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40,000 | 40,001 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 2 | Student | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 7 | 8 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL | JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django | AngularJS;Django;Node.js;React;Spring Boot | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;WebStorm | Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Rider;WebStorm | NA
NA | Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Debian | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Miro | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Miro | GitHub;GitLab;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 1 and 3 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | 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;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | yes | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | IT operations | MCP servers | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | getting the big picture. where do you want to end up with your project/app. I don't think AI will replace that, as they often can't fully comprehend what the user wants | null | null |
40,001 | 40,002 | 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.);Attending school (full-time) | 3 | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | 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 | Manufacturing | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 12 | 8 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;Python;Rust;TypeScript | C;C++;Python;TypeScript | C;C++;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | PostgreSQL;Redis;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Cargo;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;Poetry;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Fastify;Spring Boot | Angular | Angular | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | Emacs
Emacs | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Arch | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people) | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I need quick help troubleshooting | How software systems work. How they work together. | 100,000 | 5 |
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NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Energy | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 4 | Ireland | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C#;C++;Java;JavaScript;Python;TypeScript | C#;C++;JavaScript;TypeScript | C#;C++;JavaScript;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet;Vite | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Vite | Docker;Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;React | ASP.NET Core;React | ASP.NET Core;React | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | 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 | null | null | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 8 |
40,003 | 40,004 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | null | 5 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 9 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
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NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Fintech | Solving real-world problems
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NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Homebrew;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Poetry | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Homebrew;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman | uv
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NA | Yes | Aider;Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Zed | Claude Code;Cline and/or Roo;Cursor;Visual Studio Code;Zed | NA
NA | Amazon Bedrock;Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;uv | Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;uv | Pydantic;RAG;Ollama;uv | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | GitHub;Obsidian | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Bluesky;YouTube;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Bluesky;YouTube;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Bluesky;YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | 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) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Testing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 110,000 | 7 |
40,005 | 40,006 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 36 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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40,006 | 40,007 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 23 | Applied scientist | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Government | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 11 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 205,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Fortran;Java;Python;Rust | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | emacs
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;Android;Linux (non-WSL);Red Hat | GitLab | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Substack | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | A few times per month or weekly | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | 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 | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | Developers need to stay familiar with all development levels, otherwise they won't understand AI solutions or tecnhiques. | 205,000 | 7 |
40,007 | 40,008 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 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) | 25 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Japan | JPY Japanese yen | 6,700,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
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NA | Yes | Deno | Deno | Deno | Yew
Yew, Dioxus | Yes | Visual Studio Code;Zed | Zed | Zed | Helix
Helix | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | Large Language Model | apache-arrow-datafusion | apache-arrow-datafusion | Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | Windows;Linux (non-WSL);NixOS | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Redmine | Markdown File | Markdown File | NA
NA | Reddit;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 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 | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Documenting code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Other (write in): | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | Absolutely not. | 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.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Using AI tools efficiently and correctly, and when needed, being able to fill the niche where AI tools cannot fill just like we still require manual labor now. It is a futile attempt to predict what specific skills will remain valuable, but working on low-level systems that most developers do not even know that exist feels like a likely candidate. | 46,289 | 8 |
40,008 | 40,009 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 26 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 30 | Architect, software or solutions | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Good brand and public image
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Insurance | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 160,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell | C# | C# | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;Oracle | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Progress
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;NuGet | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Google Gemini | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | Azure Devops | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | Microsoft CoPilot
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Indifferent | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | 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 | Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I haven’t encountered any problems | no | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 160,000 | 9 |
40,009 | 40,010 | 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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other (please specify): | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other (please specify): | 8 | Developer, embedded applications or devices | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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40,010 | 40,011 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | null | 14 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Colleague or on-the-job training | 14 | Data engineer | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Retail and Consumer Services | 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 | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python;Scala;SQL | Java;Python;Scala;SQL | Python;Scala;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Microsoft SQL Server | BigQuery;Cosmos DB;Clickhouse | BigQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);Pip;Yarn | Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);Pip;Yarn | Google Cloud;Maven (build tool);Pip;Yarn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | MacOS;Debian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Yes, definitely | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | 8 |
40,011 | 40,012 | I am a developer by profession | Prefer not to say | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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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40,012 | 40,013 | 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 (less than 10 hours per week) | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media | 19 | Developer, full-stack | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Software Development | Job stability and career growth with a single employer
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 10 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 210,000 | Yes | Assembly;C;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Lisp;PHP;Prolog;Rust;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Heroku;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Podman;Prometheus;Terraform | Cloudflare;Datadog;New Relic;Vercel | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | RAG;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | 0 | 0 | Windows;Ubuntu;Debian | null | GitHub;GitLab;Miro;Notion;Trello;Wikis | null | null | Kanbanize
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;X;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, It isn't part of my professional work already. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | null | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | Ollama;Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Tabnine | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions | Domain over essentially concepts to review AI task | 38,228 | 10 |
40,013 | 40,014 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 10 | 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;Colleague or on-the-job training;Coding Bootcamp;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 | 1 | Student | Less than 20 employees | null | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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40,014 | 40,015 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 14 | Other (please specify): | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
literally anything else | Other (please specify):
Anything having to do with "AI" | Other: | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 4 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 96,000 | Yes | Ada;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lisp;PowerShell;Python;Rust;Zig | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;Kotlin;Lisp;Lua;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS;Lisp;Rust | Scheme
Scheme | Yes | null | null | null | NA
custom database | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Arch | Windows | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub;GitLab | NA
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NA | Yes | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
Leave immediately | 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;Other (write in):;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | Have we really fallen so far? | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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 need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | You're going to need to look ahead further than that. The systems you're talking about are not going to become capable. Skills like critical thinking, clear thinking, and not gleefully jumping on every rickety bandwagon will be valuable. Learn Emacs. | 96,000 | null |
40,015 | 40,016 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 19 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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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40,016 | 40,017 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 9 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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40,017 | 40,018 | 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 | 2 | 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 | 6 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Easy-to-use API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 55,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | DuckDB;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch | DuckDB;InfluxDB;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | DuckDB | NA
InstantDB | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Digital Ocean;npm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Digital Ocean;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Digital Ocean;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;React;Svelte | Astro;Next.js;Node.js;Svelte | Node.js;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | WebStorm | WebStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Miro | NA
NA | X;LinkedIn | LinkedIn | LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);X Grok models | X Grok models | X Grok models | 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 | null | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | yes, good for small projects that wouldn't have the commerical warrant for much dev time | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | 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 | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub Copilot | Junie | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | seeing the bigger picture | 74,878 | 4 |
40,018 | 40,019 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 28 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 40 | Other (please specify): | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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40,019 | 40,020 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 5 | Other (please specify): | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Other: | null | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry involuntarily | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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40,020 | 40,021 | 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 | None of the above | 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 1 | 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 tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Poor usability
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PowerShell | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | 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 | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | null |
40,021 | 40,022 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 17 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 35 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Serbia | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | PHP | PHP | PHP | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Digital Ocean;Google Cloud;Make | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Digital Ocean;Google Cloud;Make | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Composer;Digital Ocean;Google Cloud;Make | NA
NA | Yes | Symfony | Symfony | Symfony | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Linux (non-WSL) | Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | null | null | null | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor 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, 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 | null | 6 |
40,022 | 40,023 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 18-24 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 1 | 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;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 6 | Student | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | null | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Serbia | RSD Serbian dinar | 0 | null | Assembly;C;C#;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MATLAB;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C;C++;Go;Python;Rust;Zig | C;C++;Python | Julia, Odin
Julia, Odin | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Flask;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Flask | Flask | NA
HTMX | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Fedora | null | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Markdown File;Obsidian | Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | Less than once per month or monthly | Less than one year | Infrequently, less than once per year | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | null | null | null | Other (write in): | No, and it shall never be. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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;Other (please specify): | Critical thinking, subject knowledge, wisdom | null | null |
40,023 | 40,024 | 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 | 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);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 10 | Student | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Computer Systems Design and Services | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 8 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Java;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Java | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Java | VHDL, TCL
VHDL, TCL | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Fedora | Windows;Red Hat | Confluence;Jira | null | null | Bitbucket
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Discord;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 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Ask 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 | 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, all of my code is handwritten from my own knowledge or conventional resources such as datasheets, documentation, etc. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | The ability to architect projects and deal with customer requirements are things that AI doesn't seem to handle particularly well at the moment. Being able to think about the big picture will probably be a very useful skill. | null | 7 |
40,024 | 40,025 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 35-44 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | 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) | 10 | Engineering manager | 500 to 999 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Other: | null | Yes | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 4 | 1 | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | 160,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | null | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I 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;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 116,733 | null |
40,025 | 40,026 | 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 | 9 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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40,026 | 40,027 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 9 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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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 |
40,027 | 40,028 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Coding Bootcamp | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Coding Bootcamp | 4 | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Good brand and public image
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 5 | Spain | EUR European Euro | 21,000 | Yes | Ada;Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Ada;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C#;C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Ada;Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | 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 | 24,363 | 8 |
40,028 | 40,029 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 39 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 45 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | Python | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;jQuery | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Windows | GitHub;Google Workspace;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;LinkedIn | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | null |
40,029 | 40,030 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Primary/elementary school | 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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40,030 | 40,031 | I code primarily as a hobby | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | 2 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools 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);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Games or coding challenges;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 5 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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40,031 | 40,032 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training;Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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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40,032 | 40,033 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Student | Attending school (part-time);Engaged in paid work (10-19 hours per week) | 3 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;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 | 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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40,033 | 40,034 | 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.) | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 25 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 2 | 5 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 75,000 | Yes | C++;JavaScript;TypeScript | C#;C++;TypeScript | C++;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | InfluxDB;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;MSBuild;Ninja;npm;NuGet;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Ninja;npm;Podman | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Ninja;npm | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React;Svelte | Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;React | Fastify;Next.js;Node.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Eclipse;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4 | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4 | c++23;Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Notion;Redmine;Trello | GitHub;GitLab;Notion | GitHub;GitLab;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Creating or maintaining documentation | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, I don't like it at all | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | Real problem understading | 87,011 | 9 |
40,034 | 40,035 | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 6 | Other (please specify): | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Work | Robust and complete API
Robust and complete documentation | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Higher Education | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 43,350 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;Go;Python;Ruby;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Large Language Model;Pydantic | Large Language Model | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | 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;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;Other (write in): | Insofar as I've generated methods, small classes, etc from prompting LLMs, vibe coding would be a part of my professional development work. I've never generated large portions of a project or a complete software project solely (or in large part) from prompting LLMs. | No, and I don't plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;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 | 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 | Complex problem solving in circumstances involving ambiguity. General and advanced debugging and troubleshooting. Writing/modifying software to be secure. | 43,350 | 2 |
40,035 | 40,036 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 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);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 | 11 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | 2,500,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Vercel;Vite | Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Heroku;Homebrew;Kubernetes;npm;Pip;Vercel;Vite | Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Vercel;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;React;Vue.js;WordPress | Django;Express;Fastify;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;WordPress | Express;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;WordPress | Magento
Magento | Yes | Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Monday.com;Notion;Trello | Asana;Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Monday.com;Trello | Clickup;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Monday.com;Trello | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | null | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning | Search for answers | It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, but I plan to | Yes, to a great extent | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | solution provider | 29,060 | 8 |
40,036 | 40,037 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Volunteering (regularly) | 20 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 3 | Support engineer or analyst | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Healthcare | null | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 8 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 75,000 | Yes | PowerShell;Python;SQL;Visual Basic (.Net) | C;C#;C++;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL | null | SAP Advantage SQL
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET | Ruby on Rails | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows | GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Reddit | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;Videos;Job board | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Creating or maintaining documentation | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | 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 | 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 | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Inter-department communication | 75,000 | null |
40,037 | 40,038 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 21 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 25 | Developer, back-end | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | null | null | null | Software Development | You like your manager
work life balance | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 350,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;Rust | Bash/Shell (all shells);C# | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;Supabase | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure;Supabase | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Windows;MacOS;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops | Trello | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people);Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Job board | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | Somewhat. I don't use it to actually generate production code, but for experiments and learning. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub MCP Server;supabase | null | null | null | null | null | Microsoft Copilot | null | When I want to fully understand something;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Review code, translate requirements to code, debug, make human-level judgment calls | 350,000 | 3 |
40,038 | 40,039 | I am learning to code | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Student | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Attending school (full-time);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 17 | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 26 | Student | I don’t know | Individual contributor | Remote | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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40,039 | 40,040 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 14 | DevOps engineer or professional | 20 to 99 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 12 | 5 | Taiwan | TWD New Taiwan dollar | 1,400,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;Python;Rust;Swift | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;MySQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Bun;Docker;Heroku;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Yarn | Docker;Kubernetes;Vite | Docker | NA
NA | Yes | AngularJS;Django;FastAPI;Flask;Next.js;React | Angular;AngularJS;FastAPI;Next.js;Node.js;React | AngularJS;FastAPI;Next.js;React | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano;Windsurf;Xcode | Cursor;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Nano | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Pydantic | Large Language Model;Pydantic;Google Gemini;uv | Large Language Model;Pydantic | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;iPadOS | Ubuntu;NixOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Notion;Obsidian | Confluence;Doxygen;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube;Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;X Grok models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | 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.);Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | null | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring | Learning about a codebase;Search for answers | Documenting code;Testing code | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | yes, some good-to-have features with technologies that are already popular but I haven’t been familiar with can be done by vibe coding easily | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Robotics | Language processing | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | Redis;Zep | null | Vertex AI;Zapier | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | system design, especially in robotics | 47,441 | 8 |
40,040 | 40,041 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 14 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other (please specify): | 22 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | Romania | RON Romanian leu | null | Yes | C#;JavaScript;SQL | C#;JavaScript;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | C#;JavaScript;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;iOS | Windows;MacOS | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Obsidian | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | 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) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Learning about a codebase;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations;Data and analytics;Cybersecurity | MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | null | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | High levels skills. | null | 8 |
40,041 | 40,042 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | I prefer not to say | 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);Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 20 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | Work | Connected to an open-source project
Policy of no LLM/generative AI | Other (please specify):
LLM/generative AI integration/use | null | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 5 | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | C#;GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Lua;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C#;Elixir;HTML/CSS;Lisp;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | Cassandra;PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | PostgreSQL;SQLite;Valkey | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Make;npm;Pacman;Pip;pnpm;Poetry;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Docker;Pip;pnpm;Webpack | Docker;Pip;pnpm;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | React | Django | null | Starlette
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;PyCharm;Rider;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;PyCharm;Rider | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;PyCharm;Rider | NA
NA | Pydantic | null | null | null | null | Arch | MacOS;Arch | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Wikis | Wikis | Wikis | Gitea
Gitea | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Message Boards;Long-form articles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Highly distrust | 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;Other (write in): | lol, fuck off | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting;Other (please specify): | Critical thought, uncritical thought, thought in general. Ethics and morals, but most don't have them now. | null | 4 |
40,042 | 40,043 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 29 | 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);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 36 | Architect, software or solutions | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Competitive pay and benefits
liking co-workers | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | Canada | CAD Canadian dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Go;Python | Go;Python;Rust | Go;Python | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Kubernetes;Pip;Poetry | Docker;Kubernetes;Pip | Docker;Kubernetes;Pip | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | 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 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | Testing code | null | null | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Problem solving and analysis | null | 7 |
40,043 | 40,044 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | None of the above | 23 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 20 | Founder, technology or otherwise | null | null | null | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | null | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | France | EUR European Euro | 30,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;JavaScript;Kotlin | Bash/Shell (all shells);C | Bash/Shell (all shells) | clojure
clojure | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Docker;Maven (build tool) | Maven (build tool) | Maven (build tool) | clever cloud
clever cloud | Yes | React | React | React | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | emacs
emacs | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | Notion | null | null | org
org | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Videos;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Search for answers;Other (write in): | 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 | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have 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.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | 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.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | 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 | design : doing compromises. Create DSLs based on a customer need. Consistency over a codebase. Experience | 34,804 | null |
40,044 | 40,045 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Attending school (full-time) | 4 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 5 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 2 | 2 | Colombia | USD United States dollar | 40,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Python | Python | NA
NA | Yes | Firebase Realtime Database;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL | Firebase Realtime Database;Oracle;PostgreSQL | Firebase Realtime Database | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Firebase;Google Cloud;Vercel | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;Express;jQuery;Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React | FastAPI;Svelte | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub;Trello | Google Colab;Google Workspace | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit | null | null | 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 (people);Message Boards | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | Nop, i think is shit to vibe code | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | 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 | 40,000 | 8 |
40,045 | 40,046 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 10 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Banking/Financial Services | Other (please specify):
Remote working | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 120,000 | Yes | Groovy;Java;JavaScript;Python;Ruby | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Redis | Redis | Amazon Aurora
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Datadog;Docker;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);New Relic;npm;Pip;Prometheus;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | No | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Committing and reviewing code | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code;Search for answers;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 | Agentic AI use is being pressured to be 'the first 60%' of any development task. The rest being fixing or tweaking the output. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | 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 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.;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. | null | null | null | null | Ollama;Smolagents | null | null | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Development of in-house AI Agents. Explaing how AI works (or doesnt) do higher-ups | 163,370 | 8 |
40,046 | 40,047 | 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) | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | In-person | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Manufacturing | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 |
40,047 | 40,048 | 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 | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 30 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
Fun | Prohibitive pricing
Sudden change of license or scope from owners | Other: | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Belgium | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Assembly;Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;GDScript;Go;HTML/CSS;PHP;Python;SQL | Assembly;Go;Python | Assembly;Go;Python | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;Oracle;SQLite;Cockroachdb | MariaDB | MariaDB | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Make;Pip | Make | Make | NA
NA | Yes | Django | Django | Django | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Odoo | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File | Confluence;GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not at all | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;Other (write in): | Vibe coding is not coding. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | The ability to explain, document and adapt. | 69,609 | 7 |
40,048 | 40,049 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | null | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | 8 | Developer, back-end | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Ukraine | UAH Ukrainian hryvnia | 3,500,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Go;Rust;Zig | Bash/Shell (all shells) | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;MongoDB | MongoDB | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;npm | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Bun;Cloudflare;Datadog;Google Cloud;Kubernetes;New Relic;Prometheus;Terraform;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | nix, AWS CDK
nix, AWS CDK | null | Angular | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Neovim | Claude Code;Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Ollama | Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui;Ollama;LangGraph | Large Language Model;Ollama | null | null | NixOS | NixOS | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Obsidian | GitHub;GitLab;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);X;YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Claude Opus
Claude Opus | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | A few times per month or weekly | Chat (people) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | no | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 83,882 | 5 |
40,049 | 40,050 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 20 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 47 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Manufacturing | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 190,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Rust | Rust | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | Redis | Redis | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Astro;Express;Node.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;hostinger;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS | Windows;Ubuntu | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Other (write in): | Other (write in):
None, I never want to visit stack overfow again | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Documenting code | Creating or maintaining documentation | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | No | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Understanding complex customer requirements | 190,000 | 7 |
40,050 | 40,051 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 8 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 15 | Applied scientist | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Lack of or sub-par API
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 6 | Italy | EUR European Euro | 45,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MATLAB;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | BigQuery;Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | Cloud Firestore;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Neo4J;Redis;SQLite;Supabase | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Vite;Webpack | APT;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Vite;Webpack | APT;Composer;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Supabase;Vite;Webpack | NA
NA | Yes | Express;FastAPI;Flask;Laravel;Next.js;React;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | Laravel;Next.js;React;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | Laravel;Next.js;React;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | Tailwind CSS 4;RAG;Google Gemini;Shadcn/ui;Ollama | null | null | MacOS | MacOS;Ubuntu | GitHub;GitLab;Trello | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);Meta Llama (all models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;Mistral AI 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 | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Learning new concepts or technologies | Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I haven’t encountered any problems | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | 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 | Vertex AI;Ollama;OpenRouter;LangChain | null | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Roo code (Roo-Cline);v0.dev;Lovable.dev | null | When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 52,207 | 8 |
40,051 | 40,052 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 27 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 43 | Architect, software or solutions | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Other: | Control over the level of quality in projects
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | 3 | Finland | EUR European Euro | 75,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;Dart;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;PowerShell;Python;Swift | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | null | null | Azure storage
NA | Yes | Docker;Make;Microsoft Azure;Ninja;Pip | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | mkdocs
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Notepad++;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Android;iOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once per month or monthly | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 87,011 | 7 |
40,052 | 40,053 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (full-time) | 1 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training;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 | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | 4 | Developer, AI apps or physical AI | 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Healthcare | 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 | 5 | 5 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 73,000 | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 73,000 | 7 |
40,053 | 40,054 | 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) | 11 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 18 | Developer, back-end | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | null | Belgium | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure;MSBuild;npm;NuGet | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Rider | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Not sure/can't remember | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Videos | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | I 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 | GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | null | 3 |
40,054 | 40,055 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 10 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Other: | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 151,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;TypeScript | C;C#;C++;COBOL;Go;R | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Cassandra;Cloud Firestore;Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL;Dynamodb;Elasticsearch;MongoDB;Neo4J;Redis | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Docker;npm;Pip;Yarn | Ansible;Microsoft Azure | null | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;Express;Flask;Node.js;React | Angular;NestJS;Next.js | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Windows;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File | Azure Devops | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange | null | null | NA
NA | null | Meta Llama (all models);Mistral AI models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Unsure | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;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): | Documenting code;Testing code | Predictive analytics | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | working with customers to understand their needs and how to best deliver a solution | 151,000 | 7 |
40,055 | 40,056 | 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 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 13 | Architect, software or solutions | 100 to 499 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
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 | 10 | 5 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 157,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;Gradle;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet;Railway;Vite;Webpack | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;NuGet;Railway;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Datadog;Digital Ocean;Docker;npm;NuGet;Railway;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Node.js;React;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Node.js;Vue.js | ASP.NET Core;Blazor;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | GitHub;Jira | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);Bluesky;YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering;Business process automation;Customer service support | Multi-platform search enablement;Language processing;Vector databases for AI applications;MCP servers | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | Amazon Bedrock Agents | null | null | Datadog | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;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 | 102,065 | 8 |
40,056 | 40,057 | I work with developers or my work supports developers but am not a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 30 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Books / Physical media | 15 | Product manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reliability and low latency
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | null | I'm not sure | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 5 | 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 140,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;MicroPython;Python;SQL | Elixir;Mojo | null | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;DuckDB;H2;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | Elasticsearch;Neo4J | null | NA
Hazelcast | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Pip;Poetry;Prometheus | Heroku;IBM Cloud | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;Flask;jQuery;Spring Boot | Phoenix | null | Wagtail cms
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;Neovim;Notepad++;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | Lovable.dev | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama;uv | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;iPadOS | MacOS | Asana;Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira;Markdown File;Miro;Notion | Airtable;Google Colab | null | NA
NA | Reddit;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | 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 | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code | Writing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Business process automation;Decision intelligence;Data and analytics | Multi-platform search enablement;MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | GitHub MCP Server;Pinecone | null | CrewAI | N8n | Sentry | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Finding customer pain points | 190,598 | null |
40,057 | 40,058 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | Attending school (part-time) | 6 | 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);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 | 9 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 100 to 499 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
NA | Prohibitive pricing
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40,058 | 40,059 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 5 | UX, Research Ops or UI design professional | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 4 | Romania | EUR European Euro | 77,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;Svelte | Next.js;Svelte | Next.js;Svelte | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Jira;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Jira;Miro;Notion | GitHub;Jira;Miro;Notion | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;YouTube;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models;Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | null | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Writing code;Committing and reviewing code | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Nope, not yet. I use it on my personal project, not in production. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | High-level critical thinking and creativity. | 89,331 | null |
40,059 | 40,060 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 9 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 20 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was open-source and is currently used by more than just myself but no purchase was made | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Developing specialized expertise
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Sweden | SEK Swedish krona | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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40,060 | 40,061 | 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.) | 3 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 4 | Developer, back-end | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Poor usability
NA | Transportation, or Supply Chain | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 65,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | Angular;ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows | Asana;Azure Devops | Asana;Azure Devops;Obsidian | Asana;Azure Devops | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 3 and 5 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Message Boards;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 monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No, AI generally does not work for my day to day work so vibe coding is not part of my professional work. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | 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;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Communicating with non-technical coworkers internally and with partners in order to clearly resolve problems. | 65,000 | 8 |
40,061 | 40,062 | I am learning to code | 25-34 years old | Other (please specify): | Student | Attending school (part-time) | 1 | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Blogs or podcasts | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 1 | Other (please specify): | null | null | null | null | School | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | India | INR Indian rupee | null | null | null | null | null | NA
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40,062 | 40,063 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | null | 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);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 22 | Cloud infrastructure engineer | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Manufacturing | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | 10 | 4 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 120,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Go;HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;SQLite | Cosmos DB;Databricks SQL | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;npm;Pip;pnpm;Podman;Terraform | Ansible;APT;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;pnpm;Terraform | Ansible;APT;Docker;Homebrew;Microsoft Azure;pnpm;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | React;Vue.js | React;Vue.js | React;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Neovim | Neovim | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;Ubuntu;Red Hat | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | Confluence;GitHub;Jira;Miro | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 139,218 | 8 |
40,063 | 40,064 | 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 | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;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 | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Blogs or podcasts | 6 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Healthcare | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 1 | Romania | RON Romanian leu | 108,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IBM DB2;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;React;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | Android;Fedora | Windows | GitLab;Jira;Miro;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once per month or monthly | Videos | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has changed somewhat due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Problem solving and optimizations | 24,813 | 9 |
40,064 | 40,065 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 25-34 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 15 | Data engineer | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | null | Energy | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 5 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | 53,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);PowerShell;Python;SQL | Go;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft Access;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu;Android;Debian;Arch;Fedora | Windows | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian;Stack Overflow for Teams | GitLab | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;YouTube | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Chat (bot/AI) | Bookmark posts to look at later
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code;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 | true | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | duck.ai | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code | critical thinking, security conscious code, gui design | 61,488 | null |
40,065 | 40,066 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 21 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | 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);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 20 | Architect, software or solutions | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Higher Education | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Switzerland | EUR European Euro | 140,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MongoDB;MySQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | APT;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Pip;Vite;Yarn | APT;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Microsoft Azure;npm;Vite | APT;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;AngularJS;jQuery;Laravel;Node.js;Symfony;Vue.js;WordPress | Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress | Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js;WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Jupyter Notebook/JupyterLab;PhpStorm;Vim;Windsurf;Xcode | PhpStorm;Vim | PhpStorm;Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | MacOS;Debian;Linux (non-WSL);iPadOS | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Microsoft Planner;Miro;Notion;Obsidian;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Markdown File;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Medium | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);Mistral AI models;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Long-form articles | null | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor 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 | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Creating or maintaining documentation | Project planning;Documenting code;Predictive analytics | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Decision intelligence;Customer service support | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;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 | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot;Microsoft 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 have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 162,421 | null |
40,066 | 40,067 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 8 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training;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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 10 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Inefficient or time-costly
NA | Fintech | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 8 | null | Spain | EUR European Euro | 90,000 | Yes | Java;JavaScript;Kotlin | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | H2;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;Snowflake;Supabase | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Datadog;Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;Gradle;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);New Relic;npm;pnpm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Next.js;React;Spring Boot | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA | null | null | NA
NA | Google Gemini;Ollama | null | null | null | null | MacOS | null | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Miro;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Coding challenges | null | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring | Project planning | Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | yes | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Business process automation;Decision intelligence | MCP servers;Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively. | null | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Redis;GitHub MCP Server;supabase | null | Ollama | null | New Relic;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;Google Gemini | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | yes | 104,413 | 7 |
40,067 | 40,068 | 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 | 7 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 9 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I endorsed a tool that was ultimately not purchased or used at my organization | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Healthcare | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 6 | 2 | Mexico | USD United States dollar | 50,400 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Ruby;SQL | Elixir;TypeScript | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cloudflare;Docker;Heroku;npm | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Express;React;Ruby on Rails | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;Ubuntu;Linux (non-WSL) | null | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Jira;Linear;Notion;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;YouTube;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Use discussion or chat feature
NA | No, not really | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring | null | Writing code;Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | Nope | No, and I don't plan to | No, but my development work has significantly changed due to non-AI factors | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need quick help troubleshooting;Other (please specify): | Creativity, Understand business rules, Teach newbies | 50,400 | 8 |
40,068 | 40,069 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 35 | Developer, full-stack | null | null | null | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | null | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Prolog;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | TYPO3
TYPO3 | Yes | PhpStorm | PhpStorm | PhpStorm | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Debian;Linux (non-WSL) | Asana | Asana | Asana | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | null | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Unfavorable | Highly distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I don’t use AI tools regularly;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | no | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | Other (please specify): | thinking logical, structuring problems, communicating with customers | 69,609 | 9 |
40,069 | 40,070 | I am a developer by profession | 18-24 years old | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
40,070 | 40,071 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 40 | 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 | 67 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Robust and complete API
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;HTML/CSS | C++;F#;HTML/CSS | HTML/CSS | NA
SML | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | MSBuild | MSBuild | MSBuild | GitHub
GitHub | Yes | null | null | null | FrontPage
FrontPage Hugo | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | Windows | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Other (write in): | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I haven’t encountered any problems | For me, "vibe coding" is a curiosity and I have no particular interest in relying on it for releasable code that I must understand and be able to independently confirm its correctness and suitability. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | 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 improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | null | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | 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 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something | eliciting and understanding the requirements that a project is intended to satisfy and determining the fitness and adequacy of the approach. Refinement of understanding and feasibility. | null | null |
40,071 | 40,072 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 12 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Colleague or on-the-job training | 12 | Engineering manager | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have transitioned into a new career and/or industry voluntarily | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Firebase Realtime Database;MongoDB;PostgreSQL | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Firebase;Google Cloud;npm;Podman;Vite;Yarn | Vite | Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Express;Next.js;Node.js;React;Vue.js | Deno;Svelte | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Visual Studio Code;Xcode | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | GitHub;Jira | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Documenting code;Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Generating content or synthetic data | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | null | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Decision intelligence | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;Integration with external agents and APIs | 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 increased my productivity. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | 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.;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 | Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | AI Prompt Engineering | null | 8 |
40,072 | 40,073 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.);Transitioning to retirement (gradually reducing work hours);Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 29 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 45,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Rust;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);GDScript;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | MariaDB;MySQL | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS | Windows;MacOS;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);iOS;Linux (non-WSL) | GitHub;Trello | Clickup;GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Slack (public channels, not work) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Long-form articles | null | Yes, somewhat | 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;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 | Writing code | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 45,000 | null |
40,073 | 40,074 | 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 | 5 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement as required for my job or to benefit my career | null | 6 | Developer, back-end | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 6 | 4 | France | EUR European Euro | 28,000 | Yes | C#;Java;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL | Go;Kotlin;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core;FastAPI;Node.js;Nuxt.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Rider;Vim;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium | null | null | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Pydantic | null | null | null | null | Pop!_OS | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | GitLab;Markdown File;Obsidian | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Dev.to;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers | Generating content or synthetic data | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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.;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | Our job is to understand the customer's needs, and provide effective, relevant solutions. I don't think an LLM can replace us. | 32,484 | 9 |
40,074 | 40,075 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 15 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | People manager | 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 | null | null | Retail and Consumer Services | null | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 10 | 10 | France | EUR European Euro | 75,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;Python;SQL;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;SQLite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Composer;Docker;Homebrew;Make;npm;Pip;Vercel;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Django;jQuery;Node.js;Svelte;Symfony;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Odoo;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;Debian | null | Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Markdown File | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Videos;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Chat (bot/AI) | null | Neutral | More than half the time | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | null | null | null | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | no | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;IT operations | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | GitHub MCP Server | null | null | null | Sentry | null | Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot | null | When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | 87,011 | 7 |
40,075 | 40,076 | I am not primarily a developer, but I write code sometimes as part of my work/studies | 45-54 years old | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 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 | Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts | 30 | Academic researcher | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Energy | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | null | Austria | EUR European Euro | 100,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C;C++;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;MATLAB;PowerShell;Python;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | GraphDB
NA | Yes | Ansible;APT;Docker;Make;Maven (build tool);npm;Pip;Poetry;Vite;Webpack;Yarn | Kubernetes | null | NA
NA | Yes | Node.js;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Pydantic | null | null | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Windows;Ubuntu;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File;Wikis | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Writing code | 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 | null | Search for answers | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I 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 | 116,015 | null |
40,076 | 40,077 | 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);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 13 | Developer, front-end | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | Personal Project | Connected to an open-source project
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 5 | 3 | Belgium | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;SQL;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | PostgreSQL;SQLite | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Node.js;React | Odoo python and js framework
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Windsurf | Android Studio;Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | hostinger;Odoo | hostinger;Odoo;Large Language Model;Google Gemini;Ollama | hostinger;Odoo | null | null | Ubuntu | Ubuntu | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | GitHub;Markdown File;Obsidian | Odoo
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | null | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics | Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Generating content or synthetic data | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Not professionally | No, but I plan to | Yes, somewhat | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to learn best practices;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Properly describe, design and plan a project to best fit the needs | 69,609 | 8 |
40,077 | 40,078 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Volunteering (regularly) | 13 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 17 | Developer, full-stack | Less than 20 employees | Individual contributor | Your choice (very flexible, you can come in when you want or just as needed) | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | null | null | Finland | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS | C;C#;HTML/CSS | C#;HTML/CSS | NA
NA | Yes | Cosmos DB;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | ASP.NET Core | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Notepad++;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Debian | Windows | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;YouTube;LinkedIn | 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 | 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 | 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;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Search for answers | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | null | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I 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 | null | 10 |
40,078 | 40,079 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Associate degree (A.A., A.S., etc.) | Employed | Engaged in paid work (20-29 hours per week) | 17 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Books / Physical media | 19 | Developer, full-stack | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | In-person | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Outdated or obsolete technology or features
NA | 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 | 7 | 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | 37,900 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;SQL | Python;Ruby | null | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL | Amazon Redshift | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Chocolatey;Composer;Docker;Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;npm;NuGet | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | NA
NA | Yes | jQuery;Node.js | Laravel;Next.js;Node.js;React;Ruby on Rails;Symfony;Vue.js | Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;Nano;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Large Language Model | Tailwind CSS 4;Google Gemini | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;iOS;Debian;iPadOS | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub;Monday.com;Notion;Trello | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;LinkedIn | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Microsoft Phi-4 models;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Long-form articles;Videos;Coding challenges;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Chat (bot/AI) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Testing code;Predictive analytics | Documenting code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No, I wouldn't say this is part of my development workflow. Instead I will use AI to create a starting point that I then adapt and build from. | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | true understanding and personalisation of code. Knowing a product end-to-end, inside out and knowing exactly where issues may arise. | 51,598 | 3 |
40,079 | 40,080 | 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.) | Not 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);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | null | Architect, software or solutions | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
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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 |
40,080 | 40,081 | I used to be a developer by profession, but no longer am | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 20 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Blogs or podcasts;Books / Physical media | 25 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | No | null | null | null | Fintech | null | I'm not sure | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 1 | 1 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 110,000 | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Dynamodb;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | Redis | Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Digital Ocean;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Prometheus;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;New Relic;npm;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | NestJS;Node.js | NestJS;Node.js | NestJS;Node.js | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | Cursor | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | MacOS | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | Confluence;GitHub;Google Workspace;Jira | NA
NA | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | Stack Overflow | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Daily or almost daily | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Chat (people);Chat (bot/AI) | Browse content related to Q&A posts I recently viewed
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Documenting code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Creating or maintaining documentation | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code | 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 | 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.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | New Relic;Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini | null | When I want to compare different solutions;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | 127,616 | null |
40,081 | 40,082 | I code primarily as a hobby | 65 years or older | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 50 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other (please specify): | 61 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Costs are manageable
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 4 | Australia | AUD Australian dollar | 0 | Yes | C#;JavaScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;JavaScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | C#;JavaScript;Visual Basic (.Net) | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft Access | Microsoft Access | Microsoft Access | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud;Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | Microsoft Azure;NuGet | NA
NA | Yes | WordPress | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;WordPress | WordPress | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | Visual Studio | Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | .NET 8 or higher | null | null | Windows | null | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | GitHub;Google Workspace | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;X;YouTube | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;X;YouTube | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | Videos;Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI);Other (write in): | Answer a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Very well at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Learning new concepts or technologies | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Other (write in): | Vibe coding is now a great part of my approach to coding (just in the last 12 months of my 63 years of coding experience). I never cease to learn new approaches to coding when using Copilot s my AI "partner" and have come to regard it as almost human (eerie, isn't it?) | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering;Data and analytics | null | null | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;Write in the most significant benefit if not listed above. | null | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t think I’ll need help from people anymore | Coming up with the ideas for Project/Solutions, and describing them accurately to allow the AI tool to produce efficient, accurate code | null | null |
40,082 | 40,083 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Games or coding challenges;School (i.e., University, College, etc) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 2 | Student | null | null | null | null | School | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 4 | 2 | India | INR Indian rupee | null | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;IntelliJ IDEA;PyCharm;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Android;Linux (non-WSL) | Windows | GitHub;Google Colab;Google Workspace | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | Yes | Perplexity Sonar models | Perplexity Sonar models | Perplexity Sonar models | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Chat (bot/AI) | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Creating or maintaining documentation | Deployment and monitoring | Writing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Documenting code;Generating content or synthetic data | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving;It’s hard to understand how or why the code works | not completely | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
40,083 | 40,084 | I am a developer by profession | 65 years or older | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 45 | 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) | No, I didn't spend time learning in the past year | null | 58 | Developer, desktop or enterprise applications | 20 to 99 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Robust and complete API
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Other: | Innovation through solving challenging and complex problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 3 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 175,000 | Yes | C++;Python | C++ | C++ | LabVIEW
LabVIEW | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS | Windows | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Reddit | 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 | null | Ask a question
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Indifferent | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | null | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 175,000 | 8 |
40,084 | 40,085 | 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);Attending school (part-time) | 16 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Books / Physical media;Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Coding Bootcamp | 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;Coding Bootcamp | 21 | Engineering manager | 100 to 499 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Connected to an open-source project
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40,085 | 40,086 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 19 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Blogs or podcasts;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 | 16 | 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 | Robust and complete API
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | Yes | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 3 | 3 | Brazil | BRL Brazilian real | 68,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Python;Rust;TypeScript | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | MongoDB;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;npm;pnpm;Prometheus;Vercel;Vite;Webpack | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Fastify;NestJS;Next.js;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Visual Studio Code | null | null | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4 | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | MacOS;iOS | GitHub;GitLab;Miro | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn;Medium | 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 | Long-form articles;Coding challenges;Direct messaging of users;Job board;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts | Ask a question
NA | Yes, somewhat | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, and I don't plan to | Very unfavorable | Somewhat trust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation | Generating content or synthetic data;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 | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms;Write in the most significant challenge if not listed above: | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Other (please specify): | Probably soft skills more than anything else. Still hoping the world will wake up and regulate AÍ tools sooner rather than later. | 12,378 | 3 |
40,086 | 40,087 | I am a developer by profession | 55-64 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 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);Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Colleague or on-the-job training | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts;Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange | 45 | Architect, software or solutions | 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 | Easy-to-use API
NA | null | Retail and Consumer Services | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 3 | 2 | Germany | EUR European Euro | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;C++;Java;JavaScript;PHP;PowerShell;Python;SQL | Kotlin;Rust | null | NA
NA | Yes | Elasticsearch;MongoDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Ansible;Cloudflare;Docker;Google Cloud;Homebrew;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;Pip;Yarn | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | Android Studio;PyCharm;Sublime Text;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | null | null | Ultra Edit, Apache NetBeans
NA | Large Language Model;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu;Android;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL);Linux (non-WSL) | MacOS;iOS | GitLab;Google Workspace;Miro;Trello | GitHub | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 10 and 15 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Chat (people);Long-form articles | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, somewhat | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Writing code;Testing code;Generating content or synthetic data | Documenting code | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Quite Dangerous | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Language processing | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | Understanding Code
| null | 7 |
40,087 | 40,088 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Some college/university study without earning a degree | Employed | None of the above | 15 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification) | 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) | 20 | Product manager | 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
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
40,088 | 40,089 | I am a developer by profession | 25-34 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 6 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Stack Overflow or Stack Exchange;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community) | 11 | Engineering manager | Less than 20 employees | People manager | Hybrid (some in-person, leans heavy to flexibility) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a tool that more than five colleagues use but it is not a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Availability of better alternatives
NA | Software Development | Autonomy and trust to manage your own tasks
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 18 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 125,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);Erlang;HTML/CSS;OCaml;PHP;SQL;Swift;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MySQL;Redis;Clickhouse;Valkey | MySQL;PostgreSQL;Clickhouse;Valkey | MySQL;Clickhouse;Valkey | OpenSearch
OpenSearch | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cargo;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;npm;pnpm;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cargo;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;pnpm;Prometheus | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;Cargo;Cloudflare;Composer;Docker;Kubernetes;Make;pnpm;Prometheus | NA
NA | Yes | Angular;Laravel;Node.js | Angular;Laravel | Angular;Laravel | NA
NA | Yes | Aider;Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code;VSCodium;Xcode | Aider;Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim | Aider;Android Studio;IntelliJ IDEA;Vim | NA
NA | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG;Ollama | Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock;RAG | null | null | Fedora | Fedora | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | GitHub;Markdown File | Outline
Outline | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;Discord;Reddit;Dev.to;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Less than once every 2 - 3 months | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Debugging or fixing code | Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Testing code;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Predictive analytics | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | No. I've tried it and don't like how unfamiliar I am w/ the resulting codebase that I then must maintain. | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | 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 | High-level system architecture and tech-stack decisions, as well as deployment & operations work. | 125,000 | 7 |
40,089 | 40,090 | I code primarily as a hobby | 65 years or older | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Retired | None of the above | 30 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | No, I learned something that was not related to AI or AI enablement for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | null | 40 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reliability and low latency
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | France | EUR European Euro | 0 | Yes | Python;SQL | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Ask a question
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | No | No, and I don't plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to learn best practices;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | null | null | null |
40,090 | 40,091 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | Caring for dependents (children, elderly, etc.) | 18 | 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);Colleague or on-the-job training;Blogs or podcasts;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | Videos (not associated with specific online course or certification);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 24 | Developer, full-stack | 500 to 999 employees | Individual contributor | Hybrid (some remote, leans heavy to in-person) | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Fintech | Competitive pay and benefits
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 20 | 12 | Bulgaria | BGN Bulgarian lev | 150,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C#;JavaScript;SQL;Swift;TypeScript;VBA | C# | C# | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;PostgreSQL;Redis | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Google Cloud;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Make;npm;NuGet;Terraform | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Blazor;Node.js;React | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cursor;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code;Xcode | Cursor;Notepad++;Xcode | Cursor;Notepad++;Xcode | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model;SwiftData;Google Gemini | null | null | null | null | Windows;iOS | MacOS | GitHub;Jira;Miro;Notion | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;Reddit;Hacker News;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);X;YouTube;LinkedIn;Substack;Medium | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;Gemini (Flash general purpose models);Gemini (Pro Reasoning models);openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;Perplexity Sonar models;X Grok models | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | More than 15 years, or since Stack Overflow started in 2008 | A few times per month or weekly | Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Yes, definitely | Less than half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Very favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Learning new concepts or technologies | Deployment and monitoring | Project planning;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | Search for answers | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | No. I use LLMs to generate boilerplate code and solve granular problems or small tasks. I still get incomplete or not-working code for more complex tasks. | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering | Multi-platform search enablement | 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 helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Redis;LangMem | null | LangChain | null | Grafana + Prometheus | null | ChatGPT;Claude Code;GitHub Copilot;Google Gemini;Microsoft Copilot;Perplexity | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;Other (please specify): | Domain knowledge | 88,960 | 9 |
40,091 | 40,092 | 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 | 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;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 10 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | In-person | No | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Prohibitive pricing
NA | Software Development | You like your manager
NA | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 10 | 10 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 175,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Go;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Kotlin;Python;Rust;TypeScript | Python;Rust;TypeScript | Python;Rust;TypeScript | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;pnpm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;pnpm;Vite | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Cargo;pnpm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Astro;Next.js;Nuxt.js;Vue.js | Astro;Next.js | Astro;Next.js | NA
NA | Yes | Vim;Visual Studio Code | Cursor;RustRover;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Vim;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Amazon Bedrock | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model | null | null | MacOS;iOS | MacOS;Linux (non-WSL) | Asana;GitHub;Jira;Markdown File | Asana;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | Asana;GitHub;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Slack (public channels, not work);YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Reasoning models | Meta Llama (all models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | 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 | Somewhat distrust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Project planning;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | Deployment and monitoring | Predictive analytics | Learning about a codebase;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 | Yes, frequently | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, to a great extent | Software engineering | Language processing;Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have improved the quality of my code. | AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | null | Amazon Q | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | Amazon Q CLI | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Evaluating the quality of the code | 175,000 | 6 |
40,092 | 40,093 | 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 | 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 | 22 | Engineering manager | 1,000 to 4,999 employees | People manager | Remote | No | Work | Reputation for quality
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | No | I have somewhat considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 15 | 5 | Germany | EUR European Euro | 141,000 | Yes | C#;Dart;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | C#;Dart;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | C#;Dart;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Microsoft Azure | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Docker;Microsoft Azure | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Android Studio;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | Android Studio;Notepad++;Rider;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | .NET 8 or higher;Large Language Model | null | null | Windows | Windows | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | Azure Devops;Confluence;GitHub;GitLab;Markdown File | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Reddit | Stack Overflow;Reddit | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per week | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Long-form articles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Upvote/Downvote Q&A posts
NA | No, not really | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Unfavorable | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | null | Project planning;Writing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | Learning about a codebase;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | I don't use it and don't plan to use it. | No, I use AI exclusively in copilot/autocomplete mode | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | null | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem;When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code | null | 163,581 | 6 |
40,093 | 40,094 | I code primarily as a hobby | 65 years or older | Professional degree (JD, MD, Ph.D, Ed.D, etc.) | Retired | Volunteering (regularly) | 42 | 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 | 12 | Retired | null | null | null | null | Personal Project | Reputation for quality
NA | Poor usability
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | null | Yes | HTML/CSS;JavaScript;Swift | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);YouTube | null | null | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Between 5 and 10 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | Message Boards;Videos | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | No, not really | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Good, but not great at handling complex tasks | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Documenting code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies;Other (write in): | Writing code;Debugging or fixing code | Search for answers | 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 | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I need help fixing complex or unfamiliar code;When I need quick help troubleshooting | null | null | null |
40,094 | 40,095 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S., B.Eng., etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 15 | 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 | 20 | Developer, full-stack | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | Internet, Telecomm or Information Services | Collaboration and support from a team
NA | Yes | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 15 | null | Germany | EUR European Euro | 60,000 | Yes | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | C#;HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PowerShell;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;PostgreSQL | Elasticsearch;Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | Microsoft SQL Server;PostgreSQL | NA
NA | Yes | Google Cloud | Google Cloud | Google Cloud | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;jQuery | NA
NA | Yes | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | Notepad++;Visual Studio | NA
NA | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | Google Gemini | null | null | Windows | Windows | Clickup;GitHub;Google Workspace;Wikis | Clickup;GitHub;Google Workspace;Wikis | Clickup;GitHub;Google Workspace;Wikis | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | Stack Overflow;Stack Exchange;YouTube;LinkedIn | 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 | A few times per month or weekly | Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.) | Directly open a Q&A post via search, documentation or a peer
NA | Neutral | I don't use AI or AI-enabled tools | No, but I plan to soon | Favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | Project planning;Testing code;Deployment and monitoring;Learning new concepts or technologies | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Committing and reviewing code;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | I don’t use AI tools regularly | I do not use "vibe coding", but it is part of the field I am working in. | No, but I plan to | Not at all or minimally | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | 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 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 | Deciding what features to program. Deciding the architecture.
Decide and know what is best for the company.
Good prompting. | 69,609 | 8 |
40,095 | 40,096 | I am learning to code | 18-24 years old | Secondary school (e.g. American high school, German Realschule or Gymnasium, etc.) | Student | Attending school (full-time) | null | Yes, I am new to coding or currently a student | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);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;Games or coding challenges | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Online Courses or Certification (includes all media types) | 1 | Student | null | null | null | null | Work | AI integration or AI Agent capabilities
NA | Ethical concerns
NA | null | null | I'm not sure | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 1 | 2 | China | CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;PowerShell | Bash/Shell (all shells);C++;Java;PowerShell | Bash/Shell (all shells);Java;PowerShell | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | APT | APT | APT | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA;Nano;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | IntelliJ IDEA;Visual Studio;Visual Studio Code | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;Ubuntu | Windows;Ubuntu | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | Stack Overflow;GitHub (public projects, not private repos) | NA
NA | Yes | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | Alibaba Cloud Qwen models;DeepSeek (R- Reasoning models);DeepSeek (V- General purpose models);openAI GPT (chatbot models) | NA
NA | Yes | Infrequently, less than once per year | Less than one year | I have never participated in Q&A on Stack Overflow | Chat (people);Message Boards;Videos;Coding challenges;Logic games/puzzles;Lists of recommendations (tools, frameworks, technologies, etc.);Direct messaging of users;Day-in-the-life profiles/interviews with experts;Chat (bot/AI) | Answer a question
NA | Yes, definitely | About half of the time | Yes, I use AI tools monthly or infrequently | Favorable | Neither trust nor distrust | Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Project planning;Writing code;Documenting code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | null | null | Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming | Nope | Yes, I use AI agents at work monthly or infrequently | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Decision intelligence | 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 | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I want to compare different solutions;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | Creativity | null | null |
40,096 | 40,097 | I am a developer by profession | 45-54 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Employed | None of the above | 30 | 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
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
40,097 | 40,098 | 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.) | 25 | Yes, I am not new to coding but am learning new coding techniques or programming language | Books / Physical media;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools for my personal curiosity and/or hobbies | Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system) | 25 | Developer, full-stack | 10,000 or more employees | Individual contributor | Remote | Yes, I influenced the purchase of a substantial addition to the tech stack | Work | Costs are manageable
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Government | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have strongly considered changing my career and/or the industry I work in | 20 | 20 | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 93,500 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);COBOL;HTML/CSS;Java;JavaScript;Lua;Perl;PHP;SQL;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);COBOL;Go;HTML/CSS;Perl;PHP;SQL | Bash/Shell (all shells);COBOL;HTML/CSS;Perl;PHP;SQL | NA
NA | Yes | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft Access;Microsoft SQL Server;MongoDB;MySQL;Oracle;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis | BigQuery;Elasticsearch;MariaDB;Microsoft SQL Server;MySQL;Redis | NA
NA | Yes | Amazon Web Services (AWS);Ansible;APT;Chocolatey;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Make;Maven (build tool);Microsoft Azure;New Relic;npm;NuGet;Pacman;Pip;Splunk;Terraform;Webpack;Yarn | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Make;Microsoft Azure;New Relic;Splunk;Terraform | Amazon Web Services (AWS);APT;Cloudflare;Composer;Digital Ocean;Docker;Google Cloud;Make;Microsoft Azure;New Relic;Splunk;Terraform | NA
NA | Yes | ASP.NET;ASP.NET Core;Drupal;jQuery;Node.js;React;WordPress | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Nano;Notepad++;Vim;Visual Studio Code | Claude Code;Cursor;Vim | Vim | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Ubuntu | Windows;Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) | Azure Devops;GitHub | Azure Devops;GitHub;GitLab | Azure Devops;GitHub | NA
NA | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn;Medium;Company-sponsored forums | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | Discord;Reddit;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;YouTube;Twitch;LinkedIn | NA
NA | No | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | 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 at all | Rarely, almost never | No, but I plan to soon | Very favorable | Somewhat distrust | I don't use AI tools for complex tasks / I don't know | null | null | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite | 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 | null | null | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively.;The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents.;My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to 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 | 93,500 | 2 |
40,098 | 40,099 | I am a developer by profession | 35-44 years old | Master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Eng., MBA, etc.) | Independent contractor, freelancer, or self-employed | Engaged in paid work (less than 10 hours per week) | 17 | No, I am not new to coding and did not learn new coding techniques or programming languages | null | Yes, I learned how to use AI-enabled tools required for my job or to benefit my career | AI CodeGen tools or AI-enabled apps;Technical documentation (is generated for/by the tool or system);Other online resources (e.g. standard search, forum, online community);Blogs or podcasts | 25 | Founder, technology or otherwise | Just me - I am a freelancer, sole proprietor, etc. | Individual contributor | Remote | No | Work | Easy-to-use API
NA | Security or privacy concerns
NA | Software Development | Solving real-world problems
NA | No | I have neither consider or transitioned into a new career or industry | 14 | null | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | GBP Pound sterling | null | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;JavaScript;PHP;TypeScript | NA
NA | Yes | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | MariaDB;MySQL;PostgreSQL;Redis;SQLite | NA
NA | Yes | Composer;Homebrew;npm;Vite | Composer;Homebrew;npm;Vite | Composer;Homebrew;npm;Vite | NA
NA | Yes | Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js | Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js | Laravel;Node.js;Vue.js | NA
NA | Yes | PhpStorm;Windsurf | PhpStorm | PhpStorm | NA
NA | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui | Tailwind CSS 4;Large Language Model;Shadcn/ui | null | null | MacOS;iOS;iPadOS | Windows;MacOS;Ubuntu;iOS;iPadOS | GitHub | GitHub | GitHub | NA
NA | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn;Medium | Stack Overflow;Discord;GitHub (public projects, not private repos);Bluesky;LinkedIn;Medium | NA
NA | Yes | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | openAI GPT (chatbot models);openAI Image generating models;openAI Reasoning models | NA
NA | Yes | Less than once per month or monthly | Between 3 and 5 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | Read and/or vote on comments for a Question or Answer I am interested in
NA | Yes, somewhat | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools daily | Favorable | Somewhat trust | Bad at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Search for answers;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Documenting code;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Generating content or synthetic data;Creating or maintaining documentation | null | null | null | I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Yes I will often utilise LLM prompts to generate small sections of code to be integrated. Predominantly these are 'repetitive' tasks. | Yes, I use AI agents at work daily | Yes, somewhat | Software engineering;Marketing | Integration with external agents and APIs | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | null | null | null | My company's IT and/or InfoSec teams have strict rules that do not allow me to use AI agent tools or platforms | 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. | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ChatGPT;GitHub Copilot | null | When I don’t trust AI’s answers;When I want to fully understand something;When I have ethical or security concerns about code;When I’m stuck and can’t explain the problem | I believe most skills will remain valuable - AI is a tool, and it requires someone who understands the problem to determine the efficacy of the response generated | null | 10 |
40,099 | 40,100 | 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 | 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 | 16 | Developer, back-end | 5,000 to 9,999 employees | Individual contributor | Remote | No | 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 | null | null | United States of America | USD United States dollar | 350,000 | Yes | Bash/Shell (all shells);HTML/CSS;Java;Python;Rust;SQL;TypeScript | Go;Rust;Scala | Rust | NA
NA | Yes | SQLite | DuckDB | null | NA
NA | Yes | Cargo;Cloudflare;Docker;Homebrew;Kubernetes;Maven (build tool);npm;Vite | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | React;Vue.js | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Claude Code;IntelliJ IDEA;Neovim;PyCharm;RustRover;Visual Studio Code;WebStorm | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | null | null | Windows;MacOS;Debian | MacOS | GitHub;Lucid (includes Lucidchart);Notion | null | null | NA
NA | null | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | Anthropic: Claude Sonnet;openAI GPT (chatbot models) | null | null | NA
NA | Yes | A few times per month or weekly | Between 10 and 15 years | Infrequently, less than once per year | null | null | No, not at all | Rarely, almost never | Yes, I use AI tools weekly | Indifferent | Somewhat distrust | Very poor at handling complex tasks | Learning about a codebase;Writing code;Debugging or fixing code;Testing code;Creating or maintaining documentation;Learning new concepts or technologies | Project planning;Committing and reviewing code;Deployment and monitoring;Predictive analytics;Search for answers;Generating content or synthetic data | null | null | Documenting code | AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite;Debugging AI-generated code is more time-consuming;I’ve become less confident in my own problem-solving | Never. If an LLM generates a substantial amount of code, it's because I've told it exactly where and how to edit code. I describe implementation, not features, and the LLM translates that into code. | Yes, I use AI agents at work weekly | Not at all or minimally | Software engineering | Agent/multi-agent orchestration;MCP servers | AI agents have helped me automate repetitive tasks. | null | AI agents have accelerated my learning about new technologies or codebases. | null | AI agents have increased my productivity.;AI agents have improved the quality of my code.;AI agents have helped me solve complex problems more effectively.;AI agents have reduced the time spent on specific development tasks.;AI agents have improved collaboration within my team. | Integrating AI agents with my existing tools and workflows can be difficult.;It takes significant time and effort to learn how to use AI agents effectively. | null | I am concerned about the accuracy of the information provided by AI agents.;I have concerns about the security and privacy of data when using AI agents. | The cost of using certain AI agent platforms is a barrier. | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 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 | AI tools may become more capable at writing code, but writing code is a small part of software development. Understanding requirements, communicating with stakeholders, operating systems at scale will all still be valuable. | 350,000 | 7 |
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