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39,000 | 39,001 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Not employed | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (part-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Other (please specify): | 10 | AI/ML engineer | 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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39,001 | 39,002 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 22 | 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);Games or coding challenges | 15 | Product manager | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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39,002 | 39,003 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 20 | DevOps engineer or professional | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Costs are manageable
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NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Collaboration and support from a team
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NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform;Vercel;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Next.js;Phoenix;React;Spring Boot | Phoenix;Spring Boot | Phoenix;Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Xcode;Zed | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Xcode;Zed | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Xcode;Zed | NA
NA | c++23;Pydantic;Ollama;uv | c++23;Pydantic;Ollama;uv | c++23;Pydantic;Ollama;uv | null | null | MacOS;iOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;IT operations | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | 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 | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I 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 | Logical reasoning, refactoring, writing good test automation | 127,616 | 7 |
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NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Fintech | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | United States of America | EUR European Euro | 250,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | pnpm;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Other (write in): | Other (write in):
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NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
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NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Splunk;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;jQuery;NestJS;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Very little | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence | 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 accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Redis | null | Ollama | null | Snyk;Wiz | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 7 |
39,006 | 39,007 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | null | null | null | 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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39,007 | 39,008 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 4 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Manufacturing | Solving real-world problems
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 70,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);SQL;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server | MySQL | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Coding challenges | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | Learning about a codebase;Writing 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 | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 70,000 | 10 |
39,008 | 39,009 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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 | null | 30 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | 708,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase;Vercel | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Wikis | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | No | 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 | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Same as now | 74,214 | 9 |
39,009 | 39,010 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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39,010 | 39,011 | 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 | null | null | null | null | 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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39,011 | 39,012 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 26 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
Large active community | Availability of better alternatives
Small/inactive community | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 23 | 15 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 255,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;MicroPython;Python;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;TypeScript | GLSL
WGSL | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Make;npm;Pip;pnpm;Vite | Vite | Vite | pyenv, pulumi, bazel
Package management is the single worst thing about the entire field of software engineering, by far. I never want to think about it again! Infinite waste of time!!! | Yes | FastAPI;Flask;Node.js;React | FastAPI;Node.js;React | FastAPI;Node.js;React | deck.gl, websockets
WebAssembly, WebGPU, Web Workers | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu | Clickup;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub | Sphinx
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;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 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 | Other (write in): | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | Not really. I occasionally ask ChatGPT to implement something, but almost never use the code as-is, without thoroughly reviewing and making changes. I mostly use generated code as an example. I use Copilot extensively but only for highly predictable code completion tasks (i.e. 1-2 lines at a time). | 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 reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Architectural decisions, data structures/schemas, writing good comments/documentation, managing "tribal knowledge", anything requiring specialized domain knowledge, and anything requiring taste (visual design, UI/UX, etc). | 255,000 | 9 |
39,012 | 39,013 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 11 | Academic researcher | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | Russian Federation | RUB Russian ruble | 1,200,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Lisp;Python;Rust;SQL;Swift;Zig;Mojo | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Python;SQL | NA
Julia | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Clickhouse | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Clickhouse | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pacman;Pip;Podman | Ansible;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pacman;Pip;Podman | Ansible;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pacman;Pip;Podman | uv
uv | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic;uv;Ultralytics | c++23;Pydantic;uv | Pydantic;uv | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Arch;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS;Arch | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab | GitLab;Google Colab | GitLab;Google Colab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Understanding code | 15,311 | 5 |
39,013 | 39,014 | 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 new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 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);Games or coding challenges | 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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39,014 | 39,015 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 11 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 1 | Other (please specify): | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Manufacturing | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 55,000 | Yes | Python | Python | Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | Android Studio | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | Large Language Model | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub | GitLab | null | NA
NA | YouTube | Stack Overflow | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Logic games/puzzles | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | 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 | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something | Yes, AI is still in it's infancy | 55,000 | null |
39,015 | 39,016 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Colleague or on-the-job training | null | Other (please specify): | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | 392,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Windows;MacOS;Android;ChromeOS | Notion | Asana;Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Google Workspace;Jira;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Monday.com;Notion;Redmine;Stack Overflow for Teams;Wikis | Notion | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | I don't use Stack Overflow | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Not sure | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Learning is wealth | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;IT operations;Data and analytics;Marketing;Cybersecurity;Other Industry purpose (write in): | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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 | Data analysis, Machine learning, Network Management, Database Management, Cloud Computing, Prompt Engineering,Robotics | 4,557 | null |
39,016 | 39,017 | I code primarily as a hobby | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 1 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 8 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 12 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Writing code;Search for answers | null | Testing code;Predictive analytics | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Agent/multi-agent orchestration | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
39,017 | 39,018 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 11 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 15 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | null | Israel | ILS Israeli new shekel | null | Yes | Go;Python;SQL | Go;Python;Rust;SQL | Go;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;Valkey | PostgreSQL;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;PyCharm | Notepad++;PyCharm | Notepad++;PyCharm | GoLand
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | null | null | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing 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;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 | 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 | 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 valuable skills will remain just as valuable. | null | 8 |
39,018 | 39,019 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;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 | 16 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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39,019 | 39,020 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 1 | Other (please specify): | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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39,020 | 39,021 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 22 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 26 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 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 | Good brand and public image
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Government | Recognition from leadership for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 110,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Delphi;Elixir;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;Rust;Gleam | Go;TypeScript;Zig | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Interbase
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News | null | null | Lobste.rs
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Generating content or synthetic data | 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 | null | 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 | 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 compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 110,000 | 8 |
39,021 | 39,022 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 5 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 6 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 13,000 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;TypeScript | C#;Lua;Rust;TypeScript | C#;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | MongoDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Vite | Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Terraform;Vite | Cloudflare;Docker;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;React | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Blazor;React | NA
NA | Yes | Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Not really, I mostly use it to fix issues. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 15,082 | 9 |
39,022 | 39,023 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 9 | DevOps engineer or professional | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Java;Kotlin;PHP;Python;Ruby;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;F#;Kotlin;Lisp;Python;Rust;Scala;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Kotlin;Python;Scala;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Composer;Datadog;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Terraform | terragrunt, grafana, uv
terragrunt, grafana, uv | Yes | Flask;Ruby on Rails;WordPress | Flask | Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Neovim;Vim | Aider;Neovim;Vim | Aider;Neovim;Vim | emacs
emacs | Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | null | null | Debian;Arch;Fedora | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code | null | Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Literally everything we do now. Thinking that AI will make some skills less valuable is just marketing speak/hype. | 160,000 | 7 |
39,023 | 39,024 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 18 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 150,000 | Yes | C#;Go;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;F#;Rust;TypeScript;Zig | C#;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Kubernetes;Make | Pulumi
Pulumi | Yes | Angular | Deno;React;Svelte | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn | Hacker News;Bluesky | Hacker News;Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | 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 | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | 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 | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 204,212 | 6 |
39,024 | 39,025 | 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 | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;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 | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
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 | 7 | null | Greece | EUR European Euro | 18,800 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React;Spring Boot | null | null | Ext JS
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitLab;Redmine | GitLab | GitLab | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase | Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices | null | 21,811 | 8 |
39,025 | 39,026 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 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) | 11 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 3 | Hungary | HUF Hungarian forint | null | Yes | C#;C++;Python;Rust | C#;C++;Python;Rust | C#;C++;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;Vite | Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;Vite | Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;Vite | uv
uv | Yes | Django;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Django;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Django;Spring Boot;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Zed | Visual Studio Code;Zed | Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;uv | .NET 8 or higher;uv | .NET 8 or higher;uv | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Discord | Discord | Discord | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | 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 | yes | null | 10 |
39,026 | 39,027 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 6 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | 6 | 10 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Groovy;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | Cassandra;Databricks SQL;Elasticsearch;Firebase Realtime Database;IBM DB2;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Amazon Redshift | Databricks SQL;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Maven (build tool);Webpack | Docker;Firebase;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | Docker;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Express;Node.js;React | Angular;Deno;Django;Express;Flask;jQuery;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React;Vue.js | Angular;Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;iPadOS;ChromeOS | Confluence;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Stack Overflow for Teams;Trello | Confluence;Google Colab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
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NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 1 and 3 years | A few times per month or weekly | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Project planning | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Nonsense | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Decision intelligence;Data and analytics;Marketing;Robotics | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | ML Algorithms | null | 4 |
39,027 | 39,028 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 16 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 20 | Developer, mobile | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 7 | 3 | Serbia | RSD Serbian dinar | 8,400,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 83,158 | 7 |
39,028 | 39,029 | 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) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;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 | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | Other (please specify): | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Government | null | No | I have strongly 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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39,029 | 39,030 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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39,030 | 39,031 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 32 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Manufacturing | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 0 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 136,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;JavaScript;Perl;PHP;PowerShell;Python;R;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Lua;Perl;PHP;Python;R;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);JavaScript;Perl;PHP;Python;R;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cassandra;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis | Cassandra;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | Cassandra;MongoDB;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Poetry | APT;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pip;Poetry | APT;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Poetry | Fabric/Invoke
Fabric/Invoke | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Express;Flask;Laravel;Node.js | Express;Flask;Laravel;Node.js | Express;Flask;Laravel;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Vibe coding isn't part of any professional development. | No, but I 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | I don't see AI becoming usable in systems design and architecture anytime soon. Very few programmers or engineers can translate requirements to what a customer should have asked for and convince them of what they meant to ask for, so it is a long way off for AI to be able to handle that if it ever does. | 136,000 | 7 |
39,031 | 39,032 | 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 | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 8 | Support engineer or analyst | 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Government | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | 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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39,032 | 39,033 | 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 | 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 | 7 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | 2,400,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Apex
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Poetry | Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Poetry | Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Poetry | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;React | FastAPI;React | FastAPI;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor | Cursor | Cursor | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;Android | MacOS | Clickup;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Notion | Clickup;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | Clickup;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Deployment and monitoring | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;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 | YES | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Integration with external agents and APIs | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis | null | Ollama | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini;Perplexity | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Ai prompting | 27,898 | 7 |
39,033 | 39,034 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | Student | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | School | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | null | Government | null | Yes | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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39,034 | 39,035 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 25 | 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 | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 3 | Poland | PLN Polish zloty | 170,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;Rust;SQL;Swift;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;SQL;Swift | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker;Firebase;Gradle;Homebrew;Make;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Yarn | Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Prometheus | Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Prometheus | Nix
Nix | Yes | React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Nano;Visual Studio Code;Xcode;Zed | Xcode | Xcode | NA
NA | Large Language Model;SwiftData;Ollama | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS;NixOS | MacOS;Android;iOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Hacker News | Stack Overflow;Hacker News | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Logic games/puzzles;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 | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | 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’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 | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 46,393 | 4 |
39,035 | 39,036 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 3 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 4 | 3 | India | INR Indian rupee | 240,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, i take only parts of code that i do not understand in conceptual way and fit it in my code base. I do not give total prompts and only copy paste everything. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;IT operations | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2,790 | 7 |
39,036 | 39,037 | 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.) | Employed | None of the above | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 40 | Academic researcher | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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39,037 | 39,038 | 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 | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 7 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Government | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 4 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 110,000 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not really | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad 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 | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Partially | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;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 | null | 110,000 | 9 |
39,038 | 39,039 | 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 | 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;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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 4 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Poor usability
NA | Energy | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 75,809 | Yes | C;C#;C++;Delphi;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | RAG;Google Gemini;Delphi 12+ Athens;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | Jira | null | null | NA
NA | YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | null | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | No | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring | Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Maybe about 25 percent of the time. Otherwise I do not trust LLM generated code to be safe to use in prod-level code, even after reviewing it before using it. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have 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. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Still having a deep understanding on how software development works to be able to determine the integrity and quality of AI generated code.
Additionally, being able to tell if AI generated code is appropriate to be integrated to an overall larger codebase. | 75,809 | 7 |
39,039 | 39,040 | 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.) | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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 | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 30 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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39,040 | 39,041 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 22 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 15 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 40,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Valkey | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Composer;Docker;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry;Yarn | null | null | scoop
NA | Yes | FastAPI;React;Symfony | null | null | Bootstrap
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Zed | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama;LangGraph;uv | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Arch | Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Redmine;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;Company-sponsored forums | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Cohere: Command A;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Answer a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Language processing;MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have 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 | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | Ollama;LangChain | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity | null | When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Out of the box thinking | 46,406 | 6 |
39,041 | 39,042 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 1 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 6 | Student | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Other (please specify):
successful experience | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | 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);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase;Valkey | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Supabase;Valkey | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;Netlify;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Supabase;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Vite | APT;Bun;Cloudflare;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Deno;Django;Express;FastAPI;Fastify;Laravel;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js;WordPress | Angular;ASP.NET;Fastify;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | Angular;ASP.NET;Fastify;Node.js;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23 | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | GitHub;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Predictive analytics | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Debugging or fixing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Responsible for the project | null | 10 |
39,042 | 39,043 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 8 | Developer, full-stack | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 0 | France | EUR European Euro | 40,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | Node.js;React;Vue.js | null | KendoUI
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | Azure Devops;Obsidian | null | null | internal company ticket manager
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Direct messaging of users | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Not at all. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | 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 | Reflexion, Analysis, understanding the projects as a whole, knowing how everything is linked together, knowing that changing something there will have an impact somewhere else | 46,406 | 6 |
39,043 | 39,044 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 12 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
No shoehorned AI functionality | Availability of better alternatives
Useless AI Features shoehorned into a product that doesn't need them | Government | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 70,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Supabase | PostgreSQL;Valkey | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Chocolatey;Digital Ocean;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Microsoft Azure;npm;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;Docker;Microsoft Azure;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Next.js;Node.js;React | Deno;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
Solid | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Notion | Azure Devops;GitHub;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Substack | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;Substack | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;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; I don't belive AI tools are a threat. | 70,000 | 6 |
39,044 | 39,045 | I code primarily as a hobby | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 20 | Support engineer or analyst | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Fintech | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 12 | Cyprus | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;OCaml;Python;Rust;SQL | Python | Python | Janet
Janet | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab | Vi
Vi | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows | GitHub;GitLab;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers | I don’t use AI tools regularly | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Not at all or minimally | Decision intelligence;Data and analytics;Customer service support | Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis | null | Zapier | null | null | null | Claude Code;Perplexity | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | compsci knowledge will remain valuable, tooling knowledge will not | null | null |
39,045 | 39,046 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | 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);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts | 15 | Developer, back-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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39,046 | 39,047 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 25 | 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 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
Clojure | Other (please specify):
Any "ai" bullshit | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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39,047 | 39,048 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Other (please specify): | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time) | 24 | 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);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;Coding Bootcamp;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc);Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;Other (please specify):;Coding Bootcamp;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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39,048 | 39,049 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 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);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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges | 8 | Data engineer | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Energy | You like your manager
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 8 | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 550,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;F#;Fortran;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript;VBA | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase;Pocketbase | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase;Pocketbase | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Oracle;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase;Pocketbase | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Pacman;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Pacman;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Pacman;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus | uv
uv | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Flask;React;Spring Boot;Vue.js | FastAPI;Flask;Vue.js | FastAPI;Flask;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Eclipse;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama | c++23;Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama | null | null | Ubuntu;Fedora | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Obsidian | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | null | null | Predictive analytics | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Sure, we even had hackathons where we vibe coded. We are also building tools to support vibe coding better. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics;Marketing | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs;Personalized agent creation | 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 the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Qdrant;ChromaDB;supabase | null | Llama Index;Ollama;LangChain;Smolagents | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;Other (please specify): | Systems engineering. Abstract thinking, seeing systems as an overview, debugging, reading documentation. | 85,536 | 8 |
39,049 | 39,050 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 30 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Python;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pacman;Pip;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pacman;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;Pacman;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask | Django;FastAPI;Flask | Django;Flask | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Claude Code;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;Zed | PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Debian;Arch;iPadOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Testing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 8 |
39,050 | 39,051 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Not employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 15 | Retired | 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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39,051 | 39,052 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Not employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 1 | Data engineer | null | null | null | null | School | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | null | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 1 | Mexico | USD United States dollar | 1 | Yes | null | null | null | NA
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39,052 | 39,053 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 10 | AI/ML engineer | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 110,000 | Yes | Python | C++;Lisp;OCaml;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Snowflake | Valkey | null | Aerospike
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Poetry | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | null | null | Emacs
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Arch | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File | GitLab | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | lobste.rs
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
Mistral (any) | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;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 weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing 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;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, I never let AI "take the wheel" so to speak; it's always heavily supervised and I only use it to answer questions if I can easily verify the answer. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Architecting systems end-to-end; debugging complex systems; converting customer requirements into a profitable product; | 149,756 | 7 |
39,053 | 39,054 | I am learning to code | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 38 | 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 | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 5 | Support engineer or analyst | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
39,054 | 39,055 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | I prefer not to say | null | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Coding Bootcamp;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Coding Bootcamp | 29 | DevOps engineer or professional | 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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39,055 | 39,056 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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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39,056 | 39,057 | 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) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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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39,057 | 39,058 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Primary/elementary school | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | 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 | null | Academic researcher | 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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39,058 | 39,059 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | null | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 2 | Cybersecurity or InfoSec professional | null | null | null | null | null | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
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39,059 | 39,060 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 5 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
Battery included | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | Viet Nam | VND Vietnamese dong | 7,000,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Assembly;Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;PowerShell;Prolog;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Prolog;SQL;TypeScript | Typescript, python, autohotkey, dataview ql
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MySQL | BigQuery;MongoDB | BigQuery | Deno Deploy
Deno Deploy | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Netlify;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Docker | Docker | NA
NA | Yes | Deno;Node.js;React;WordPress | Astro;Deno | Deno | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Notepad++
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4 | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Airtable;GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Trello;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Google Colab;Markdown File;Obsidian;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Search for answers | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to 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 | Every skills | 267 | null |
39,060 | 39,061 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (part-time) | 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);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 14 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
39,061 | 39,062 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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) | 18 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 200,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | 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 | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | Predictive analytics | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Could be, but not currently. I currently build specific sets of code with AI, but only because it can write it out faster than I could. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 200,000 | 8 |
39,062 | 39,063 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 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);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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 16 | Academic researcher | null | null | null | null | School | Other (please specify):
Proper FOSS license | Security or privacy concerns
High number of loc | null | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 9 | 3 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 36,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;Lisp | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS | UXN, Forth, Odin, C3
UXN, Forth, Odin | null | SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Make | Make | Make | ssh, scp, rsync
ssh, scp, rsync, nob-like systems | Yes | null | null | null | NA
Hugo | Yes | null | null | null | Emacs, vi
Emacs, vi | Large Language Model | null | null | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Markdown File;Miro | null | null | Git, Fossil
Fossil | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube | Hacker News | Hacker News | IRC, Lobste.rs
IRC, Lobste.rs | 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.) | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No, however, some coworkers/boss suggested I do so in order to increase productive output. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | 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: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;Other (please specify): | Critical thinking as machine are unable to have critical thinking, they can only respond to probabilities and quantitative inputs.
Humans can also use their affect and emotions to respond to input which will become more and more valuable. | 26,265 | null |
39,063 | 39,064 | 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 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 15 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Government | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 425,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Lisp;Python | Assembly;C;Elixir;Erlang;Lisp;OCaml;Prolog;Python;Rust | Assembly;C;Lisp;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT | null | null | nix, bazel
nix, bazel | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | emacs
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu | GitHub;Jira;Notion | Notion | Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | null | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;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 | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 425,000 | 5 |
39,064 | 39,065 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 9 | Developer, front-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Kazakhstan | KZT Kazakhstani tenge | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript;Zig | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | null | Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Vite | Docker;Kubernetes;pnpm;Vite | pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Node.js;React | Angular;Astro;NestJS;Node.js;React;Svelte;Vue.js | Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Neovim;Zed | Neovim;Zed | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Substack;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Writing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | null | null | 6 |
39,065 | 39,066 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;Books / Physical media | 16 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Prohibitive pricing
Not open source | Computer Systems Design and Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 2 | 3 | Poland | EUR European Euro | 160,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;MATLAB;Perl;Python;Rust;Scala;SQL;TypeScript;Zig | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Elixir;Erlang;OCaml;Perl;Rust | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Perl;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;Redis;SQLite | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;Redis;SQLite | DuckDB;Elasticsearch;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Gradle;Kubernetes;Make;Maven (build tool);Ninja;Podman;Splunk;Terraform | Cargo;Cloudflare;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Podman;Terraform | Cargo;Cloudflare;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Make;Podman;Terraform | Bazel Buck
Bazel Buck | Yes | Django;Flask | AngularJS;Flask | Flask | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Pydantic;uv | c++23;Pydantic;uv | c++23;Pydantic;uv | null | null | Ubuntu;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Red Hat;Fedora;NixOS | Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Red Hat;Fedora;NixOS | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Substack | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Substack | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Substack | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in): | No | No, and I don't plan to | 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 | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Writing quality code that can be maintained extended and does solve buisness use case | 185,623 | 8 |
39,066 | 39,067 | 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.) | 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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 25 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Energy | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 175,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | 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 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | null | null | null | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Other (write in): | Absolutely freaking not. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Competent thinking and reasoning. | 175,000 | 7 |
39,067 | 39,068 | 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 | 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);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;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 6 | Developer, front-end | null | null | null | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | 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 | 10 | 10 | Indonesia | IDR Indonesian rupiah | 13,000,000 | Yes | TypeScript | TypeScript | TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;React | Next.js;React | Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I haven’t encountered any problems | yes | No, and I don't plan to | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 797 | 10 |
39,068 | 39,069 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 9 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 13 | Developer, full-stack | null | People manager | In-person | null | null | null | null | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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39,069 | 39,070 | 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 | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 23 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Fintech | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 91,000 | Yes | Java;Python | Java;Kotlin;Python | Java;Python | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MongoDB;MySQL;Snowflake | H2;MongoDB;MySQL | H2;MongoDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);New Relic;Splunk;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);New Relic;Splunk;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);New Relic;Splunk;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | Spring Boot | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Trello | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Trello | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | 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 | 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 | Chat (people);Videos | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Other (write in): | null | null | null | Other (write in): | no | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;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 | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Soft skills, hard skills | 105,573 | 7 |
39,070 | 39,071 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 15 | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 12 | 10 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 155,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;Java;PowerShell;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;IBM DB2;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Docker;Pip;Podman;Yarn | Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;Pip;Podman;Yarn | Composer;Docker;Pip;Podman;Yarn | NA
NA | Yes | Django | Django;Next.js;Node.js;Spring Boot | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Pydantic;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Red Hat | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | I'm trying, but I'm not sure if it's productive for my growth; instead, it's enabling me to better process a vast amount of data. | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices | Understanding LLMs accuracy, Subjective personal behavioural qualities, Thinking strategically | 28,216 | 6 |
39,071 | 39,072 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | 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 | 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;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;Blogs or podcasts | 26 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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39,072 | 39,073 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 23 | DevOps engineer or professional | 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 | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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 | 8 | 5 | Netherlands | EUR European Euro | 43,200 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Ruby;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;Lua;Python;Ruby;Rust;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;Lua;Python;Ruby;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Redis | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform;Vite;Webpack | Ansible;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | Ansible;Cargo;Digital Ocean;Docker;Make;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | Sinatra
NA | Yes | Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Vim | Neovim;Vim | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Ubuntu;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Only for things like shell scripts that are simple enough for AI to get right in one go, but time consuming to write myself. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Cybersecurity | null | 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 solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | null | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Translating customer requirements into something usable. Creative solutions to requirements. Understanding the consequences of AI implementations (security, performance etc.). | 50,118 | 6 |
39,073 | 39,074 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Volunteering (regularly);Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 10 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 30 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;Lisp;Lua;OCaml;Perl;PHP;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Lisp;Lua;OCaml;Python;Ruby;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Lisp;Lua;OCaml;Python;Ruby;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Make;Pacman;Pip | APT;Cargo;Homebrew;Make;Pacman | APT;Cargo;Homebrew;Make;Pacman | NA
NA | Yes | Ruby on Rails;WordPress | Ruby on Rails | Ruby on Rails | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | c++23;Ollama | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Debian;Arch | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian;Arch | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok 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 | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | null | No, not really | About half of the time | 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;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | I am a student, so don't use LLMs much since doing so undermines learning. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Assuming the tools become more capable, I think formal methods and code review will remain very important. | null | null |
39,074 | 39,075 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 13 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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 | 6 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 40,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL;Zig;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL | NA
Futhark | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;SQLite | DuckDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Supabase;Pocketbase | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Docker;Microsoft Azure;Pacman;Pip | Ansible;Cargo;Docker;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Supabase | Ansible;Docker;Pacman;Pip | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Axum | ASP.NET Core;Blazor | NA
Datastar, HTMX | Yes | Neovim;Rider | Aider;Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Rider;Visual Studio Code | Neovim;Rider | NA
Helix | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Tailwind CSS 4;Polars;Large Language Model;RAG;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | Linux (non-WSL);Arch | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Confluence;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Jujutsu
Jujutsu | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | null | Multi-platform search enablement | null | null | 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 helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Talking to the customer, Planning | 46,406 | 6 |
39,075 | 39,076 | 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 new to coding or currently a student | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 10 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 5 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 20,000 | Yes | C#;Fortran;HTML/CSS;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;VBA;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | null | MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | null | Microsoft Azure;NuGet;Pip | NuGet | NuGet | NA
NA | null | Angular;AngularJS;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;WordPress | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;WordPress | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;WordPress | NA
NA | null | Android Studio;Eclipse;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android | Windows | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | Stack Overflow;YouTube | 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 | Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Documenting code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | I don't think is vibe coding | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Customer service support | Language processing | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | I don't know | 23,203 | 8 |
39,076 | 39,077 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (10-19 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 | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 9 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 2,400,000 | Yes | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Python | Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;Podman;Poetry;Prometheus | Docker;Pacman | Docker;Pacman | NA
NA | Yes | Django;FastAPI;Node.js;Vue.js | null | null | NA
Litestar | Yes | Aider;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm | Aider;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm | Aider;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;uv | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL);Arch | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | 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 | Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Comment on Q&A posts
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code | null | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Data and analytics | 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 | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Aider | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 57,519 | 7 |
39,077 | 39,078 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 4 | AI/ML engineer | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 2 | Pakistan | PKR Pakistani rupee | null | Yes | Assembly;C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python;SQL | JavaScript;Python;R;SQL | JavaScript;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;MongoDB;MySQL | MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;MySQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;npm;Pip;Supabase;Vercel | npm;Pip;Supabase;Vercel | npm;Pip;Supabase;Vercel | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Express;Flask;Next.js;Node.js;React | Angular;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf;Xcode | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model;RAG;Google Gemini | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Google Colab | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Reddit;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Generating content or synthetic data | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Nope, not yet.
| Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Business process automation;Customer service support;Marketing | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 | 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.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | GitHub MCP Server;supabase | null | LangChain;LangGraph | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | 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 | I guess the work done by using one's own intellect will definitely have higher value as compared to the work being done by using AI. | null | 7 |
39,078 | 39,079 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 20 | Developer, back-end | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 5 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 80,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;Elixir;Erlang;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Python;Ruby;Rust;SQL;Gleam | Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;Rust;SQL;Zig;Gleam | Elixir;Go;HTML/CSS;Rust;SQL;Gleam | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;H2;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite;Clickhouse;Valkey | DuckDB;Firebase Realtime Database;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Cargo;Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Ansible;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Ansible;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Pulumi
Pulumi | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Phoenix;Ruby on Rails;Axum | Deno;Phoenix;Axum | Phoenix;Axum | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Notepad++;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;WebStorm;Zed | IntelliJ IDEA | IntelliJ IDEA | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Debian;iPadOS;NixOS | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Debian | GitHub;Linear;Obsidian | GitHub;Linear;Obsidian | GitHub;Linear;Obsidian | Forgejo
Forgejo | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;X;YouTube;Twitch;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Microsoft Phi-4 models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Videos;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | it is not, I prefer to remain in control of the overall project
| No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | I would say general development skills and generalist ability to grap at nearly any codebase will be crucial | 99,194 | 8 |
39,079 | 39,080 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 4 | Developer, QA or test | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 19,200 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Java;Kotlin;PHP | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | DuckDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | MongoDB;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Chocolatey;Docker;npm;Pip;Yarn | Docker | Docker | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;FastAPI;NestJS;WordPress | Angular;Laravel | Angular | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Zed | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Linux (non-WSL);Arch;Fedora;NixOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | GitLab;Trello | Trello;YouTrack | Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;Perplexity Sonar models | X Grok models | null | NA
NA | No | Daily or almost daily | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Highly trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Committing and reviewing code | null | Testing code | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Yes | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Self through | 3,495 | 4 |
39,080 | 39,081 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 18 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 7 | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Go;Java;PowerShell;Python | Ada;C#;Elixir;F#;Go;Java;Kotlin;MicroPython;PowerShell;Prolog;Python;SQL;Zig | C#;Go;Java;PowerShell;Python | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Vite;Webpack | Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Vite;Webpack | Ansible;APT;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Pip;Podman;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Deno;Node.js;React | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Deno;FastAPI | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Deno | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher;RAG;Ollama | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Mistral AI models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Message Boards;Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Highly distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
39,081 | 39,082 | 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 | 10 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 15 | Other (please specify): | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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39,082 | 39,083 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 8 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | 45,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Groovy;Python;Rust | Go;Python;Rust | Go;Python;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Docker;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus | Cargo;Docker;Kubernetes;Poetry;Prometheus | Cargo;Docker;Poetry;Prometheus | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | Pydantic | Pydantic | Pydantic | null | null | Debian;Arch;Fedora;NixOS | Fedora | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | 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 | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 52,207 | 8 |
39,083 | 39,084 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 15 | Academic researcher | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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39,084 | 39,085 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 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);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 | null | 11 | Other (please specify): | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Other (please specify):
Having the Features I (We) Need | Poor usability
NA | Other: | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 80,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;F#;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | Assembly;C;C#;C++;Erlang;HTML/CSS;Java;Kotlin;Lua;Python;Rust;SQL | C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;Python;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | Cloud Firestore;DuckDB;MariaDB;MongoDB | Cloud Firestore;MariaDB;MongoDB | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery;Node.js | Django | null | NA
NA | Yes | PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio Code | Rider;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Google Colab;Monday.com | GitHub;Google Colab;Monday.com | GitHub;Google Colab;Monday.com | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Kaggle;YouTube;LinkedIn;Company-sponsored forums | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code | Predictive analytics;Search for answers | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | No.
I try to stay away from using AI for specifically code, unless it's in a new field/feature/function I know little to nothing about. When it comes to making code, I use it to help guide the initial structure, then once I get the hang of it, I quickly realize how dog water the entire structure is, but now that I have some idea of how it works, I quickly re-write or refactor large portions of it.
It helps, but I typically use AI for more generic, menial, grunt work. The moment I try to use it for basic features, 80% of the time it fails and produces nonsense. If I give it a "complex" task, it has yet to succeed. | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;Write in the most significant challenge 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.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Soft skills, communication, leadership, etc.
I think it's a fools errand to try and think code-related skills won't change and adapt, even on a day-to-day basis. In my 2 years of work at my current job alone, I've swapped between 13 different languages, 4 simulation softwares, and have developed many different softwares for the company. | 80,000 | 7 |
39,085 | 39,086 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 12 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 18 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 3 | Switzerland | CHF Swiss franc | 160,000 | Yes | Go;Lua | Go;Lua | Go;Lua | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes | Docker;Kubernetes | Docker;Kubernetes | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | 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 | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Answer a question
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | No, but I plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something | null | 198,389 | 7 |
39,086 | 39,087 | 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 | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 18 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 21 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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39,087 | 39,088 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 49 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Books / Physical media | 40 | DevOps engineer or professional | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
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 | 5 | 3 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 96,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Java;Python;SQL;VBA | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | 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;Linux (non-WSL) | null | GitHub | null | null | NA
NA | LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Coding challenges | null | No, not really | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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 | AgentGPT | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 111,374 | 1 |
39,088 | 39,089 | 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.);Volunteering (regularly);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;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | Data scientist | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 9 | 3 | Denmark | DKK Danish krone | 300,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Lua | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL | PostgreSQL | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Drupal;Flask;Node.js;React;WordPress | Deno | null | Gatsby
NA | Yes | Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Microsoft Fabric | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Pop!_OS | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Pop!_OS | GitHub;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Wikis | Notion | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Kaggle | Bluesky | null | 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 | Chat (people);Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Nope | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Human touch, i.e. Troubleshooting | 46,656 | null |
39,089 | 39,090 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | 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;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 | 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) | 12 | Senior executive (C-suite, VP, etc.) | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 14 | 8 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 300,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby | Python | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | DuckDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;npm;Pip;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React;Ruby on Rails | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Reddit;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Writing code;Documenting code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Sometimes | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Determining the core problem to solve | 218,875 | 4 |
39,090 | 39,091 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 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;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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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39,091 | 39,092 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 12 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 3 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 160,000 | Yes | C;Go;JavaScript;Python;Rust | Python;Rust;Swift;Gleam | Python;Rust | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Podman | Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Kubernetes;Podman | Cargo;Datadog;Docker;Podman | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;VSCodium | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;uv | Google Gemini;uv | Google Gemini;uv | null | null | Windows;Fedora | Ubuntu | GitHub;Jira;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Perplexity Sonar models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Job board | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor 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;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I want to compare different solutions | null | 185,623 | 7 |
39,092 | 39,093 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 13 | Developer, back-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | Software Development | Expert mentors
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | null | Czech Republic | CZK Czech koruna | 1,200,000 | Yes | Java;JavaScript;SQL | Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Java;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Oracle | Oracle | Oracle | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Notepad++ | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS | Windows;MacOS;Fedora | Confluence;GitLab;Jira | GitLab;Jira | GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | No, not really | 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 | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 56,167 | 5 |
39,093 | 39,094 | 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.) | 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 | 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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39,094 | 39,095 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 12 | null | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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39,095 | 39,096 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 28 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Recognition from peers for your work
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | C#;Dart;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Flutter
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Dynamodb;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | Dynamodb;Firebase Realtime Database;MySQL;SQLite;Supabase | Dynamodb;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;npm;NuGet;Pip;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;Supabase;Vercel;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Microsoft Azure;Netlify;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Express;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;Nuxt.js;React | Node.js;React;Vue.js | Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Claude Code;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;Google Gemini | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | null | null | Windows;Android | MacOS;Android;iOS | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Monday.com;Notion | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Testing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Vector databases for AI applications;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. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;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. | Redis;Fireproof;GitHub MCP Server;supabase | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 116,015 | 9 |
39,096 | 39,097 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | Project manager | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Personal Project | Customizable and manageable codebase
NA | Ethical concerns
AI or AI agents | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 6 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;Lua;MATLAB;MicroPython;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Elixir;Erlang;F#;Fortran;HTML/CSS;Lisp;OCaml;Rust;Gleam | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Lisp;Rust | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cargo;Docker;Make;Netlify;Pip;pnpm;Podman | Make | Make | Guix, Salt
NA | Yes | FastAPI;Node.js;React;WordPress;Axum | null | null | Preact, Leptos
Leptos | Yes | Neovim;Notepad++;Vim;VSCodium | Neovim | Neovim | Emacs
Emacs | Tailwind CSS 4;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;uv | Odoo;uv | uv | null | null | Android;Linux (non-WSL);Fedora | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | Markdown File | Markdown File | Emacs, Codeberg
Emacs, Codeberg | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | YouTube | YouTube | Fedi
Fedi | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 60,000 | 8 |
39,097 | 39,098 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | 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);Books / Physical media | 15 | Data engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 4 | Uruguay | UYU Uruguayan peso | 2,000,000 | Yes | Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C++;Go;Kotlin;Python;Rust;Scala;SQL;TypeScript | Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;DuckDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Databricks SQL;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Heroku;Homebrew;IBM Cloud;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Poetry;Terraform | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Terraform | Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Pip;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Drupal;FastAPI;Flask;React;WordPress | Angular;Django;FastAPI;Flask;React;Spring Boot;WordPress | Django;FastAPI;Flask;React;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;LangGraph;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;LangGraph;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic;RAG;Google Gemini;LangGraph;uv | null | null | Windows;MacOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu | Confluence;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Miro | Confluence;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);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 | 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 | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | i am not use vibe coding, it sucks! | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Vector databases for AI applications;Integration with external agents and APIs | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 49,338 | 8 |
39,098 | 39,099 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 14 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;Other (please specify): | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 15 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Other: | You like your manager
NA | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 13 | 8 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 300,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Rust;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Netlify;npm;pnpm;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Netlify;pnpm;Railway;Vercel;Vite;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Netlify;pnpm;Vite;Yarn | NA
Fly.io, Deno Deploy, CapRover | Yes | Express;Node.js;React | Deno;Express;Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;React | Express;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | GitHub;Miro | GitHub;Miro | Slack
Slack | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Multiple times per day | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Message Boards;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not at all | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No. | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;Other (please specify): | Manually test apps. | 54,611 | 3 |
39,099 | 39,100 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 27 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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);Colleague or on-the-job training | 41 | Architect, software or solutions | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
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