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37,800 | 37,801 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 6 | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 10 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,801 | 37,802 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 23 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | 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;Coding Bootcamp | 28 | Database administrator or engineer | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 12 | Argentina | ARS Argentine peso | 40,000,000 | Yes | C#;Dart;Python;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | Dart;Python;SQL | Dart;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase;Amazon Redshift | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite;Supabase;Amazon Redshift | BigQuery;Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase;Amazon Redshift | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Bolt;Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Lovable.dev;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Claude Code;Cursor;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Claude Code;Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | hostinger;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | hostinger;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | hostinger;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | Google Colab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
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NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 3 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 180,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;Java;Python;Ruby | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL | Cassandra | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Gradle;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle | Cloudformation
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Windows | Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | Markdown File;Obsidian | Jira, Confluence
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Ask a question
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NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | C;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells) | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;React | Next.js;Node.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | GitHub;Google Colab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | 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
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37,805 | 37,806 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 15 | Developer, mobile | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Security or privacy concerns
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 | 15 | null | Singapore | SGD Singapore dollar | 200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;JavaScript;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Swift | Bash/Shell (all shells);Swift | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Xcode | Cursor;Xcode | Cursor;Xcode | NA
NA | LangGraph | LangGraph | LangGraph | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | Airtable;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Notion | GitHub;Jira;Notion | GitHub;Jira;Notion | 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 | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or 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;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Data and analytics | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 | 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 | GitHub MCP Server | null | LangChain;LangGraph | null | Honeycomb;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | logical reasoning | 156,224 | 8 |
37,806 | 37,807 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | 23 | Engineering manager | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 5 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 180,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Cosmos DB;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;Kubernetes;MSBuild;New Relic;npm;NuGet;pnpm;Splunk;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Splunk;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Kubernetes;NuGet;Splunk;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Node.js;React | 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) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Trello | GitHub;Jira;Miro;YouTrack | GitHub;Jira;Miro | Draw.io, Excalidraw
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, the closest would be fluent assertions in unit tests. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Analytics, problem solving, understanding of the problem from the non-technical descriptions. | 117,017 | 7 |
37,807 | 37,808 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 6 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | null | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | null | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Clickhouse | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Chocolatey;Docker;npm;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;pnpm;Poetry;Prometheus;Vite | APT;Docker;pnpm;Poetry;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Django;Node.js;React;Vue.js | FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;Google Gemini;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;RAG;Shadcn/ui;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;uv | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning | null | Generating content or synthetic data | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 6 |
37,808 | 37,809 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 15 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 3 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 80,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | C#;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | NA
NA | null | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Node.js | ASP.NET Core;Express;Node.js;React;WordPress | ASP.NET Core;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Rider;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;PhpStorm;Rider;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm;Xcode | Android Studio;Rider;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Microsoft Fabric | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Microsoft Fabric;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Microsoft Fabric | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Pop!_OS | MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion;Obsidian | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No, vibe coding is not part of my professional development work. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have 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. | 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 | 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 | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I 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 current skills will still be valuable for developers. | 52,007 | 6 |
37,809 | 37,810 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 2 | Student | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,810 | 37,811 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,811 | 37,812 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 5 | Architect, software or solutions | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,812 | 37,813 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges | 8 | System administrator | 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 | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Philippines | PHP Philippine peso | 216,000 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 3,793 | null |
37,813 | 37,814 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | null | Software Development | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 15 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;Go;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Dart;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Firebase Realtime Database;SQLite | NA
NA | null | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Maven (build tool);MSBuild | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Express;Flask;Node.js | Angular;AngularJS;Express;Flask;Node.js | Angular;AngularJS;Express;Flask;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Cursor;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Cursor;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;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 | 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 | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | null | null | 8 |
37,814 | 37,815 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 36 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 45 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Banking/Financial Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 4 | New Zealand | NZD New Zealand dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Lua;Python;SQL | C++;HTML/CSS;Lua;Python | C++;Lua;Python | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Xcode | PyCharm;Xcode | PyCharm;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;Doxygen;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Forward-looking flexible design; AI may get better at solving specific current problems, but a robust system has to anticipate a range of future requirements. | null | null |
37,815 | 37,816 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Coding Bootcamp;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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | Indonesia | IDR Indonesian rupiah | 92,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | C++;Go;Python | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Bun;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Heroku;npm;Railway;Vercel;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers | Generating content or synthetic data | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | 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. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | vibe coding and AI Engineer | 5,638 | 7 |
37,816 | 37,817 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 13 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | null | Yes | Java | Java;Rust | Java | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MySQL;PostgreSQL | MySQL | NA
NA | null | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool) | NA
NA | null | Spring Boot | React;Spring Boot;Vue.js;Axum | Spring Boot | NA
NA | null | Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);NixOS | Debian | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos | null | Not sure | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | 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;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | MCP servers | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 |
37,817 | 37,818 | 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) | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 6 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Thailand | AUD Australian dollar | 170,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | Cloud Firestore;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | Cloud Firestore;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pacman;Prometheus;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Prometheus;Terraform;Yarn | Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Prometheus;Terraform;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | Express;FastAPI;Node.js | Express;FastAPI;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Nano;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Visual Studio Code | Nano;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;RAG | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Notion | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Job board | 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 | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something | I don't think AI tools will become more capable | 110,516 | 10 |
37,818 | 37,819 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,819 | 37,820 | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,820 | 37,821 | 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.) | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;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 | 16 | Other (please specify): | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
Quick to become useful | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
The power to introduce change | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 3 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 85,000 | Yes | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MySQL | Supabase | null | Opensearch
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Chocolatey;Datadog;Make;npm;pnpm;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | Bun;Supabase | null | Spacelift
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | Deno;Next.js | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Aider | null | Warp
NA | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Linear;Notion;Obsidian | null | null | Excalidraw
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | null | null | Instagram, Telegram, WhatsApp
NA | Yes | Amazon Titan models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot 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 (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | 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 | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Other (write in): | To some degree, I think of it as pair programming where I'm the passenger and also the one who designed and built the the road (but the LLM does the actual coding).
I still need to carefully provide the right context to get the work exactly as I want it done but the burden shifts from writing the code to ensuring the design is followed through with acceptable parameters (quality, security, and so on...). | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence | Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | 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.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | 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. | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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;pgvector | Opensearch, Linear MCP Server | Amazon Bedrock Agents | Linear for Agents, Claude Code | null | Cloudwatch | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Replit;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | high - mid level arc/software design, code reviewing, product management/design | 62,015 | 10 |
37,821 | 37,822 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | null | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 970,000 | Yes | JavaScript;TypeScript | Dart;Python | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | Snowflake;Amazon Redshift | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Svelte | null | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Debian;Red Hat | Jira;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;X;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Meta Llama (all models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | A few times per week | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | null | Yes, somewhat | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | Writing code;Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | IT operations | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 11,275 | 9 |
37,822 | 37,823 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,823 | 37,824 | I code primarily as a hobby | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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 | 10 | Other (please specify): | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 6 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 40,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Docker;npm;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Node.js;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;VSCodium | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Debian | null | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Obsidian | null | null | taiga
NA | Discord | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI 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 | Aside from being fully unable to match troubleshooting and development workflows to basic human limitations of available time and attention, AI tools lack understanding of the fundamental and necessary connection between the technical requirements of a coding solution and the human factors influencing the use case. They do not produce solutions that lead directly to human-usable applications, and their outputs generally have to be cleaned and refactored to align with human realities. Unless humans are to be refactored to be more compatible with machine outputs, humans will always be necessary to bridge machine outputs with human needs. | 40,000 | null |
37,824 | 37,825 | 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) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 2 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 4 | India | INR Indian rupee | 0 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;MongoDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | AngularJS;Express;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Arch | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code | Documenting code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | its just like prompting what you want and getting it right away with no knowledge, learnings or observations. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;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 | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | IBM watsonx.ai | null | Honeycomb | null | ChatGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | AIML | null | 7 |
37,825 | 37,826 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-time) | 24 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 2 | Other (please specify): | I don’t know | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,826 | 37,827 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,827 | 37,828 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | 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);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;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 | 5 | Academic researcher | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;OCaml;Python | OCaml;Rust | OCaml | Haskell, Agda
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 | Arch | Arch | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
37,828 | 37,829 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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);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 | 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);Blogs or podcasts | 8 | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 3 | Ecuador | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | JavaScript;Python;R;SQL | JavaScript;Python;R;SQL | JavaScript;Python;R;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;MySQL;Redis | BigQuery;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;Redis | BigQuery;MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;Make;Microsoft Azure;Pip | Docker;Google Cloud;Make;Microsoft Azure;Pip | Google Cloud;Make;Microsoft Azure;Pip | AWS
AWS | Yes | Flask;jQuery | Flask;jQuery | Flask;jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Polars;Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS | Ubuntu | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Notion | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Notion | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | null | 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 | Debugging or fixing code | null | null | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes it saves time but currently you can't trust it blindly | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Redis | 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 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 | Critical thinking, algorithm design, data analysis | null | null |
37,829 | 37,830 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 36 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 38 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 3 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 220,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Webpack | Docker | Docker | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | Deno;Express;Node.js | Express;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Nano;WebStorm | Nano;WebStorm | Nano;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;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 month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | 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 | When I want to compare different solutions | Translating user request to actual features, since users don't really know what to request for the purpose of reaching their goals | 160,508 | 8 |
37,830 | 37,831 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 6 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Manufacturing | 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 | 4 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 740,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;MySQL | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;MySQL | NA
NA | null | Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Netlify;npm | Cloudflare;Docker;IBM Cloud;npm;pnpm | npm | NA
NA | Yes | Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Django;Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Videos;Coding challenges | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8,602 | 6 |
37,831 | 37,832 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time) | 40 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 40 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 18 | 5 | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | null | Yes | C;C++;Java;Kotlin;Swift | C++;Java;Kotlin;Swift | C++;Java;Kotlin;Swift | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS | Windows;Android | Doxygen;GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Microsoft Q&A
Microsoft Q&A | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions | 探す能力 | null | 10 |
37,832 | 37,833 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 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 ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
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 | 10 | 3 | Finland | EUR European Euro | 90,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | H2;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Oracle | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;npm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;jQuery;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitLab;Jira | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Functional specifications, dependencies, keeping the code base uniform etc | 104,413 | 7 |
37,833 | 37,834 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 9 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | Computer Systems Design and Services | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 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 | 8 |
37,834 | 37,835 | 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.) | 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 | Blogs or podcasts | 16 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Healthcare | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 4 | 3 | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | 7,410,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning | Deployment and monitoring | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | NO | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 26,021 | 7 |
37,835 | 37,836 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 19 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Higher Education | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 4 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Firebase;Google Cloud;npm | null | null | Bitbucket
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;Vue.js | null | null | Flutter
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;iOS | GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | No | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Marketing, creativity | null | 9 |
37,836 | 37,837 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,837 | 37,838 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,838 | 37,839 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Energy | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 320,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Dynamodb;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Poetry | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic | Pydantic | Pydantic | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;Linear | GitHub;Linear | GitHub;Linear | 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 | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Reasoning about code, reviewing code, and understanding systems | 320,000 | 7 |
37,839 | 37,840 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 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 | 6 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 3 | 6 | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | 30,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;MATLAB;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Redis;SQLite | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MySQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;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 | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Writing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | sometime | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | Redis | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code | codebuddy，qwen | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | ebpf，dbg skill will be more important | 4,179 | 8 |
37,840 | 37,841 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 6 | AI/ML engineer | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | null | Healthcare | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | Morocco | MAD Moroccan dirham | 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 | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
37,841 | 37,842 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 6 | India | INR Indian rupee | 0 | Yes | C;C++;HTML/CSS;Python | Assembly;C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Visual Basic (.Net) | C;C++;HTML/CSS;Python | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | c++23;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | c++23;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Testing code | Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
37,842 | 37,843 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Primary/elementary school | Student | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 26 | 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;Games or coding challenges | 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);Games or coding challenges | 100 | Financial analyst or engineer | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | null | null | Banking/Financial Services | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Bulgaria | EUR European Euro | 5,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Datomic;DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;IBM DB2;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MongoDB | BigQuery;Cassandra;H2;Microsoft SQL Server | null | NA
NA | No | 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 | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Documenting code | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Business process automation | Language processing | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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. | ChromaDB | null | Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | Snyk | null | Tabnine | 50000 | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | 5 | 5,801 | null |
37,843 | 37,844 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | null | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 2 | Developer, mobile | Less than 20 employees | null | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Lack of AI or AI agents
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | 600,000 | Yes | Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Supabase | Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Netlify;npm;Pip;Terraform;Vite;Yarn | Docker;Firebase;Terraform;Yarn | Docker;Firebase;Terraform;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;FastAPI;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React | FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js | FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Lovable.dev;Visual Studio | Cursor;Lovable.dev | Cursor;Lovable.dev | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph;uv | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Shadcn/ui;LangGraph;uv | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu;Fedora | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Medium | Stack Overflow;Medium | Stack Overflow;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 1 and 3 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | null | Yes, somewhat | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great 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 | 2,107 | 3 |
37,844 | 37,845 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 11 | 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 | 15 | Data scientist | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 0 | Republic of Korea | KRW South Korean won | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;SQL | Lisp;SQL | Lisp;SQL | Clojure
Clojure | 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;MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | 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 | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No I consider it harmful | 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 | All of them. AI lies and as an industry will collapse | null | 7 |
37,845 | 37,846 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | 2 | AI/ML engineer | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 1 | India | INR Indian rupee | 10,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express | Django;Express | Django;Express | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Pop!_OS | Pop!_OS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | 1
1 | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | More than half the time | null | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Testing code | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | never | null | null | null | null | 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 | 116 | null |
37,846 | 37,847 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 40 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 30 | Architect, software or solutions | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 9 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | JavaScript;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Mathematica
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Databricks SQL;DuckDB;Firebase Realtime Database;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
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NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Windsurf | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | null | null | MacOS | Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Notion | Google Colab;Linear;Notion | Google Colab;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;Kaggle | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;Kaggle | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase | 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 | I hate the term and the wikipedia definition is not what Karpathy described, BUT I use prompt driven programming for completing old half finished projects A LOT - it has given me the power to not have to use my mind for the "would be great to have" tools and just crank them out - just want it to work - less concern about elegance | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | GitHub MCP Server;pgvector | Claude Code | Vertex AI;Ollama;LangChain;Smolagents | null | opik | W&B | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Replit;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Be clear in articulating the problem that the code is supposed to solve | 150,000 | null |
37,847 | 37,848 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 11 | Student | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,848 | 37,849 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 11 | 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;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 | 14 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,849 | 37,850 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Books / Physical media | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,850 | 37,851 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 34 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 16 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 6 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 73,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;Python;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Perl;Python | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | npm;Podman | npm;Podman | npm;Podman | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI;React | FastAPI;React | FastAPI;React | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Notepad++;Vim | Neovim;Notepad++;Vim | Neovim;Notepad++;Vim | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Writing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. I do not do vibe coding. I do not like this. I prefer to write code by myself. Only when I have a problem I use AI. | 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | AI can not see all customer related topics and does not know history/decisions inside company, products, projects. This knowledge remain valuable on humans.
Designing libraries and algorithms. | 84,691 | null |
37,851 | 37,852 | 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 | 5 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | null | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,852 | 37,853 | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 4 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | Viet Nam | VND Vietnamese dong | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Fortran;HTML/CSS;Lisp;Lua;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Ada;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Delphi;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Lua;PowerShell;Python;Ruby;SQL;VBA | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Lua;PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Claude Code;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23 | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Arch | Windows;Arch | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | Doxygen;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | 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 | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Problem solving, prompt engineering, testing, debugging | null | null |
37,853 | 37,854 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,854 | 37,855 | 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.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,855 | 37,856 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 3 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Egypt | EGP Egyptian pound | null | Yes | C++;Python;SQL | C++;Python;SQL | C++;Python;SQL | NA
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NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio | google colab
google colab | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub;Google Colab | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | YouTube;LinkedIn | YouTube;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 | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code | null | null | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
37,856 | 37,857 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 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 required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 17 | Data or business analyst | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Energy | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Microsoft Azure;NuGet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Django | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | RAG | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Windows | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn | 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 | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | null | Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | 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 | IBM watsonx.ai;Llama Index | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices | The ability to develop and implement and integrate AI and ML tools | 204,212 | null |
37,857 | 37,858 | 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.) | 21 | 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 | 32 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Availability of better alternatives
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37,859 | 37,860 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | 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 (please specify): | 13 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 3,900,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;MicroPython;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;MicroPython;Python;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;MicroPython;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Ninja;Pip | APT;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Ninja;Pip | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Ninja;Pip | cmake,gn
cmake,gn | Yes | Flask;Node.js;React;WordPress | Flask;Node.js;React;WordPress | Flask;Node.js;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Cursor;Neovim;Vim | Cursor;Neovim;Vim | NA
NA | c++23 | c++23 | c++23 | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Doxygen;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase | Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | It is helpful when replicating some work in different language, extending the monotonous tasks | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | 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 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 | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | Cursor | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | In depth understanding about the problem and probable solutions. Enhancing the solutions provided by AI. Researching ability. | 45,333 | 7 |
37,860 | 37,861 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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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37,861 | 37,862 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 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) | null | Engineering manager | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Django | Django | Django | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
37,862 | 37,863 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 12 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | null | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 180,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Prometheus | Kubernetes;Terraform | null | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Sublime Text;Vim | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro;Stack Overflow for Teams | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | 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 | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Search for answers | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | Yes partially. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | 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 | Using AI tools effectively. More signal, less noise. | 117,017 | 8 |
37,863 | 37,864 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 13 | Developer, front-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 4 | India | INR Indian rupee | 61,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | npm;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | null | Angular;jQuery | null | null | NA
NA | null | Android Studio;Cursor;Sublime Text;Trae;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | null | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Notion;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | null | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Coding challenges | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 709 | 7 |
37,864 | 37,865 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 13 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | 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, mobile | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Spain | EUR European Euro | 70,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;iOS | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | null | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 81,210 | 6 |
37,865 | 37,866 | 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 | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media | 25 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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 |
37,866 | 37,867 | I code primarily as a hobby | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above;Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 23 | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 25 | AI/ML engineer | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 258,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | Documenting code | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 258,000 | null |
37,867 | 37,868 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 10 | Support engineer or analyst | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Other: | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 5 | Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | HKD Hong Kong dollar | 24,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;Python;SQL | C#;Python;SQL | Power Fx
Power Fx | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pacman;Pip;Poetry | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;FastAPI;Fastify;jQuery;Node.js | Node.js | Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows | GitHub;Google Workspace | Azure Devops | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | No, not at all | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Decision intelligence;IT operations;Robotics | MCP servers | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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.;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);LangChain;LangGraph | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 3,057 | null |
37,868 | 37,869 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 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) | 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 | 6 | DevOps engineer or professional | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | 3,000,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Kotlin;Python | Go | Go | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MongoDB | null | null | Couchbase, Weaviate
Weaviate | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Terraform | Kubernetes;Terraform | Kubernetes;Terraform | NA
Pulumi | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | null | null | null | ChatGPT
ChatGPT | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;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 daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great 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 | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Vector databases for AI applications | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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. | 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. | 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 want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Understanding the problems we need to tackle and leading the effort. | 34,872 | 8 |
37,869 | 37,870 | 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 | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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 as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 1 | Product manager | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | null | null | Banking/Financial Services | null | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Fortran;Groovy;PowerShell;Prolog;SQL | C#;C++;COBOL;Dart;Groovy;PowerShell;Prolog;SQL | Groovy;PowerShell;Prolog;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Trae | Cursor | Cursor | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | Google Gemini | null | null | null | Windows;Android | null | Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Dev.to | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 3 and 5 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people) | null | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Customer service support;Cybersecurity | Vector databases for AI applications;Personalized agent creation | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | 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 | null | null | null |
37,870 | 37,871 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week);Attending school (full-time) | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 7 | Student | I don’t know | Individual contributor | In-person | No | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 0 | 0 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Perl;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Lua;Python;Rust;Zig | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Lua;Python;Rust;Zig | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Snowflake;SQLite;Clickhouse | MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Splunk;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Splunk;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Prometheus;Splunk;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Django;Express;Flask;NestJS;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Angular;Django;Express;Flask;NestJS;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Angular;Django;Express;Flask;NestJS;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Android Studio;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Fedora;Pop!_OS | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Obsidian;Redmine | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Experience | null | 10 |
37,871 | 37,872 | 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) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Coding Bootcamp;Other (please specify): | 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);Coding Bootcamp | 20 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 5 | Kazakhstan | KZT Kazakhstani tenge | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;SQLite | MongoDB;Neo4J;PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Gradle;Maven (build tool);npm;Poetry;Prometheus;Yarn | Docker;Gradle;npm;Poetry;Prometheus | Docker;Gradle;npm;Poetry;Prometheus | 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;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Debian | Windows;Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | pgvector;Milvus | null | Ollama;Smolagents | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 8 |
37,872 | 37,873 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;Other (please specify): | 17 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Healthcare | You like your manager
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 7 | 6 | France | EUR European Euro | 90,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;OCaml;Python;Rust;SQL;Zig | Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;Cassandra;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse;Cockroachdb | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
TimescaleDB, ScyllaDB | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Terraform;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Netlify | Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Netlify | mix
mix | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;Phoenix;Vue.js;WordPress | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Phoenix | Django;FastAPI;Flask;Phoenix | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | GitHub copilot
GitHub copilot | Tailwind CSS 4;Odoo;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;Android;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;Android;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Airtable;Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Other (write in): | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | About 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;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;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 | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics;Marketing | MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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 | Redis | null | Vertex AI;Ollama | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Architecture, product decisions, design, direction and creativity | 104,413 | 7 |
37,873 | 37,874 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 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);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) | 12 | DevOps engineer or professional | null | null | null | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,874 | 37,875 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,875 | 37,876 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 7 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,876 | 37,877 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | 17 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 112,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Groovy;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);npm;Terraform;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Express;NestJS;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Express;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Express;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;WebStorm | NA
NA | Amazon Bedrock | Amazon Bedrock | Amazon Bedrock | null | null | MacOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Substack;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to 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 | Architect | 129,936 | 5 |
37,877 | 37,878 | 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 | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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;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) | 32 | Developer, mobile | null | null | null | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 4 | Norway | NOK Norwegian krone | 750,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Swift | Swift | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;Svelte | Svelte | Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | Sublime Text;Xcode;Zed | Sublime Text;Xcode;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;SwiftData;Shadcn/ui | SwiftData;Shadcn/ui | SwiftData;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub;Jira;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;Miro | GitHub;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | The ability to find solutions for complex problems. Seeing the big picture context. Finding the best solution within a domain. Finding the best solution for a specific set of users. | 74,120 | 6 |
37,878 | 37,879 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 40 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 30 | Applied scientist | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 4 | France | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Dart;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;OCaml;PHP;Python;SQL | Lua;Rust | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Yarn | Ansible;Vite | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask;Spring Boot;Svelte | FastAPI | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | VSCodium | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,879 | 37,880 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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 required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 30 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 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 | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | Working with new technologies and tools
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 2 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | 108,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | Elasticsearch;InfluxDB;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;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 | Yes | Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing 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 | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | no, tested it, but not usable for professional complex problems | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | Multi-platform search enablement | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | code reviewing | 125,296 | 8 |
37,880 | 37,881 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | I prefer not to say | null | 2 | 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 | 2 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 0 | India | INR Indian rupee | 330,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 3,836 | 3 |
37,881 | 37,882 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | 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) | 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) | 38 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | 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 | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 14 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 185,000 | Yes | C++;Dart;Delphi;SQL | Dart;Delphi | Dart;Delphi | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;Redis;Supabase | MariaDB;MongoDB;Supabase | MariaDB;MongoDB;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Supabase | Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Supabase | Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Homebrew;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | Svelte | Svelte | Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Cursor;Notepad++;Sublime Text | Cursor;Notepad++;Sublime Text | Cursor;Notepad++;Sublime Text | NA
NA | Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama | Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama | Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama | null | null | MacOS;Android | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | Confluence;Jira | NA
NA | Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube | Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube | Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | supabase | null | null | null | null | null | Claude Code;Google Gemini | Cursor | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Design | 185,000 | 6 |
37,882 | 37,883 | 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.) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,883 | 37,884 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,884 | 37,885 | 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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Colleague or on-the-job training | 42 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | Software Development | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,885 | 37,886 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other (please specify): | 15 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
permissive licensing | Other (please specify):
Restrictive license | Energy | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 3 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 120,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Python;R | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Python | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Make;Pip | Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Pip | Docker;Make;Pip | NA
Azure cloud | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio | Vim;Visual Studio | Vim;Visual Studio | NA
NA | Ultralytics | uv;Ultralytics | Ultralytics | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu;Arch | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Videos;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI);Other (write in): | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
Looking for answers to technical challenge. Looking for best practices and expert advice. Alternative ways of solving tech problems. | Yes, somewhat | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Other specific task (write in): | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to 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 | Ability to ask questions to get insight into the problem the software is trying to solve.
Ability to reason about the design goals and scope of the code you are writing.
Ability to scale up and down your understanding of the code bases, from a statement to a function, a module, or a system component.
Ability to reason about the ethics of the software and how society and other humans will be affected/influenced by it | 87,550 | 7 |
37,886 | 37,887 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Retired | None of the above | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 30 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | null | null | null | null | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | 80,000 | Yes | Delphi | Delphi | Delphi | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Delphi 12+ Athens | Delphi 12+ Athens | Delphi 12+ Athens | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | null | null | null | NA
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NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | I don't use Stack Overflow | A few times per month or weekly | Other (write in): | null | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;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 | null | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Other (please specify): | null | 92,812 | 0 |
37,887 | 37,888 | I code primarily as a hobby | Prefer not to say | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | None of the above | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,888 | 37,889 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Primary/elementary school | Employed | None of the above | 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 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 22 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,889 | 37,890 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 6 | AI/ML engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | null | null | Manufacturing | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | 5 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;SQLite | MongoDB;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Datadog;Docker;Microsoft Azure;Pip | Docker;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;Pip | Docker;Microsoft Azure;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | FastAPI | FastAPI | FastAPI | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | null | null | MacOS | Windows | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Job board | null | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code | null | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I haven’t encountered any problems | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Data and analytics | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | LangGraph | null | LangSmith;arize | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Replit;Perplexity | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 8 |
37,890 | 37,891 | 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 | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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37,891 | 37,892 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 7 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Spain | EUR European Euro | 58,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake | null | null | Prisma
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Homebrew;New Relic;npm;NuGet;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Fastify;Node.js;React | Deno | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Rider;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Logic games/puzzles | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics | Deployment and monitoring | Testing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | It is partially, but the process is step by step, and double-checking everything that is generated, adjusting naming, and addressing any issues that may be encountered | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Not sure about this answer. Understanding and reviewing what is processed maybe, and having great ideas for continuos deveopment | 67,289 | 9 |
37,892 | 37,893 | 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 | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 7 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Government | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | 5 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | 120,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C | NA
Rockstar | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Make;Pip;Splunk | Ansible;Microsoft Azure;Podman | Ansible | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Vim | Vim | vi
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Android;Arch;Fedora | Windows;Red Hat | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, I use it as a last resort when I don't find the answers I am looking for online. Sometimes it comes with new resources (given Google Search is deterioration as time goes on) | 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 | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to 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 | Complex problem solving, critical thinking, knowing the company infrastructure/design | 139,218 | null |
37,893 | 37,894 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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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 |
37,894 | 37,895 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Developer, mobile | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 3 | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | Dart | Dart | Dart | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics | null | 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 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 helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | 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 | null | ChromaDB | null | IBM watsonx.ai | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
37,895 | 37,896 | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 2 | Developer, mobile | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;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 | 9 |
37,896 | 37,897 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 11 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 0 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 65,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PHP;Python;Ruby;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vite;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic;LangGraph | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | null | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);Perplexity Sonar models | null | null | NA
NA | No | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | 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. | 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 | LangMem | null | LangChain;Amazon Bedrock Agents;LangGraph | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Microsoft Copilot;Devin AI | 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 | reading and understanding, being able to understand and fix what they produce | 42,256 | 10 |
37,897 | 37,898 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 13 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Good brand and public image
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 | 5 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | 39 | Yes | Java;Python;SQL | Go | null | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | Cassandra | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);New Relic;Pip;Prometheus | Firebase;Google Cloud | null | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | null | null | zuul
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Sublime Text | Android Studio | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;uv | RAG | null | null | null | MacOS | null | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;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 | somewhat | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | architecting the system and micro services | null | 6 |
37,898 | 37,899 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);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 | Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 11 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | 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 | Ukraine | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Tableplus
Tableplus | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Node.js | Angular;Node.js;React | Angular;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | WebStorm | WebStorm | WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence | Confluence | Confluence | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | null | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | 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 | 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 we have now , but also skills to work with AI tools , I believe that ai won’t fully replace people from software development | null | 8 |
37,899 | 37,900 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 10 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Opportunities to mentor and lead junior-level coworkers
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 2 | United Arab Emirates | AED United Arab Emirates dirham | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Pip;pnpm;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Pip;pnpm;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Pip;pnpm;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Express;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;FastAPI;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Pydantic;RAG | Pydantic;RAG | Pydantic;RAG | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | It is somewhat | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Customer service support | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | 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 | Redis;Qdrant;supabase | null | IBM watsonx.ai;LangChain;Zapier;Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | Sentry;New Relic | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;Perplexity | 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 | Skills on how to use AI tools | null | 6 |
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