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36,100 | 36,101 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Other (please specify): | 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) | 25 | Developer, front-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 45,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP | null | null | Astro, GraphQL, Typescript
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Astro;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
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NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Fintech | Solving real-world problems
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NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Supabase;Terraform | Cargo;Microsoft Azure;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React;Axum | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Deno;React;Axum | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React;Axum | NA
NA | Yes | RustRover;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | RustRover;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | RustRover;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;RAG | .NET 8 or higher;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;RAG | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
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NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Bulgaria | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;Oracle | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | null | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | 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 | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Prohibitive pricing
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NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Supabase | BigQuery;PostgreSQL;Supabase | BigQuery;PostgreSQL;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Netlify;npm;Supabase;Vite | Netlify;npm;Supabase;Vite | Netlify;npm;Supabase;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Svelte | Node.js;Svelte | Node.js;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;iPadOS | MacOS;iPadOS | Clickup;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Trello | Clickup;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Trello | Clickup;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Miro;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
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36,105 | 36,106 | 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 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;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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | null | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 4 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MATLAB;PHP;Prolog;Python;SQL | Ada;Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;COBOL;Dart;Delphi;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;GDScript;Go;Groovy;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;MicroPython;OCaml;Perl;PowerShell;R;Ruby;Rust;Scala;Swift;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net);Zig;Mojo;Gleam | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;jQuery;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | null | GitHub;Google Colab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
36,106 | 36,107 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Coding Bootcamp | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 3 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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36,107 | 36,108 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 4 | Developer, mobile | I don’t know | People manager | In-person | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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36,108 | 36,109 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 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 | 7 | 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | 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 | 5 | 8 | Sri Lanka | LKR Sri Lankan rupee | 1,800,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Cockroachdb | Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Netlify;npm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Netlify;npm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Netlify;npm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | Angular;Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | Angular;Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Claude Code;Lovable.dev;Visual Studio;Xcode | Android Studio;Cursor;Visual Studio;Xcode | Android Studio;Visual Studio;Xcode | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | 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 | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, getting help to solve a problem is ok but developing entire features with AI is not a good thing. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I 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. | 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 need quick help troubleshooting | solving complex solutions | 5,995 | 5 |
36,109 | 36,110 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am 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);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 | 8 | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I'm not sure | null | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;GDScript;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | C#;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;Mojo | C#;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Pip | Cargo;Docker;Pip | Cargo;Docker;Pip | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Pop!_OS | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;YouTube | Discord;YouTube | Discord;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 | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | rarely | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | null |
36,110 | 36,111 | 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 | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 12 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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 | 20 | 5 | France | EUR European Euro | 65,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab | Confluence;GitHub | Confluence;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data | Deployment and monitoring | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics;Customer service support | 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 want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 75,410 | 8 |
36,111 | 36,112 | 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 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 11 | 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 | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 52,100 | Yes | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Rust;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | H2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | InfluxDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet;Vite;Yarn | APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Yarn | APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Yarn | NA
OpenTOFU | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Flask;Node.js;Spring Boot;Svelte;WordPress | Angular;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;WebStorm | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitLab;Markdown File;Miro;Wikis | GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | Meta Llama (all models) | Meta Llama (all models) | Google Gemma
Google Gemma | 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 | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;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;Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 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 | More complex code, unclear requirements, and obscure stuff. | 60,444 | 6 |
36,112 | 36,113 | 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.) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 15 | Developer, mobile | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
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 | 10 | null | Finland | EUR European Euro | 4,700 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;Swift;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;React;WordPress | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | MacOS | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Miro | Asana;GitHub;Google Workspace | Asana;GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;LinkedIn | Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 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 the skills that previously were. AI is mostly fad. At best, it's a tool among others like prettier or linters. It's not revolutionary. | 5,453 | 10 |
36,113 | 36,114 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 45 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Coding Bootcamp;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;Books / Physical media | 30 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 3 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Delphi;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | Rust;TypeScript | Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Gradle;Heroku;Make;npm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Node.js;Ruby on Rails;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Red Hat | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Jira;Markdown File;Trello | Markdown File | Markdown File | NA
NA | Discord;Kaggle;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | null | null | null | Other (write in): | Absolutely. If you have the talent for asking appropriate questions it can yield good results. | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Traditionally, "full stack" developers balanced an inner loop (coding, tool proficiency, problem-solving) with an outer loop (business considerations, app deployment, and management). For a while, specialization was lucrative—but with AI streamlining the inner loop, the focus is shifting. The next generation of full-stack developers must master not just coding, but the entire lifecycle of modern applications. | null | 8 |
36,114 | 36,115 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Retired | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 35 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 43 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | Solving real-world problems
NA | null | null | null | 5 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C++;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Rust;TypeScript | Rust;TypeScript | julia
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;MongoDB;Redis | null | null | redb
redb | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Ninja;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Vite;Webpack | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;npm | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;npm | rsbuild
rsbuild | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;React | React;Svelte | React | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | 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 | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | null | Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no. ugh. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics;Cybersecurity | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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.;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 | jetbrains toolsets | null | jetbrains toolsets | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini | jetbrains toolsets | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | abililty to learn quickly | null | 10 |
36,115 | 36,116 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 9 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | null | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | 5,800 | Yes | Lisp;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Redis | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Microsoft Azure;Pip;Poetry;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;Pip;Poetry;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask | Django;FastAPI;Flask;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | Django;Flask | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitLab;Google Workspace;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Miro;Trello | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Trello | Confluence;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | 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 | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | Redis | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | DB, communication, general algorithm | 5,800 | 8 |
36,116 | 36,117 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | 27 | Database administrator or engineer | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
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 | 3 | 3 | France | EUR European Euro | 110,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Go;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C;Go;Java;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C;Go;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB | MariaDB | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers | Project planning;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 | Documenting code | 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 | Vector databases for AI applications | 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. | 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | 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 | mariadb | LangChain | spring AI | LangSmith | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Lovable.dev | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | null | 127,616 | 6 |
36,117 | 36,118 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Media & Advertising Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 15,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | nix
nix | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Ninja;npm;Pip;Vite | APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Ninja;npm;Pip;Vite | APT;Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Ninja;npm;Pip;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;WebStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;RustRover;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;NixOS | Windows | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | 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 | 17,402 | 8 |
36,118 | 36,119 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Blogs or podcasts | 23 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Other (please specify):
Maintainable | Ethical concerns
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | Israel | ILS Israeli new shekel | 480,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | Python;Rust;TypeScript | Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Chocolatey;Docker;Make;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pip;Poetry;Vite | Bun;Cargo;Ninja;Vite | Bun;Ninja;Vite | uv
uv | Yes | FastAPI;Node.js;Svelte | FastAPI;Svelte | FastAPI;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Cline and/or Roo;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Red Hat | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Mastodon
Mastodon | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles | 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 | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor 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 new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | Not really. Only for throw-away scripts. | 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. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Debugging and code-comprehension.
As AI writes more and more code, it becomes more critical to be able to read and understand that code. | 141,188 | 7 |
36,119 | 36,120 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | None of the above | 40 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | 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) | 45 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | 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 | 5 | 10 | France | EUR European Euro | 15,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Perl;Mojo | Perl | Raku
Raku | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL | SQLite | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Composer;Make;npm | Docker | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;React;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | Emacs
Emacs | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;iPadOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Not yet | 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.;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 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;Other (please specify): | Good ideas | 17,402 | 7 |
36,120 | 36,121 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 30 | Engineering manager | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
36,121 | 36,122 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 10 | DevOps engineer or professional | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 30 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 62,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Java;Python;SQL | Assembly | null | NA
NA | Yes | IBM DB2;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | null | null | Gin
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | 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 | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles | null | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 71,929 | 7 |
36,122 | 36,123 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Primary/elementary school | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 1 | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training | 3 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | null | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 7 | Uzbekistan | UZS Uzbekistani som | 36,000,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django | Django;FastAPI | Django | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm | PyCharm | PyCharm | NA
NA | Odoo;Pydantic | Odoo;Pydantic | Odoo;Pydantic | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Jira | Jira | Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Less than one year | Less than once per month or monthly | Logic games/puzzles;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | NO | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | IT operations;Customer service support | MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | no | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | no | 2,902 | 3 |
36,123 | 36,124 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 3 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 600,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery | jQuery;Spring Boot;Vue.js | jQuery | Servlets
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | YouTube;LinkedIn | YouTube;LinkedIn | YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | Learning about a codebase | Writing code;Debugging or fixing 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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No. I do use LLM to give me code/DB script. But, I analyze the code, refactor it to fit my org. constrains, tweak some feature and test it completely. According to me, vibe coding is coding without "Thinking" by simply following the LLM instruction. | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | People skill and niche domain specialization can help. | 6,974 | 4 |
36,124 | 36,125 | I am learning to code | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 23 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 36 | Academic researcher | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | Romania | RON Romanian leu | 54,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Exchange | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | 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 | 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 | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | mathematical reasoning and modelling | 12,406 | null |
36,125 | 36,126 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
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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 |
36,126 | 36,127 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 11 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 16 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 0 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 245,000 | Yes | JavaScript;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Homebrew;pnpm;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | null | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;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;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, and it never will be. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | 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 | 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, creating and maintaining a modular and scalable codebase | 178,748 | null |
36,127 | 36,128 | 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 | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 17 | Project manager | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Government | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Spain | EUR European Euro | 45,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Shadcn/ui | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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 | 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 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 | null | 52,207 | 8 |
36,128 | 36,129 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 15 | Applied scientist | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 65,000 | Yes | Fortran;MATLAB;Python | Go;Mojo | null | NA
Julia | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Helix
NA | Pydantic;Google Gemini;uv | null | null | null | null | NixOS | NixOS | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | null | null | Outline
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | I do generate code, but I still check the code and try to understand it. Not sure if it is considered vibe coding... | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers | 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.;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. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Creative thinking and being an expert in a specific field. | 75,410 | null |
36,129 | 36,130 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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) | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;C++;Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript;Zig | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | null | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase;Pocketbase | Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase;Pocketbase | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Supabase;Pocketbase | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;Svelte | Astro;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Node.js;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Bolt;Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Zed | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;visionOS | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;Android | null | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | null | Writing code | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | planning and quality of code that is maintainable and which doesn't turn into spaghetti | null | null |
36,130 | 36,131 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 7 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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 | null | null | Argentina | USD United States dollar | 32,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;New Relic;Supabase;Yarn | null | null | Kamal
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Lovable.dev;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | GitHub | null | null | Basecamp
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 32,000 | 8 |
36,131 | 36,132 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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 | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | School | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 14,000 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;Pocketbase | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Pocketbase | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Pocketbase | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;npm;Pacman;Pip;Podman | Cloudflare;npm;Podman | Cloudflare;npm;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;jQuery;Nuxt.js | Angular;jQuery;Next.js;Nuxt.js;Svelte | Angular;jQuery;Nuxt.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | Jira | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;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 monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No, vibe coding still has many problems regarding security that is required in my work field | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;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 | null | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;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;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Writing code, as human logic still leaves it more understandable than current ai code | 16,242 | 9 |
36,132 | 36,133 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 12 | DevOps engineer or professional | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
AI or AI agents | Fintech | 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 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Lisp;Lua;OCaml;Perl;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Elixir;Go;Lisp;Lua;OCaml;Perl;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Lisp;Lua;OCaml;Perl;Python | raku,racket
raku,racket,pharo,smalltalk | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Terraform | Docker;Kubernetes;Terraform | Docker;Kubernetes;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI | Django;FastAPI;Phoenix | Django;FastAPI | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Ubuntu;Debian;Fedora | GitHub;GitLab;Redmine | GitLab;Redmine | GitLab;Redmine | NA
NA | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Reddit;Hacker News | Reddit;Hacker News | gitlab
gitlab | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing 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 | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | nope | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | IT operations;Customer service support | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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 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.;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 | ChatGPT;Google Gemini | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | problem solving, programming | 54,580 | 6 |
36,133 | 36,134 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 15 | DevOps engineer or professional | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Manufacturing | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 3 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 135,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Groovy;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;MicroPython;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Docker | Ansible;Docker | Ansible;Docker | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Debian | Ubuntu | Doxygen;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Jira;Markdown File | Jira;Markdown File | Todoist
NA | YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models) | Meta Llama (all models) | Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes, but only for small constrained problems. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | Morality
Humanity
Outside the box thinking
Intelligent Design
Fast thinking/Typing
General knowledge | 98,494 | 10 |
36,134 | 36,135 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Volunteering (regularly);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);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): | 10 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 6 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | null | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Lua;Python;Scala;TypeScript | C;Go;HTML/CSS;Lua;Rust;Scala;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;Lua;Scala;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman | Cargo;Cloudflare;Kubernetes;Podman | Cloudflare;Kubernetes;Podman | go
go | null | Svelte | React;Svelte | Svelte | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | outline
outline | Discord;Slack (public channels, not work) | Discord;Slack (public channels, not work) | Discord;Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Only for bash commands similar, not for a part of or the whole of a larger app | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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. | 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 | Reading and understanding code. Communicating. | null | null |
36,135 | 36,136 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (part-time) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 8 | 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 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 | Media & Advertising Services | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 4 |
36,136 | 36,137 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 13 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 12 | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Netlify;npm;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Express;Fastify;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js;WordPress | Astro;Express;Fastify;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js;WordPress | Astro;Express;Fastify;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Airtable;Asana;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | 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;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning | Deployment and monitoring | Testing code | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, mostly just a tip | 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.;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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Prompt engineering, knowledge of people nature to sell the product, architecture and structure of whole project | null | 7 |
36,137 | 36,138 | 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 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;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 | 22 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Other (please specify):
Presence of AI features is a huge turn off | Other: | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 600,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Python;Rust | C++;Lisp;Python | C++;Python | Starlark
Haskell | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Homebrew;Ninja;Pacman | Pacman | Pacman | Bazel
Bazel | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim | Vim | Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Red Hat | Confluence;Jira;Obsidian | Obsidian | Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | 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 | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... <gasp pant pant> ...hahahahahaha! 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. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | Physical intuition. Critical thinking. Trustworthiness. Humility. Ability to maintain context. | 600,000 | 7 |
36,138 | 36,139 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 10 | 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
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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 |
36,139 | 36,140 | I am learning to code | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (part-time) | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 5 | Data engineer | 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 |
36,140 | 36,141 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 11 | Developer, front-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | Italy | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular | Angular | Angular | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows | MacOS | GitHub;Miro | GitHub;Miro | GitHub;Miro | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | 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;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Vibe coding is sh*t | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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.;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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 5 |
36,141 | 36,142 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 18 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Manufacturing | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | null | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 90,000 | Yes | C#;Python;Rust | C#;Python;Rust | C#;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Poetry;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Poetry;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Poetry;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Flask | Django;FastAPI | null | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;RustRover;Vim | PyCharm;RustRover;Vim | Github Copilot
Github Copilot | Pydantic | Pydantic | Pydantic | null | null | Windows | MacOS;Debian | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;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 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting 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 about a codebase | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No, except when trying to learn a new (complicated) language | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | null | 104,413 | 7 |
36,142 | 36,143 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other (please specify): | 7 | Other (please specify): | Less than 20 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 | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 5 | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Astro, React, WebAssembly
Astro, React, WebAssembly | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Redis | YugabyteDB
YugabyteDB | Yes | APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;MSBuild;Netlify;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Terraform;Vite | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Terraform;Vite | Kind, HashiCorp Consul
Kind, HashiCorp Consul | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Next.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Astro;React | ASP.NET Core;Astro;React | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Arch | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Arch | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | GitHub;Markdown File;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Data and analytics;Customer service support;Marketing | Language processing | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 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 | Critical thinking | null | 8 |
36,143 | 36,144 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | 7 | Developer, front-end | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Other: | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 1 | France | EUR European Euro | 14,400 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;SQL | Assembly;C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL | Haskell
Haskell | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Maven (build tool);Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text | Android Studio;Sublime Text | Android Studio;Sublime Text | NA
NA | Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Ollama | Ollama | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Bluesky;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | 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 | Message Boards;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, I only use LLMs for small tasks in order to save time, and I only use it sometimes for my code in order to have a second opinion. | 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 | 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. | 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 | The ability to think of new tools and processes that can simplify the lives of developers and people everywhere. | 16,706 | 3 |
36,144 | 36,145 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Retired | None of the above | 50 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 45 | Data or business analyst | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;MicroPython;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic;Ollama;LangGraph | null | null | null | null | Fedora | null | GitLab;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | No | 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 | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | 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;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Data and analytics;Customer service support;Robotics | Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | LangMem | null | Llama Index;Ollama;LangChain;LangGraph | null | LangSmith;Langfuse | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Perplexity | null | null | coding | null | null |
36,145 | 36,146 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 6 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8,769 | 654 | Canada | EUR European Euro | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Bun;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Ninja;NuGet;Prometheus;Railway;Splunk;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Cloudflare | 876
24 | null | Flask;jQuery | Flask | Flask | aergg
dsfsgg | Yes | Trae | Visual Studio | null | adfsdf
sdfdsgds | Odoo | null | null | aff | fdw | Ubuntu;Android | null | Coda | Confluence | null | qf
dfg | Discord;Dev.to | null | null | dggw
dfwd | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | null | null | sd
qd | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 1 and 3 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Direct messaging of users | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | null | null | Other (write in): | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | dfgr | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation | MCP servers | null | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | LangMem | dg | Haystack | D | Galileo | ASDFFV | Auto-GPT | SD | When I have ethical or security concerns about code | SFSADF | null | null |
36,146 | 36,147 | 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 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 10 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 45,000 | Yes | C#;SQL | Java | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian | Azure Devops;Obsidian | Azure Devops;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | 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, but I plan to soon | Unsure | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code | 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, chatgpt generated code sometimes | 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. | 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 | 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 have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 61,264 | 3 |
36,147 | 36,148 | 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 | 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;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 | 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 | Work | Other (please specify):
few dependencies/simplicity/no bloat | null | Manufacturing | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 2 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 100,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Python;Rust | Go;HTML/CSS;Python | HTML/CSS;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | htmx
htmx | Yes | Nano;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Visual Studio Code | micro
micro | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu;Fedora | Confluence;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | 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 | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | rarely | 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 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 | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 123,993 | 6 |
36,148 | 36,149 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
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 | Austria | EUR European Euro | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 |
36,149 | 36,150 | 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.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (part-time) | 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 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 |
36,150 | 36,151 | 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 not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 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 | School | null | null | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | HTML/CSS;Python | C;C#;C++;Java;Python | Python | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Eclipse;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Eclipse;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | null | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | A few times per month or weekly | Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | null | null | null |
36,151 | 36,152 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
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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 |
36,152 | 36,153 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 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);Blogs or podcasts | 15 | Architect, software or solutions | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 30,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Java;Python;R;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | InfluxDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Docker;Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Vite | APT;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Vite | APT;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React;Svelte | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm | Cursor;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;VSCodium;WebStorm | Cursor;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;VSCodium;WebStorm | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | null | null | Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu;Android | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Wikis;YouTrack | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Mastodon
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning 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);Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Predictive analytics | null | Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes especially for prototyping with new technologies it is awesome | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics | Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | 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 | 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. | 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 | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | 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 | COmmunication with customers and hardware skills. | 34,804 | 7 |
36,153 | 36,154 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 8 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | null | France | EUR European Euro | 51,000 | Yes | Ruby | Elixir;Ruby | Ruby | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL | GraphDB
GraphDB | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes | NA
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Debian | Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;YouTrack | null | Teams
NA | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | 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 | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Developers will remain an interface between the final client and the AI tools. A final client will still not be able to explain clearly what they expect from a software, while a developer will provide solution | 59,167 | 7 |
36,154 | 36,155 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 8 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Robust and complete API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 4 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | 0 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;TypeScript | scilab, vhdl
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;MariaDB;MySQL;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | SurrealDB
SurrealDB | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Make;Ninja;Vite | APT;Cargo;Docker | APT;Cargo;Docker | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;Svelte | FastAPI | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Neovim | Neovim | Neovim | clion
clion | c++23 | null | null | null | null | Debian | Debian | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Discord;Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Discord;Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles | 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 monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Robotics | Language processing | 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. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
36,155 | 36,156 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 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 | 3 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | 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 | Good brand and public image
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 10 | India | INR Indian rupee | 250,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | Cassandra;Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
gin | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Zed | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | RAG | null | null | null | Windows | MacOS | GitHub;Notion | Jira | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hashnode;X;Medium | Stack Exchange | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Coding challenges | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Writing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | good | 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. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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 want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | golang and rust and problem solving skills and managment skills also | 2,906 | 10 |
36,156 | 36,157 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 31 | Academic researcher | 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 | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Government | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 30 | France | EUR European Euro | 45,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;Perl;Python | C;HTML/CSS;Perl;Python;Rust | C;HTML/CSS;Perl;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | emacs
emacs | null | null | null | null | null | Red Hat;Fedora | Red Hat;Fedora | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | 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 | 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 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 | null | null | 52,207 | 8 |
36,157 | 36,158 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | France | EUR European Euro | 35,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP | Rust;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Maven (build tool);npm;Podman;Webpack | Cargo;Composer;Maven (build tool);npm;Podman;Vite | Composer;Maven (build tool);npm;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Drupal;jQuery;Vue.js | Vue.js | Vue.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, and I sure hope it never will be in my, or my colleagues', workflows. I don't want to deal with this and all it will bring that will surely be more annoying than helpful. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 40,605 | 6 |
36,158 | 36,159 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Not employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 34 | null | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Books / Physical media | 34 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | null | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 43 | 35 | Germany | USD United States dollar | 24 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++ | VBA | null | aSf
sd | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Bun | null | null | asf
asd | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code | null | null | sasd
asd | Amazon Bedrock | null | null | aS | as | Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | Coda | null | null | sa
asf | null | null | null | asf
asf | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | null | null | ASf
asd | No | A few times per month or weekly | Less than one year | A few times per month or weekly | Direct messaging of users | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Other (write in): | Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics | I don’t use AI tools regularly | sdf | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | IT operations | MCP servers | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Milvus | acdc | Smol-AGI | null | Langfuse | adx | Cody | asf | When I want to compare different solutions | asfdsd | 24 | null |
36,159 | 36,160 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 14 | Academic researcher | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 3 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 83,500 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;JavaScript;Scala;TypeScript | Rust | null | Viper
Viper | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip | null | null | sbt
sbt | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;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;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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 | Expressing a problem / search query | 103,534 | null |
36,160 | 36,161 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Government | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | Austria | EUR European Euro | 37,350 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;H2;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Prometheus | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Supabase;Vercel;Vite | Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Prometheus | NA
bun, deno | Yes | Angular;Spring Boot | Angular;Deno;Next.js;React;Spring Boot | Angular;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Bolt;IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Bolt;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Bolt;IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | Ubuntu;Debian | Windows | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I 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 learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | understanding customers wishes AND provide an opinionated solution | 43,331 | 7 |
36,161 | 36,162 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 5 | Data or business analyst | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Manufacturing | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 2 | 1 | Serbia | RSD Serbian dinar | 1,333,000 | Yes | C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB | MongoDB | MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Discord | Discord | Discord | 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 | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | I usually prompt AI (ChatGPT) for help on some part of the codebase. I like to check what it has written and study it. Its more like help from another developer than just prompting and vibing. I also want to write code and to understand it, not just surf on prompts. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | 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 | 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 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 | Still pretty much the same. I don't think AI can quite replace humans yet. AI benchmarks and similar can't quite measure for everything. If we assume AI can generate trustable and stable code, than a switch that is more towards project management, testing, QA will probably happen. In general, AI can't be left alone, it needs to be monitored, you still need experts to fix bugs and issues. Current toxic state towards juniors will only hurt the field in the long-term, since we wont have new experts. I don't think AI can just replace humans, it will aid them. | 13,196 | null |
36,162 | 36,163 | 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.) | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 21 | 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 | null | Good brand and public image
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 75,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Fastify;Node.js;Spring Boot | Angular;Fastify;Node.js;Spring Boot | Angular;Fastify;Node.js;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Azure Devops;GitLab;Redmine | Azure Devops;GitLab;Redmine | Azure Devops;GitLab;Redmine | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | no, because it is utterly unreliable | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | MCP servers | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | ChromaDB | null | Ollama;LangChain | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | translating domain knowledge into code | 87,011 | 8 |
36,163 | 36,164 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 4 | India | INR Indian rupee | 0 | Yes | C++;JavaScript | C++;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C++;JavaScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | npm;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Firebase;npm;Supabase;Vercel;Vite | npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js | Node.js | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4 | c++23 | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers | null | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | NO | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | supabase | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Replit | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | null |
36,164 | 36,165 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 25 | 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 | 40 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
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 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 24,000 | Yes | C++;Dart;Fortran;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Datadog;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;Express;FastAPI;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress | Express;FastAPI;Node.js | Express;FastAPI;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Coding challenges | 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 monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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. | 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;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 27,844 | 8 |
36,165 | 36,166 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | 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);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;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 | 13 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 95,000 | Yes | C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Gradle;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Express;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cline and/or Roo;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS | null | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Microsoft Planner | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I haven’t encountered any problems | No, and it never will be. I like to remain in control and understand what has been written. I think this is vital from a continuity and security perspective | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | 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 learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 129,334 | 8 |
36,166 | 36,167 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 18 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 30 | 20 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Pip | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;React | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;RAG;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Miro | Azure Devops;GitHub;Miro | Azure Devops;GitHub;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | 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 | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Debugging or fixing code | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | I haven’t encountered any problems | Yes, AI is a powerful assistant/booster of ideas if used appropriately. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Integration with external agents and APIs | 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 | 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 | 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 | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Flexibility | 69,609 | 10 |
36,167 | 36,168 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 18 | Other (please specify): | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Government | 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 | 4 | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 240,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;PowerShell;Python;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Python | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | excel
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Debian | Windows;Debian | GitLab;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner | Markdown File;Microsoft Planner | Markdown File;Microsoft Planner | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | 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 | Long-form articles | 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 daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Critical sense | 37,325 | 7 |
36,168 | 36,169 | 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 | 28 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 35 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
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 | 4 | null | France | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;PowerShell | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | HyperSQL
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Flutter
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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 | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | critical thinking
system architecture | null | 7 |
36,169 | 36,170 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 6 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Manufacturing | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | France | EUR European Euro | 42,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;JavaScript;Python | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;GDScript;OCaml;Python | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Docker;Pip | Ansible;APT;Docker;Pip;Podman | Ansible;APT;Docker;Pip | CMake
CMake | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Fedora | Ubuntu | GitLab;Markdown File;Redmine | Doxygen;GitLab;Markdown File | GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | 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) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | null | Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No.
I use Ai for very short, context free snippets, or analysing error logs and suggesting where to look for the answer on how to fix it | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | 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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code | 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 grasp the interaction between complexes thus separated systems, having a global vision, and being able to make choices based on the reality of the context where the software will be used | 48,726 | 6 |
36,170 | 36,171 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 11 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | 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 voluntarily | 10 | 4 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 440,000 | Yes | C++;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Java | Java | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform;Vercel;Vite | Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Terraform | Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | null | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | null | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Generating content or synthetic data | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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 | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 120,076 | 10 |
36,171 | 36,172 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Primary/elementary school | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Games or coding challenges | 10 | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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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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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 |
36,172 | 36,173 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Other (please specify): | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | 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 |
36,173 | 36,174 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 18 | 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);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 28 | Data scientist | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Kazakhstan | KZT Kazakhstani tenge | 30,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;Zig | Python;Rust;SQL;Zig;Mojo | Python;Rust;SQL;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Clickhouse;Amazon Redshift | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Clickhouse | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Clickhouse | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Make | Docker;Make | Docker;Make | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Zed | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Zed | NA
NA | Polars;Pydantic | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | MacOS | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;YouTube;LinkedIn | Hacker News | Hacker News | Discourse-based forums
Discourse-based forums | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles | null | 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 | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no way | 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 | 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 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 | brains | 57,922 | 7 |
36,174 | 36,175 | 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 | 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 | 15 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Government | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 3 | France | EUR European Euro | 78,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Go | Go | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Podman;Poetry | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make | uv,go
uv,go,lix | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Node.js | FastAPI | FastAPI | echo
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | null | null | Android;Debian;Fedora | Ubuntu;Android;Fedora | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Redmine | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing 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): | Writing code;Testing code | 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;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Absolutely no, never | 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. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | Software architecture | 90,491 | 2 |
36,175 | 36,176 | 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 | 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 | 28 | Developer, full-stack | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | null | null | null | Transportation, or Supply Chain | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Belgium | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | Angular;ASP.NET Core | Angular;ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;GitHub | null | null | 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 | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | null | null | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
36,176 | 36,177 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 8 | Student | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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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 |
36,177 | 36,178 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 20 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Java;PowerShell;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Java;PowerShell;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Java;PowerShell;Python;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask;Node.js;React | Django;Flask;Node.js;React | Django;Flask;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23;uv | c++23;uv | c++23;uv | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | null | null | null | assembla
assembla | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | IT operations;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI 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. understanding the problem domain. learning a code base | 81,685 | 9 |
36,178 | 36,179 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | 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;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;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 online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 7 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Dart;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | BigQuery;Cassandra;Elasticsearch;H2;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | H2;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Podman;Prometheus;Railway;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | X;LinkedIn | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn | X;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Vibe coding is trash just get help from LLM | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the 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 | 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 don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | See the world as it is and addressing real world problems with software and AI | null | null |
36,179 | 36,180 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | 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 | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 5 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | India | INR Indian rupee | 6 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;HTML/CSS;Python;TypeScript | C;C++ | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Netlify;npm;Pip;Vercel;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | 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 | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | no | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the 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 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;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | debugging and fixing code, | null | 6 |
36,180 | 36,181 | 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 not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 4 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;jQuery | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok 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 | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code | 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 | Yes its part of my profession. My profession is AI/ML so coding and practicing complex problems is very important in my career | No, and I don't 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | AI/Ml skills | null | null |
36,181 | 36,182 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 65 years or older | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 40 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 45 | Support engineer or analyst | null | null | null | No | Work | null | null | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 4 | Romania | RON Romanian leu | 240,000 | Yes | COBOL;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;IBM DB2;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Kubernetes | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;jQuery;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | null | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Miro;Trello;YouTrack | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI Image generating models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code | null | null | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Other (write in): | Yes | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the 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 | To interact with AI | 55,139 | null |
36,182 | 36,183 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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 | 9 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | 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 | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Decision intelligence | 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 | 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: | Redis | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Tabnine | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | 5 |
36,183 | 36,184 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 1 | Developer, QA or test | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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36,184 | 36,185 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 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 | 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 | 10 | 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 83,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Homebrew;pnpm;Terraform;Vite | Docker;Homebrew;pnpm;Vite | Fly.io
Fly.io | Yes | Astro;Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Astro;Deno;Node.js;React;Svelte | Astro;Node.js;React | Tanstack Start
Tanstack Start | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;Cursor;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Linear;Markdown File;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Trello | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Linear;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Bluesky;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Bluesky;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose 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 | Long-form articles;Job board | 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 | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Deployment and monitoring | 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 | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | 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.;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 | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;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 | null | 112,997 | 7 |
36,185 | 36,186 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 16 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 35 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 4 | 6 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 605,450 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Make;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | Digital Ocean;Docker;MSBuild;NuGet | Digital Ocean;Docker;MSBuild;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | Blazor | Blazor | Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | 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 | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Predictive analytics | Deployment and monitoring | Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | nope | 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 increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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 | 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 | Have a broader, real-life understanding of why we're building the software in question. | 110,214 | 10 |
36,186 | 36,187 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 9 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 4 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Python;Rust | Rust | Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | RustRover;VSCodium | VSCodium | NA
JetBrains Fleet | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Arch | null | GitHub;Markdown File | GitLab;Obsidian | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | Code comprehension, and knowledge of best practices especially where security & privacy is concerned | null | null |
36,187 | 36,188 | 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.) | 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;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) | 24 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Other: | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 95,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;SQL | C# | null | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Elasticsearch | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI | ASP.NET Core | null | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++ | null | NA
NA | RAG;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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 trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | 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 | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | problem solving, analytical thinking, planning | 110,214 | 5 |
36,188 | 36,189 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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 |
36,189 | 36,190 | I code primarily as a hobby | 65 years or older | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Retired | Volunteering (regularly) | 35 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 47 | Retired | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C;HTML/CSS | C;HTML/CSS | C;HTML/CSS | Raku
Raku | Yes | MongoDB | MongoDB | MongoDB | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Qodo
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have 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 | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | phind | 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 | null | null | null |
36,190 | 36,191 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 25 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Hungary | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Rust;Zig | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;jQuery;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | Cursor | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Red Hat | Windows;Ubuntu;Red Hat | Airtable;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | null | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | 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 | Yes, somewhat | null | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more 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 | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 8 |
36,191 | 36,192 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | 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 | 19 | Developer, full-stack | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | Banking/Financial Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 0 | Romania | RON Romanian leu | null | Yes | C#;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Yarn | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React;Vue.js | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Company-sponsored forums | Teams
Teams | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Direct messaging of users | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | 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 | I haven’t encountered any problems | Huh? | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the 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 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 | Can AIs debug, test and maintain software? Why do we need to "learn" to make AIs work when we already know how to ourselves? | null | 9 |
36,192 | 36,193 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 14 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 22 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
Matches requirements; requirements vary per project | Other (please specify):
Bad match with requirements; requirements vary per project | Media & Advertising Services | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 219,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Dart;Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | Dynamodb;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | Dynamodb;MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;Terraform;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Pacman;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Pacman;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Axum | Node.js;Axum | Node.js;Axum | Falcon
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;PyCharm;RustRover | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;PyCharm;RustRover | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;uv | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;uv | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;uv | null | null | Arch | Arch | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Notion;YouTrack | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | 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 | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Highly distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Only for quick prototypes. All AI-generated code is carefully reviewed and edited before it is even committed. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | JetBrains AI Assistant, JetBrains Junie | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | 219,000 | 8 |
36,193 | 36,194 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | null | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 7 | Bangladesh | BDT Bangladeshi taka | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Supabase | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;React | Django;Express;Next.js;React;WordPress | Express;Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | NA
NA | Shadcn/ui;Ollama | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui | Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | null | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File | GitHub;Google Colab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Project planning;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in): | No, I only use code completion, generate small utility functions and sometimes longer functions, and generate UI code (html, jsx) and get idea mostly. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | MCP servers | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | null |
36,194 | 36,195 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 12 | UX, Research Ops or UI design professional | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Manufacturing | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | null | null | Greece | EUR European Euro | 13,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase | Netlify | null | NA
NA | Yes | React;WordPress | Next.js;React;Vue.js | React | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Trello | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Deployment and monitoring | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Marketing | Personalized agent creation | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 15,082 | null |
36,195 | 36,196 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 2 | Developer, game or graphics | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 1 | 3 | South Africa | ZAR South African rand | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;H2;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Oracle;Redis;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb;Amazon Redshift;Pocketbase;Valkey | null | Yes
Yes | Yes | Poetry;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Bun;Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;Netlify;New Relic;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Prometheus;Railway;Splunk;Supabase;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Yandex Cloud;Yarn | null | Microsoft
Cloud | Yes | WordPress | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;Deno;Django;Drupal;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Flask;jQuery;Laravel;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;React;Ruby on Rails;Spring Boot;Svelte;Symfony;Vue.js;Axum | null | Creator HQ
Google SITE | Yes | Android Studio;Bolt;Cursor;Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio | Aider;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;IntelliJ IDEA;Lovable.dev;Nano;Neovim;PhpStorm;PyCharm;Rider;RustRover;Sublime Text;Trae;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm;Windsurf;Xcode;Zed | null | Yes
Var | Polars;Large Language Model;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher;c++23;Tailwind CSS 4;hostinger;Odoo;SwiftData;Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Shadcn/ui;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama;LangGraph;uv;Ultralytics;visionOS | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;Fedora;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS | Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;iPadOS;Red Hat;ChromeOS;Pop!_OS;NixOS | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner | Airtable;Asana;Azure Devops;Clickup;Coda;Confluence;Doxygen;GitLab;Jira;Linear;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Obsidian;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello;Wikis;YouTrack | Markdown File;Microsoft Planner | NA
NA | Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;Hashnode;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;Kaggle;Twitch;Substack;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Exchange;Discord | NA
NA | null | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;Perplexity Sonar models;Reka (Flash 3 or other Reka models);X Grok models | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | null | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation;Decision intelligence;Marketing;Cybersecurity | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications | 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.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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;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. | null | Neo4j;GitHub MCP Server | null | AutoGen (Microsoft);OpenRouter | null | Wiz;Protect AI | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
36,196 | 36,197 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, 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 | 18 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 60,000 | Yes | C#;C++;PowerShell;Python | C#;C++;PowerShell;Python | C#;C++;PowerShell;Python | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MySQL | 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 | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Confluence;Markdown File | Confluence;Markdown File | Confluence;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles | 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 | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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 | 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 | problem solving, abstraction and all modeling/analysis tasks | 81,685 | 7 |
36,197 | 36,198 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 13 | Academic researcher | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Other: | 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 |
36,198 | 36,199 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 20 | 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;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 23 | Project manager | 1,000 to 4,999 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 | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 5,500,000 | Yes | C# | C# | C# | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | Azure Devops;Miro | Azure Devops;Miro | Azure Devops;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Daily or almost daily | Message Boards;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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.;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 | null | null | AutoGen (Microsoft) | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Human touch, connect with the end user, thinking out of the box | 63,932 | 3 |
36,199 | 36,200 | 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 | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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;Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges | 20 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | 14,000,000 | Yes | Elixir;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Python;TypeScript | C | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;PostgreSQL | DuckDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Phoenix;React | Django;FastAPI;jQuery | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Zed | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android | null | GitHub;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;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 | Not sure/can't remember | 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 | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers | null | Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Language processing;MCP servers | 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 | 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 | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 162,736 | 8 |
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