44,465 | 7 |
35,997 | 35,998 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 10 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | InfluxDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Digital Ocean;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | APT;Digital Ocean;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | APT;Digital Ocean;Make;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Express;Node.js;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Express;Node.js;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Android;iPadOS | Windows;Ubuntu | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 8 |
35,998 | 35,999 | 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.) | I prefer not to say | null | 2 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;Coding Bootcamp | 2 | Product manager | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | null | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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 |
35,999 | 36,000 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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);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 | 5 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;R;Rust;TypeScript | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;TypeScript | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Vite;Webpack | Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet;pnpm;Vite;Webpack | Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Astro;Express;Node.js;React | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Express;Node.js;React | Angular;Astro;Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Search for answers | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Abstraction, problem understanding, communication with people, innovative thinking | null | 8 |
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